The young French school children than scream incessantly during their recess outside my window seem to have been called back to class….so I have a few minutes in which to think and capture here a piece of my latest excursion to the great country immediately south of me, ESPANA! My Mom has always wanted to go to…
How to start this post? I guess I will just start it with a snapshot of today’s biggest event. I broke up with my French lover. And I did it by telling him he was a bad lover. *Sigh* Probably not one of my finest moments, but I was being honest. However, my honesty in that moment was more…
Ah, Germany! My first time ever here! I am exhausted after an incredible and unforgettable first 4 nights of my trip with my dear friend, Kisara, and her wonderful husband, Das, who live in Dusseldorf. …but I think this Federweisser (a young German wine that tastes like fizzy lemonade) in front of me should perk…
It is official! I am official! Yep, as of 10am yesterday the French Government declared me healthy and said I am allowed to stay here to continue eating baguettes, wandering the Rues of Paris and spending Euro…they emphasized the spending Euro part J. The visa process here in France has been two fold. First I…
I have decided to do something a little different today… as an experiment. I thought instead of sharing a week’s worth of experiences in one sitting, I would instead chose a café in Paris, have a drink, observe and record all that I see in one hour. The joy of life in Paris is really…
I put on fuzzy socks to write this post. Yep, it is August 6…some would even say summertime….but apparently summer skipped Paris this year. In fact, it is raining yet again outside…I hear the light drops of the rain on my bedroom window…maddening. Paris has this crazy August tradition called “Paris-Plages“…where a beach, complete with sand…
In July and August, Parisianers pack their suitcases and head out of the city for the all important vacance. The metros and rues are now full of Frenchies dragging wheeled suitcases in full anticipation of their beach time in Spain, Corisica or Morocco (and this year more than others people are extra excited to exit Paris since we have…
Why does time seem to elapse even faster in Paris??? At my advancing age (I turn a year older on Sunday! Yikes…and Yay!), this isn’t a good thing :)! Well, I guess we should just all get use to the fact that I will continue to miss my personal goal of posting once a week….however, if…
In The Toronto Star Weekly on February 4th, 1922, Ernest Hemingway wrote an article about living in Paris on $1,000 a year. In it he celebrates the robust exchange rate of the Canandian and US dollar compared to the franc…12.5 francs = 1 dollar. His hotel cost 12 francs a day, his breakfast cost 2 francs…
Il fait chaud aujourd’hui…tres chaud! Today is the first day since I have been here that I have felt and experienced summer heat….in fact, as I sit her holed up in my little apartment, shutters shut tight blocking the sun’s rays and my fan blasting on high, my iphone reads that the temp outside is a balmy 97…
