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Police Barricades & Night Explosions with 6 Kids The reason we had to dash-away-Cinderella-style at the stike of 10 was to get down to the big park in Uriage for le pièce de résistance of the evening…Fireworks.…
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Le Bal There were signs up around town for the local bal. When we told the kids, the girls were quite excited as they heard “a royal ball, just like in Cinderella” and…
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Police Barricades & Night Explosions with 6 Kids
The reason we had to dash-away-Cinderella-style at the stike of 10 was to get down to the big park in Uriage for le pièce de résistance of the evening…Fireworks. They were supposed to start at…
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A productive day
That was the idea. First off – we go to the marie of the commune where Jonah was born, to get him a new birth certificate. Why – because the one we have…
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A Day in Uriage We spent Saturday waling around the town of Uriage-les-Bains, which is the area we are hoping to find a place to stay. Uriage is a resort town of…
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A Day in Uriage
We spent Saturday waling around the town of Uriage-les-Bains, which is the area we are hoping to find a place to stay. Uriage is a resort town of sorts- with a thermal-healing…
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Chateau de Vizille Yesterday we took a little drive over to the town of Vizille just down the valley for a little outing in the parc around the chateau. It was more amazing…
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Chateau de Vizille
Yesterday we took a little drive over to the town of Vizille just down the valley for a little outing in the parc around the chateau. It was more amazing than either of…
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Our New Car
Here’s what we got: a (mostly) lovely Opel Zafira. Opel is apparently a German car. The Zafira is a cool sort of half-way-between-hatch-back-and-mini-van. It’s basically a decent sized 5-seater – but two smaller…
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Here’s what we got: a (mostly) lovely Opel Zafira. Opel is apparently a German car. The Zafira is a cool sort of half-way-between-hatch-back-and-mini-van. It’s basically a decent sized 5-seater – but two…
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Car Buying Day! Today we went out to buy a car. Should only take an hour or so right? Oh no no no Monsieur, c’est la France! We got lost on our way…
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Car Buying Day!
Today we went out to buy a car. Should only take an hour or so right? Oh no no no Monsieur, c’est la France! We got lost on our way to this little…
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Blackberry hunting
For today’s outing we walked down the mountain a ways to pick blackberries in front of a friends house. We took our 3 kids plus the Simoni’s 3 kids for a hike to…
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For today’s outing we walked down the mountain a ways to pick blackberries in front of a friends house. We took our 3 kids plus the Simoni’s 3 kids for a hike to…
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Our first few days
Here are some more shots of our first few days in France. We are having a great time staying at the Simoni Chateau. They have bunnies, a trampoline, a zip-line, a huge yard,…
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Here are some more shots of our first few days in France. We are having a great time staying at the Simoni Chateau. They have bunnies, a trampoline, a zip-line, a huge yard,…
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Yesterday Mary Ellen took me to a local farm where she usually goes once a week to buy her produce. It was a vegetarian’s dream! For only 10 euro I bought a huge…
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Produce of France
Yesterday Mary Ellen took me to a local farm where she usually goes once a week to buy her produce. It was a vegetarian’s dream! For only 10 euro I…
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Life is a Journey…
sometimes a long vomitous journey. 3hrs in the car. 3 flights for 13 hours 3.5 hour by train plus transfers, waiting etc. = 31hrs 45min door to door We’ve made it here.…
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3hrs in the car. 3 flights for 13 hours 3.5 hour by train plus transfers, waiting etc. = 31hrs 45min door to door We’ve made it here. Despite puking kids (2), time zone…
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