Five Things Friday

1. Weather: My daughter just Instagram-posted a screenshot of the weather in Rome, where she’s been trying to find shady spots for hanging out with our granddaughter. 34 Degrees! That’s tough in a city, and they’ve…

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Ups and Downs and Paris Happy Landings…

  Had to do some work to avoid grumpiness when we were advised by email Wednesday afternoon that Thursday’s train was cancelled because of the strike. We’ll worry later about being reimbursed. In the meantime,…

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How I Learned to Stop Grumbling and Love Cycling? Or something like that ….

It is entirely possible that despite my considerable quotidian practicality, I may also nurture a certain Romanticism. Such that, when I head off with the Love of my Life on an adventure that combines 50…

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Language lessons dans Le quartier

Besides our French lessons with our very well-qualified tutor, we have also been taking advantage of the Bordelais community as an extension of our studies. Today, for example, we reviewed the partitif, and then after…

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