Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we see the smiling lady, tsk at Huguenots, and buy a book.
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Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which I impart some travel tips, some bells are rung, and we go people-watching amongst the locals.
06: Lessons Learned and a Quiet Day
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Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which meet an old schoolchum, sip some coffee, and have a magical experience in a high-security setting.
05: A Dear Friend and a Jewelry Box
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Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we navigate a chemist shop, weigh some fruit, climb a hill, and I misplace an entire cathedral.
04: Three Churches and a Heretical Notion
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In which we see dead people, take several bus rides, and give Dan Brown a nod.
03: A long day in Paris
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While I’m taking my own vacation, I’m going to share this series, a compilation of “letters home” from the three-week trip my wife and I took to Paris and England in April 2011. They were written on the road, on a teensy little netbook, usually at the end of the day (or every other day, if our schedule was hectic.) I have not edited them, except to fix the odd grammatical or spelling error. Though I sent these emails to a small circle of friends and family, my primary reason in writing these was to document our trip in the fresh, unvarnished detail that only comes when one is exhausted, filled with the sights and sounds of the day.
01: Nous sommes arrive
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It’s been a tough couple of weeks.
After Memorial Day, my wife’s mother went in for surgery, and she’s still in the hospital now, almost three weeks later. We’ve gone from the staff saying we should “prepare ourselves” to everyone being yippy-skippy and talking about “full recovery.” Thankfully, they’ve been in that order, and now things are looking pretty good for the old gal.
For a while, though, our upcoming vacation was anything but a sure thing. We nearly canceled it a couple times, and then we feared we’d need it for other, non-vacation purposes (as with last year’s “holiday vacations,” taken before and after the death of my mother). And, for several days, the idea of taking time off and enjoying ourselves just didn’t seem possible. Or proper. Continue Reading »
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