Much as I enjoy Paris, I am also an eye-rolling cynic with regards to anything even remotely suggestive of romantic love. There is some strange new tradition in Europe that has couples writing their names on padlocks, then attaching them to chain link fences (preferably over a bridge) and throwing the key away. I cannot buy this as a…
Month: May 2012
En Garde
We were walking down Rue Vieille du Temple in the Marais neighbourhood, when we noticed a couple of little boys grappling in the window of a ground floor business. David said, “What’s with the weird white pants, and why are they both wearing them?” I jokingly suggested that he was a Philistine for failing to recognize that the boys…
Paris
The nurses reading this will know what I mean when I say that jet lag feels like the end of a 12-hour night shift for which you did not sleep during the day. When we arrived in Paris yesterday morning, we made our way directly to the apartment that we rented, then slept for 3 hours,…
Transportation
How’s your daily commute? I did say that I wouldn’t post until I was actually on vacation, but I’m a very skilled procrastinator. I ought to be doing the million things that need doing before we leave, but instead I’m sifting through last year’s photos and goofing around, apparently certain that the massive pile of laundry that’s been staring at me since…
Comments
I’m not the technological wizard I believed myself to be…apparently, I cannot block comments that any of you may wish to make. However, I can screen your comments and decide which ones will be published! So please, comment away if you like. If you would like a little information on any of the pictures here, just mouse…
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