my journey, destination unknown
this morning we woke to rain falling quietly, soothingly on the roof. We all gave in to the peace and had a slow start to the morning. Chloe and Barbara made a nice coffee cake midmorning as Camille worked on her homeschooling and I (mostly) happily worked on conquering my to-do list. Around noon, Chloe…
corn? entertaining? Yummy, perhaps. King, perhaps. But entertaining? Yes, in fact, it is. Our fall day in the mountains started out in Cherry Log at the Fall Festival. I was expecting a church bazaar type happening ans was not too far off. We were pleasantly delighted with the low-key affair, however. Cherry Log has a…
Last Wednesday (was it really almost a week ago?), I spent the morning working. Then packing. Packing for our trip to Texas. To visit family. Or maybe really to go to the Austin City Limits Festival, since both my mom and sister were in other cities. Packing has gotten to be quite easy. The girls…
I have a fond memory of camping as a kid. Sleeping in the tent, drinking hot tang and playing in the “woods” around the site. In fact, Rob and I registered for a tent, sleeping pads, a camp stove, etc. for our wedding and took it all with us to go camping at Cinnamon Bay…
As happy as I was to get home and stay home for more than a couple days, after two weeks I knew that I needed to get away. The drudgery of being at home was getting to me. Even if I can’t get away from the homeschooling and work, a change of scenery always helps…
Every year, the streets of Atlanta are stormed by fairies, darth vaders and everything in between. Even though we’ve been living here for 10 years, I had never managed to make it to the annual Dragon*Con parade. This year I vowed to finally make it there to witness the Stormtroopers marching down Peachtree. What an…
As our year of having an apartment in DC is coming to a close, I’m working on my list of the things I WON’T miss. Then maybe I won’t feel so sad about no having a place in DC. I won’t miss: the desk lamp that is masquerading as a bedside lamp and which burns…
Barbara woke early to repack. The girls got up a little after that, and we all headed down to breakfast. Our last in France. Not great, but not terrible. Chloe got a boiled egg, but it was part of the English breakfast and therefore soft-boiled. Blech. Barbara left for her flight; the girls and I…
I woke early from being too cold! I could tell that we were in the mountains! The light was fantastic, too. Everyone else slept a bit later, so I read for a while. There were not many people in the restaurant for breakfast, so it was quite relaxing. We did run out of coffee and…
Barbara and Suze got up very early to get to the airport. When Barbara returned, I got up and worked on packing and helping to clean up. We were ready to leave at about 9:30, but didn’t know how to “check out.” Barbara made some calls, then walked to the car park to get the…
Barbara and Suze decided to take the bus to the Matisse and Chagall museums. The girls and I went out to “go shopping.” I am a terrible shopper and don’t much enjoy it, but Chloe loved it. She even managed to buy herself a dress and some Littlest Pet Shop toys. Neither Camille nor I…
Debating between going to St. Paul de Vence and Eze, we decided Eze would be more picturesque and figured out which bus would get us there. Because I wanted to get seats on the bus this time, I though we should leave early. We found the right bus bay and waited. And waited. And waited….
We got going late in the morning. After a little breakfast, we headed to the car to drive to St. Tropez so Suze could see it. It took a couple of hours to get there by the highway. We found a nice parking lot in the center of town and got out to walk around….
While the rest of us slept in, Barbara went for a walk and geocached. Suze fed the girls breakfast when they woke. When Barbara got back and the apartment was cleaned up, Barbara, Suze and the girls went to the beach. I stayed behind to catch up on the photos and blogging and have some…
Barbara and Chloe went out to get some bread. While out, they stopped at the playground. After breakfast, while Suze and I were getting ready to go out for the day, Barbara took the girls out to the toy store across the street. We then all quickly headed to the bus station and jumped on…
After we got up and had some breakfast and figured out the problem with the wifi, we headed out to explore the area. As we walked down to the beach, Chloe spotted some ice cream cones that she could not wait to try! We also found the big daily market that had flowers, fruits, veggies…
We woke a little earlier this morning and headed right to Nimes over a road that looked just like central Texas. We parked the car and found a cafe for some breakfast before walking over to the Arena, which looks like a small Coliseum. We walked around it, Chloe got a pen like the one…
I woke early, then went back to sleep and got up later than I had wanted. We packed fast and left the hotel. We stopped in town to have breakfast, then drove south through Grenoble and then back west again. We stopped in Orange to see the Roman Theater. Chloe ran up and down the…
Most of the clothes were dry, but not all, so Barbara worked on ironing them to speed along the process. We worked on final packing and on cleaning up the apartment. The person from the management company came, and we hauled our bags down the stairs since the elevator was not working. Instead of taking…
The girls slept in late. I got up as Barbara left for her meeting, and I worked on some photos and blogs. The day started out rainy, so I didnÕt want to head to Les Halles. Instead we went out to a street market then took the train to near Notre Dame, where we went…