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Paris and Le Corbusier
We made our first foray into Paris this week – went in Monday morning and just returned (Wednesday afternoon). Paris is Paris; we’re always so glad to be back in the city. One motivator for coming in this time is that … Continue reading
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Bois-le-Roi
Last year I posted some meanderings about our current home of Bois-le-Roi, so just a few notes here. Bois-le-Roi is about 35 minutes by train south of Paris, with a population of about 5,600. Our “home away from home” in … Continue reading
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Flood Update
We walked to the Chartrettes lock yesterday to see how things were progressing. Answer: getting better. The Seine is down by six-eight feet below the locks and much of the surrounding banks that were under a lot of water Saturday … Continue reading
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Settling in Bois-le-Roi
We made it, safely and soundly! The flight over was fine: left on time, the meal was actually tasty (not unusual on Air France), we arrived on time, contacted the car-lease company without a problem, a van came to pick … Continue reading
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Update and grandkid pictures
First, the update: the European news agency Reuters reports that the French air traffic controllers have called off their strike this weekend. We haven’t seen any corroboration of that and until I see it on the Air France site, I … Continue reading
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Excitement Before We Even Leave
French air traffic controllers are going on strike this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We leave here Friday, so things may be a little difficult. We likely won’t know what’s happening until Friday morning. Travel can be such fun, especially … Continue reading
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Off Yet Again – 2016 Edition
Yes, we are heading off to France again this summer, so stay tuned and I’ll post updates on what we’re doing. We’ll be gone a shorter time this year: three months in France, and five days coming and going in … Continue reading
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Whoo-hooo! Grandkids!
We’re back in the good old US of A and visiting Craig and Annie and Clara and the newest Zumsteg, Henry. This is totally fun, and makes leaving France easier. Without further blather, here’re some pictures. Clara’s birthday Clara celebrated … Continue reading
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Comments off
I’ve turned comments off, as I’m getting 40-50 spam comments a day now.
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Shakespeare & Co, Paris
My favorite book of this trip is “Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties” by Noël Riley Fitch. Sylvia Beach was, of course, the owner of that famous English bookstore in Paris, … Continue reading
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