The drama of lost luggage ended happily Friday when we returned to Marseille airport and successfully collected our bags that arrived on the evening flight from Brussels the night prior. I never want to look at the accidental thong underwear again. David and I were last in Nîmes in January, 2023. The first winter that…
Tag: France
Boy VS Girl
David spent last week skiing in the Alps, while I remained here in Nîmes. I was never a fan of winter sports (or any sport, really), but I did break my upper arm last year by engaging in the extremely risky activity of walking during winter, so skiing would probably result in a…
Other People
I always have this very strange thought that goes through my head whenever David and I are traveling, especially if we are in a place where we don’t speak or understand the language. I always look at other people and think, “I’ve lived all my life never knowing you existed, and now here…
Why France?
Why indeed. I had the same French teacher, Madame Hea, for almost all of elementary school. Madame Hea was an actual French woman from France, who always wore an A-line skirt, sweater set, pumps, and the requisite silk scarf. I’m pretty sure she never wore pants, at least never when she was teaching. She was…
Verdun, France
On Wednesday the 13th, we rented a car in Reims and drove to Verdun to visit the battlefields (Champs de Bataille) of the Battle of Verdun, a terrible and prolonged WWI battle waged between the French and German armies between February and December, 1916. According to what we learned at the Memorial Musee de Verdun…
MEMORIES LIE... 