Category Archives: France 2013

Next Stop Paris

Today is the day. At 10:45 am our plane leaves for Paris! Our very first culinary tour in the City of Light is about to begin. Sarolta and I are going a few days ahead of the rest of our … Continue reading

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Preparing for Paris

Only five days to go before we leave for Paris. FIVE days! While there is still so much to do before next Monday lots has already been accomplished for our upcoming adventure. We have made restaurant reservations, made lists of … Continue reading

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Goodbye Villefranche sur Mer

It is 5 am and I have been up for hours. I am catching up on emails and sorting through photos and making cookie dough so that I will be able to bake off some cookies for our reading time … Continue reading

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Day 8 in Villefranche sur Mer (and Nice)

It is Monday and so I am back in the thick of things at school but wanted to post a bunch of photos from my day yesterday. After spending Sunday morning working on my homework and trying to formulate some … Continue reading

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Day 4 in Villefranche sur Mer

After class today I hurried home to have a much anticipated Skype call with my sweet son Max before he headed off to school. As my overloaded brain needed a bit of a reprieve before diving into my homework I … Continue reading

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Day 2 and the Word of the Day is Grateful/Reconnaissant

This morning started with tea and tulips and ended with a glass of wine. In between I learned and struggled and had a lovely lunch and then learned and struggled and learned some more. I feel very tired yet very … Continue reading

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A Very Good First Day

I had hoped to post some photos last night but by the time I arrived back at my sweet little flat I was feeling somewhat tired and quite overwhelmed after the full day of orientation. Luckily, today after my first … Continue reading

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Welcome to Villefranche sur Mer

I have arrived in France. It took a couple of flights to get here and I did manage to get horribly lost in Heathrow but after 14 hours I made it, safe and relatively sound. I landed in Nice and … Continue reading

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