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Tag Archives: France
The Paris Chronicles-2025, Part Two
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Holy Merde! It’s been five days and time is speeding by. In three days, we head back home. But let’s make the most of our remaining time here. Sunny and brisk, we took some back streets … Continue reading
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Tagged #Humor, Blandy les tours, Christmas in France, France, La Bourse et la Vie, La Jacobine, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, The Louvre, Travel, Vaux le Vicomte
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The Paris Chronicles—2025
As I sit here on the day after Christmas, and boy has it been a hectic one which I will cover in my Christmas 2025 blog post, cursing at my Microsoft updates that have screwed uploading photos, and looking out … Continue reading
Heading to Antibes with Two Days Left! Part Five-Fun on the Côte d’Azur
The final countdown begins. With two days left, we are both wondering where the time has gone. We need three full weeks here. But, with other commitments, it’s an impossible feat. So, we move on and enjoy every second we … Continue reading
Flower Power, The Yellow Phase and Personal Time Off!
It’s been a moment. Actually, it’s been longer than a moment. It’s been months of pandemicmania. And we, in this area of Pennsylvania have now entered into the “yellow” phase. That means more businesses are opening. Aggressive mitigation my ass. … Continue reading
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Tagged Flowers, France, Humor, Life Over 60, My Cancelled Vacation, Summer
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Thanksgiving in Paris—Part Two! We Got a Car!
Bonaparte surprised me with the announcement that he rented a car for two days. We would be driving out of Paris both on Friday and Saturday. He wanted to take a drive out of the City and down memory lane … Continue reading
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Tagged Be like the locals, France, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Paris, thanksgiving in Paris, Travels in France
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Paris in Four Days—A Louvre-ly Last Day with Art and Family!
Our last and final day, before heading home tomorrow, was a full one—and pleasant from morning till night! Good Morning from our room at the Hotel Prince de Conti ! I love this hotel for its charm, great location and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas in Paris, Family, Four days in Paris, France, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Paris, The Louvre, Travel, Travel in France
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Four Days in Paris 2018- Part Two Our Rebellious Thanksgiving Dinner and a Most Busy Black Friday!
I left off where we were getting ready for our Thanksgiving Dinner. But wait. I need to backtrack a couple of things. Given the fact that the hotel’s lighting was horrific (I’ll be writing about that later), I managed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Allard Restaurant, Christmas in Paris, France, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, paris at christmas, Travel
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Four Days in Paris—2018 Part One—On the Way and Carine Roitfeld Hates Me!
A big whew before I get into the post. And I’ll tell you why. I took a ton of photos and it took quite a while to edit them—and trust me, editing photos is not my forte. My Longchamp carryon … Continue reading
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Tagged France, French travels, Paris, thanksgiving in Paris, Thanksgiving.
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An Emotional Rollercoaster of a Weekend!
Dickens wrote that it was the best of times and the worst of times. I kind of felt that way about this weekend. I’ll start with the worst first. One of my cousins, who religiously followed this blog and commented … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastille Day, France, Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, Summer, The Shore, What I wore, World Cup
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Let Me Be Your Flight Attendant—Or At Least Give You A Couple of Travel Tips!
When I woke up yesterday morning and looked at the date on my phone, my reaction was “Oh Merde”. It’s June 12th already! And for a fleeting moment, I wave of sadness came over me. But then it left quickly … Continue reading
