Ugh. It is a frustration here. I don’t like to go out to eat, as it turns into such a problem! Even when the meeting organizers warn the hotel and the meeting places that there are a number of vegetarians amongst our group, the serving staff still insist that they have nothing else. The first…
Category: Visiting
Springtime in Paris
Yesterday, I took some time off (hey, I am half-time and had spent three full days in meetings!) and went to l’Orangerie which has been closed for “renovations” since I first came to a French ILOG meeting(back in 2000). The museum reopened since my last trip, and I finally got to go see Monet’s masterpieces….
Photos at the Museum
After our meeting today at the Maison des Polytechniciens, we walked across the street to the Musee d’Orsay for a tour and then dinner in the dining room. Our very large group broke into three groups for guided tours. I enjoyed listening to our tour guide, who provided lots of insight and interesting history about…
Grey Paree
The direct flight with personal tvs was pleasant. Airplane movies have improved to now be on demand, so I could start and stop at will. I ended up watching 3.5 movies over the Atlantic. The flight ended an hour early on a sour note, with a terrible landing. Thump, thump, whoa! Everyone around me was…
Third Wheel
The girls and I wanted to rent bikes during our trip to Jekyll Island, but the logistics were a little complicated. Chloe can ride a bike with training wheels and Camille was saying she was worried about riding as she hasn’t done it much lately (and I don’t think I’ve been on a bike for…
J’aime La Plage
One of my favorite things to do at the beach is to watch the sun come up over the horizon. This morning, I woke with the sun. The clouds rolled in as the sun came up, making today’s sunrise very different from yesterday’s. A little later in the morning, the girls and I drove down…
Dining – Hotel Room Style
After we arrived here, I realized that our dinner choices were non-existant. Unforutunately, our room has no kitchen, no microwave. It does have a fridge and a coffeepot, however. At the little IGA, we stocked on bread, peanut butter, jelly, carrots, fruit, yogurt, milk and cereal. But what for dinner? There were no baguettes, no…
Spitfire the Turtle
These crazy girls; I wonder if they have ever seen Spanish moss before? It makes for great dress up I guess. Playing with it was one of the highlights of our morning walk through the historical district of Jekyll Island. The other was a trip to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Last year, a month…
Hey, I Know That Place
Heck, I could have taken it. Compare the photo at the left that I took in 2004 to the one in the Washington Post article Why Did the Tourists Cross the Channel? The Baths in Virgin Gorda is a magical place. One that I’ve been to four (I think) times now and one to which…
Road Trip
The girls and I headed up to Washington DC for an XM Kids Rumpus Room concert. We got to see one of our favorites, The Hipwaders! While there, we went to the Postal Museum, Union Station, many Smithsonian Museums on the Mall and stayed at L’Enfant Plaza! It was a great weekend, and we can’t…
Union Station
As in Washington DC PS. While this photo may not be really interesting, its timing is. As you can see, ten minutes later, the station became quite a zoo: Suspicious Package Stops Union Station Trains Briefly By Joshua ZumbrunWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, November 16, 2007; 4:28 PM Traffic was temporarily halted at Union Station this…
Daily Photo
Rob took the girls up Stone Mountain in the tram … It wasn’t too windy for Chloe, according to Chloe.
More Austin Kiddie Limits
After three days of music festival, I am tired!! It’s been go go go , and we still need to go home … Here’s Camille with her Aunt Suze and Luis at Austin City Limits today.
Austin Kiddie Limits
The girls are having tons of fun at the festival.
Crossing the Mississippi
We went through part of Hurricane Humberto today on our way to Texas.
Wildlife in Texas
(That’s Fossil Rim and Trout Fishing in America.)
The Field Museum
Driving Illinois
we’re back
We had a great time at PlayaCar and Chichen Itza. The unexpected day in Fort Lauderdale was not so fantastic.
adventures
What’s more fun than big rocks? The girls love this spot in the river. They have lots of fun jumping from one rock to another as the river goes surging past. I’m very happy that the weather this weekend has been such that we were able to spend a lot of time outside. We’ll have…