Les vacances sont fini
My parents have flown back to Nova Scotia, so the vacation is now officially over. We’ve set about recovering from the time away and resuming our daily lives. We both […]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
I shall require chemical assistance
Still in wind-down mode with my parents. Since we’re all still on French time we were up early; I’ve been awake since 3:30 and the others were up shortly after […]
Brain –> sleep mode
I’ve been up for about 20 hours so my battery’s starting to run down. Even if there were a lot to say about this leg of the journey I’d have […]
Home again, home again
We’re back in Toronto, along with my parents. More details on our escape from France later. [tags]france, paris, toronto[/tags]
Winding down
This morning started as all mornings should: with pastries. Freshly stuffed, we were on the go by 9:00, heading toward the Eiffel Tower. We walked down the parc du champ […]
Back where it all started
After a wait, and being accosted by a little old French lady who was upset I didn’t speak her language (rightly so) our train arrived. We had a little trouble […]
Waiting for a train
Having a computer with proper internet access is a beautiful thing when travelling, even if it is French (who knew the French don’t use QWERTY keyboards?), for finding things out. […]
West into wine country
I really should post throughout the day. Saving it all up ’til the nighttime is too time-consuming. First order of business today was to get ourselves some breakfast. Normally I […]
The long and winding (and winding and winding) road
After leaving the chateau we started the next part of our trip, driving north to Agen and turning east. The farmland changed substantially almost as soon as we left, becoming […]
Farewell and adieu
I’m sad. We’re just about to leave the chateau, and we’ve come to think of the place as our French home. We’ve fallen in love with the rooms (even the […]
