Born in the U.S.A.

We lucked out today.  Our taxi driver was there at 4 a.m.  He moved to Paris with his family 12 year ago from Lebanon.  Speaks Lebanese, francais, and english.  Rents his taxi otherwise it is too expensive. I’m proud to … Keep Reading…

Last Tango in Paris

Well.  This was it.  Our last day.  Overcast.  France was weeping and sad because we were leaving.  Right. The day was really fun because we met our new french friends for some visiting and settle up a few things.   … Keep Reading…

Just Singing in the Rain

Well, here we are.  Rain, rain, go away.  Come again another day. Yesterday was sort of boring!!  The tower Eiffel, the Champs Elysees.  Ho hum. I’m pretty sure we walked about 10 miles yesterday.  We also conquered the metro.  We … Keep Reading…

On to Paris

I’m not sure where to start. Have you ever had that kind of day, where you get back home and don’t even know where to start your description of the day?  Well, it’s like that. Perhaps I’ll start at the … Keep Reading…

And we meat again!!

Here’s the local meat market.  It competes with two supermarches in town and it is doing quite well.  We needed two pieces of bacon for a quiche I intended to do for dinner tonight.  So off we went.  While we … Keep Reading…

Reflections and other things

I forgot to mention health care so I’ll do it now.  Back to Thorny Brassiers.  Sele, our innkeeper, had the need for a gall bladder removal four weeks ago.  They have officially lived in France a year.  They bought Le … Keep Reading…