It's not a good sign...
When your bus driver turns around and says "Quelqu'un connait la route pour aller a Montparnasse ??" LOL Now I'm really glad I didn't buy my train tickets in advance, as we seem to be lost...Sent via...
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Diary of sunrise at 10,000 feet
It was so beautiful that I was starting to feel all positive and uplifted....Until we broke through the clouds and this is what I saw on the other side:Welcome back to France.
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Does the word "decompress" exist in English? Because the other day, I said to my boss "It's nice to just be able to decompress at night" and he replied "Decompress? That's not a word, is it??" I said...
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Even though Fab thinks it's a bit early, I've started looking for the furniture we need for our new place. And I found this armoire for free!Apparently the owner had been trying to sell it for quite a...
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I've got an ocular migraine coming on and won't be able to see very well for a while, so just a photo for today:
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What the hell? First Sarko got married all rapido-like, and nowCecilia? Either those two are trying really hard to get over each other, or it's true that she only came back to him to help him get elected.
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I am so not feeling inspired this week. My brain is swirling right now, full of questions about my future and the farm's future and the decisions that need to be made. This week is the week where...
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My carte de séjour expires in a few weeks, so it's time to start the dreaded renewal process again. Since we don't live in V-town anymore and can no longer just walk back home if we forget something, I...
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So I know everyone has been waiting with baited breath (ha!) to hear how my visit to the préfecture went....and I'd just like to say I was *this close* to getting that damn carte de dix ans. After...
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The technician sent this to me - and I have to agree with him that it sounds more like something GW would say!!!'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll...
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I found this on Fleur de Vie's blog.....I'm telling you, the French will never cease to amaze me with their sneakiness!!PS. Click here if you can't get the video to load.
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One of my classes didn't show up on Friday, and since I'm technically supposed to stay there until my class time is up (in case I'd ever get into an accident on the way home, etc), I decided to take...
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Well, my bags are packed and I'm off to England for the week. I'm taking the ferry over for the first time, so we'll see how it goes - hopefully it won't be too windy today. I probably won't have...
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Oh man, that was one LONG boat ride over. Give me the plane any day! And once again, I got the third degree going through customs, ie. What are you doing in France? Where are your papers? Why have you...
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Man, am I exhausted! Someone's phone doubles as a pedometer, and it said we did over 20,000 steps today. And they weren't just steps, we spent the day walking up and down steep, slippery flight of...
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There was a huge birthday party at the pub last night, and we all had a blast. The oddest thing was that the party was for a 90 year old American man from Brooklyn. It was fabulous - they had put up a...
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I'm really pumped, we just got done visiting Stonehenge. It's been on my list of places to visit forever, and even though it's colder than a witch's tit here, it was totally worth it. It was trop cool...
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Ugh, I'm finally back in the comfort of my own home. The return trip did not change my impression of the ferries at all. But it was a good trip all in all - we didn't lose any kids (always a good...
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Petrified quiche
Or in other words, how Fab almost managed to burn the house down in my absence.(He got some good news one day last week and was so excited that he just put his coat on and left the house, forgetting...
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Don't mind me....
I'm still licking my wounds after surprising all of my in-laws at the farm Monday. It was my FIL's birthday, so I'd gotten him some presents in England and wanted to stop by to give them to him and...
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Confession time
Time to fess up - I think I've got a school girl crush on one of the teachers that went to England. He's tall, cute, blue-eyed, funny, a gentleman, he cooks and he's great with kids - he's like the...
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For whatever reason, one night while we were at the pub last week, I started telling my co-workers about how Americans sometimes wore pyjamas to class. They literally could not believe me - it was like...
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This is my new favorite song:Des spaghettis, de la sauce tomateDans la banlieue nord de DijonJ'ai choisi la voie diplomateQui m'a évité la prisonÇa fait 20 ans que je me cacheEt je pensais vivre bien...
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