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Me, Aunt Elsie and Chuck We are back home after our semi-whirlwind tour of the east coast (I say semi, as our intrepid and younger friends Meagan and Jock have been doing a real deal whirlwind tour that you can read about at her blog). In my previous post, I mostly bitched and [...] me, tiny capitol and chuck Chuck and I are spending a week and a half on the east coast, visiting family and friends. We flew out rfom Long Beach on Jet Blue and landed at Dulles. The plan (okay, the plan I suggested) was to take the Metro from Dulles to downtown Washington. [...] I had to remind myself that we were on our way home more than once over the course of today’s trip home. American Airlines managed to schedule our flights from Paris to Dallas then from Dallas to LA so close together that it was a mad scramble trying to to get through customs then [...] We spent our last day in Paris walking around enjoying the sunshine with lots of other people. We grabbed some baguette sandwiches and small bottles of Bordeaux and headed to the Seine to eat on the riverfront. It was lovely. We also took the little French netbook back to the Virgin Megastore in the [...] All day long we have been watching plane after plane take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Normally I either wouldn’t notice, or if the sound was too close I’d find it annoying. Not today. Today it’s like the music of the gods because it means we will finally be heading home. One week [...] We left Paris this past Tuesday and flew to Bristol to spend a few days with our friends Meagan and Jock. We’ve had a great couple of days, seeing southwest England and Wales. The weather has been great – sunny skies, no rain, you know, basically unusual weather for England! We have also seen [...] The Paris Marathon is only 17 days away (thank you, Paris Marathon website for the countdown clock that constantly reminds us). Just us and 38,998 other folks running through the streets of Paris. What’s awesome about the course (hello, LA Marathon organizers, take note!) – the course passes several Metro stops along the way [...] After last year’s awful holiday season (can you say cancer and chemo?) we decided that this year it would be all about creating good memories. So to get the ball rolling, we headed off to Glenwood Springs CO for Thanksgiving. it’s a wonderful place, a natural hot springs resort town in the Rockies. We [...] butchart gardens We spent a few days this past wek in Victoria, BC. Wow, what a great place! The weather was fabulous – although the weather predictions called for rain every day we were going to be there, we had one evening of rain and two and a half lovely days of cool [...] [...] |
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