Istanbul was the most beautiful, interesting, amazing place I have ever been. I loved the mixture of old and new and east and west. It is very European in some ways, and not so European in other ways. Trying to figure out Turkish was slightly exhausting as it’s not an Indo-European language, but now I [...]
Full Story »Thoughts on: Trip, Apartment, and Conference
Trip: Of course my trip was amazing. We saw so many places and I took far too many photos. The weather was mostly hot and sunny and we didn’t have any major traveling problems. I feel like I’ve only just scratched the surface of all the wonderful sites France has to offer, and I’m dying [...]
Full Story »Week Two: La Camargue and Languedoc-Roussillon
La Camargue Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer La Grande Motte Montpellier Nîmes Pont du Gard Carcassonne
Full Story »Week One: Milan, Côte d’Azur and Provence
Just a few photos for now… Milan Lake Como Nice Monaco Antibes Cannes Aix-en-Provence Saint-Remy-de-Provence Fontvieille
Full Story »One trip down, one to go
I’m back in Chambéry! Almost 500 photos to sort through and upload, 3 days of work this week, and then Jason and I are off to Istanbul at 7 AM Saturday morning. I love love love the south. Still want to move to Provence. Vacation was too short, as always. Need to finish unpacking and [...]
Full Story »Off to Milan, and then Southern France
Michelle and I leave tomorrow morning at 10:45am for Milan, and then we’re heading back to France via Nice, and then over to Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier (and all the cool villages in between). We just spent the past two days in Chambéry and Annecy wandering around the old towns and the lake. Today I found [...]
Full Story »May begins with a cold, but ends with a trip
So I had my last night of baby-sitting and my last English lesson in Annecy this past week, and two days later, I was suddenly sick with a stupid cold. And then I was outside for 10 hours – in the sun, then wind, then cold – at a barbecue on Saturday, which I’m sure [...]
Full Story »The Punta Cana Post
The Dominican Republic was lovely. We had sun everyday except for the wedding when it rained a little. But as they say in Spanish boda lluviosa, boda dichosa – and in French as well, mariage pluvieux, mariage heureux – a rainy wedding is a happy wedding. So first, let me say ¡Felicidades! and Félicitations ! [...]
Full Story »Back from the Dominican Republic, and back to work
We have made it back to France safely from my brother’s wedding in the Dominican Republic. I will make a real post soon as I am too exhausted to type right now. It’s back to work tomorrow so I’m off to bed. Palm trees on the beach in Punta Cana
Full Story »Off to the Dominican Republic
Bye! Be back Monday night!
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