Le mecredi So, kids in France through elementary-level don’t have school on Wednesday.  Don’t ask me why.   {OK if you must know…the best I’ve understood it is: something to do with the…

So, kids in France through elementary-level don’t have school on Wednesday.  Don’t ask me why.   {OK if you must know…the best I’ve understood it is: something to do with the official split…

After a couple hours of eating amazing canapes….we started eating this incredible meal.  We ate for hours…almost 5 in total!  The chateau had a large vegetable garden on the grounds…which made for the…

After a couple hours of eating amazing canapes….we started eating this incredible meal.  We ate for hours…almost 5 in total!       The cheese course included 3 different regional cheeses.  The gratin…

French-Irish Wedding Extraveganza – the part where we eat (some more) So as you would imagine, standing around and eating incredible Canapés (Hors d’œuvre, appetizers, whatever it is that we are supposed to call them)…

So as you would imagine, standing around and eating incredible Canapés (Hors d’œuvre, appetizers, whatever it is that we are supposed to call them) non-stop for hours really makes one hungry.  Well lucky for us…

French-Irish wedding Extraveganza (Part Deux) So on Saturday at ‘half three’ (that’s 3:30 – and not literally ‘half of three’ – which would be 1.5 – or 1:30 as I would have guessed)…

So on Saturday at ‘half three’ (that’s 3:30 – and not literally ‘half of three’ – which would be 1.5 – or 1:30 as I would have guessed) the wedding itself got going.…

French-Irish wedding Extraveganza (part un) This past weekend we drove from here to close to Bordeaux, which is basically a 650km road trip from one side of France to the other.  We had…

This past weekend we drove from here to close to Bordeaux, which is basically a 650km road trip from one side of France to the other.  We had friends take care of our…

à la bibliothèque We stopped by the little library in the village on our way home today and got each of the kids a library card of their own (although somehow my ability…

First Day of School Last Thursday was the kids first day of school. New country, new language, new/no home, new friends, and then new school  – hence we were expecting a very smooth…

Last Thursday was the kids first day of school. New country, new language, new/no home, new friends, and then new school  – hence we were expecting a very smooth and easy rentree (note:…

Le Pont du Gard On our way home from le Midi we made a small detour off the autoroute to stretch our legs, let the blood flow back into my white-knuckled driving hands,…

The South of France (part deux) We went to the sea twice while we were there. Both days we waited until about 4pm or so, as it was easier on our pasty-white-children (although…

The South of France! We decided to take a quick vacation last week since: 1. we had previously promised the kids a 3 month holiday which disappeared 2. they started school on Thursday 3.if…

On our way home from le Midi we made a small detour off the autoroute to stretch our legs, let the blood flow back into my white-knuckled driving hands, and let the kids…

We went to the sea twice while we were there. Both days we waited until about 4pm or so, as it was easier on our pasty-white-children (although it still was 30* out). The…

We decided to take a quick vacation last week since: 1. we had previously promised the kids a 3 month holiday which disappeared 2. they started school on Thursday 3.if we didn’t leave the…

 « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part II)  Susan baked a cake, Mary-Ellen cut it into shape, and Matea and I decorated it – and between the 4 of us it almost looked like what it was…

 « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part I) Our original plan for this summer had us spending a 4th birthday in Reykjavik, but very little this summer has followed our original plan.  We decided to bookmark his birthday…