This was our first weekend in Clamecy. Like so many of our weekends we crammed it full of things to do and see. We started the weekend with a quiet Friday night. A light dinner and then we attempted to improve our French by watching Independence Day in French. News flash…It is a terrible movie …
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Last hurrahs in Paris
Today we waved au revoir to Paris, but we do have some other” Paris adventures to catch you up on. We managed to squeeze out two more museums, a dead person bingo part 4 and dinner out. Plus, I finally had what I would consider a French meal, with my new friend Linn, who is …
Our last weekend in Paris
Thursday night we decided to go out to dinner. We were celebrating Sue’s brilliant (89%) score on her petit test - I have always known she is brilliant. (I hardly call a B+ brilliant, but considering that my French consisted of "je ne sais pas" and "pardon, no parle pas français," I am proud. Also, …
Dead Person Bingo – Part 2
It is 8 p.m. and we just walked in after a long, fun day of wandering. It is still very light outside and if we had the stamina, we could be out wandering for a few more hours before it gets dark. But we are old, so we ran out of gas. We were going …
Dead Person Bingo (plus Dali and Gaudi)
Today was our first day of wandering around the city. We were here last weekend, but we were still getting adjusted and settling in. Today, we were in full venture out and see things mode. On Friday night, the weather looked like rain all day and so we decided to postpone planning until Saturday morning …
Settling In
We have started to settle into our new place. We spent most of Thursday unpacking and getting set up. We met Sue’s friend Suzanne (the one from Burgundy) for lunch as she had come up to Paris for the day. We walked about 8km (5ish miles) from the apartment to the restaurant, ate lunch wandered …
Moving out
We are on our way, sort of. On Tuesday, Sue finished packing up the house and we packed our stuff in the car and drove up to my son’s (and his wife’s and daughter’s) house which is about 30 minutes. All the boxes were packed and labeled, our clothes sorted in the appropriate suitcases and …
The home stretch
We are into the home stretch and somewhat surprisingly, we are thinking that the packing is nearly done. We are down to just a few kitchen things that we still need, our linens and a few clothes that are all going into the suitcases. We have decided to finish packing by Tuesday the 20th, and …
Just some updates
We are continuing to make plans and knock items off the to do list. This week has been, for lack of a better term, workmanlike....oh god...sorry Sue...workPERSONlike. 😉 (Finally, my positive influence sinks in.) We are grappling with a list of necessary, but fairly uninteresting, things we will need to arrange while we are away. …
Nice is Nice
We have made our first significant change to our plan (remember when I said our plans were firmly set in Jello?). We, like the French in World War 2 have abandoned Paris. We were persuaded by two factors: First, the weather will be pretty nasty in October and November -- cold, damp, wet. If we …
Doing It On The Road 