All Entries Tagged With: "France"
A Leisurely Day in Bruges, Belgium
Pretty Bruges is less than an hour from Brussels on the train. The only other European city I’ve seen so far that can hold a candle to this beautiful town is Annecy, France. Mr. DJ says Bruges is pretty darned cute. That’s an understatement, of course. Coincidentally, Rick Steves blogged about this town in a [...]
Aaaand they’re off!
These look like little roses–they’re tiny. Well my parents and aunt are on their way to their vacation from their vacation. They’re going on a 10-day cruise to France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Corsica. I asked my dad to take lots of photos and notes so I can blog about their trip. It’s a good [...]
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 [...]
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. . 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 [...]
London was crowded
What was I thinking? London was PACKED this weekend, mostly with tourists from the Continent. Even so, we ran into people we knew, and we don’t know that many people. Later, we heard from one of Roxi’s friends that she ran into another classmate at the British Museum. I guess it was the sunshine. Either [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s Leather Weather
Lord Nelson perched atop his column in Trafalgar Square. I bet he wishes he had a posh leather jacket, too. Chris introduced me to this saying. It means that it’s cool enough to bring out the old leather jackets. Snnnniiiiiiiiiffffff! Ah! It is turning out to be quite a lovely day despite the chill in [...]
