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France: Disneyland Resort Paris

A couple of weeks ago, Roxi and her school choir as well as the school orchestra performed at Disney Paris. Isn’t that cool?

The choir sang three songs–”Time After Time“, “Your Song” and “Blue Moon“. Roxi had a solo in “Time After Time”, and she was quite pleased about it.
The kids also attended workshops with Disney [...]

Paris, France

Well, after looking over my photos from our two-and-a-half day trip to Paris last August, I realized that to overindulge in so much goodness in one sitting would be such a waste. So let us savor Paris the way it should be, leisurely, on European time. Think of this post as an amuse-bouche. 

This was the [...]

Dinner in Paris

Alors, I got an email from Mr. DJ this morning: “Enough with the rich food, wine, and late nights! I can’t take much more of this glamorous life.”
He is kidding, of course, because the next message was: “But that shoulder of lamb was so good. Maybe I could tolerate another meal…..”
I spy… an empty [...]

He went to Paris

View from Mr. DJ’s hotel room. Photo by Mr. DJ on his Blackberry Pearl.
Yeah, he’s in Paris without me. He did invite me, but I’ll tell you tomorrow why I didn’t go.
Meanwhile, Mama DJ is here for a little visit and to keep Roxi company tonight while I go do that thing I have to [...]

Aiguille du Midi and the Château in the middle of nowhere

Well, finally, we come to the end of our trip to France last August.
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We woke up at 5:30 am to get ready for the first lift on our last day in Chamonix. Unfortunately, when we got there, they had cancelled the early lift because of bad weather. No problem, we had breakfast at a nearby [...]

Tramway du Mont Blanc, France

We had a couple of rainy days during our stay in the Chamonix area. On one of those days, we decided to take a train up the mountain to Nid D’Aigle. We figured we’d be inside the train most of the time, so we wouldn’t have to worry about getting too wet.
The Tramway du Mont [...]

Hiking in the French Alps–Le Petit Balcon Sud Trail

I still have three more France posts to write. I’m hoping to be done by next week before we go away again.
So, to take you back: this is is the Chamonix portion of our trip to France in August. If you missed the other posts, you can read about our crossing from England to France, [...]

Cruise on Lake Annecy in August

This is one of my favorite moments from the whole trip. These guys were on break. Judging from their aprons, I guessed they worked in a nearby cafe. What did they do during their 15 minutes? The drank a glass of wine or a coffee (cup and saucer) and said hello to the swans. That’s [...]

This, that and more French cheese

Woosh–Mama DJ arrived at our doorstep at 10 am yesterday and was on the train platform this morning just after 6 am to head back to the airport. Talk about speed visiting! It’s always so great to see her, but it’s sad when she’s here and gone in a flash. I think she’s planning on [...]

Eating the “Big Three” in France’s Savoie Region

I need to play catch-up with our France trip, so I hope you’ll bear with me for a little while. Today I’ll wallow in the ooey, gooey, melty, yummy topic of Alpine food.

Food in the French Alps is a cheesy affair. All I have to say is good thing we were doing some long hikes!

This [...]