• How close does le Tour come? Andy Schleck rolling past in the Maillot Jaune.  Yes – I was that close.  I was crouching on the curb on the inside of the turn. He practically leaned…

  • How close does le Tour come?

    Andy Schleck rolling past in the Maillot Jaune.   Yes – I was that close.  I was crouching on the curb on the inside of the turn.   He practically leaned into me.

  • Le Tour de France rolls through our village.

  • La caravane publicitaire Before the Tour de France riders roll through the course, there is the massive parade of sponsors.  It’s a pretty huge deal – and was a lot more what our kids…

  • La caravane publicitaire

    Before the Tour de France riders roll through the course, there is the massive parade of sponsors.  It’s a pretty huge deal – and was a lot more what our kids thought a…

  • Le Tour Eve. I drove home at about 10:30 this evening, and man are people packing in around her for le tour tomorrow. These are just some shots I took driving (don’t tell the Gendarme).…

  • le quatorze julliet I must admit – living in a country where your birthday is a national holiday is rather nice. It’s quite welcoming of the French to take the day off work,…

  • Le Tour Eve.

    I drove home at about 10:30 this evening, and man are people packing in around her for le tour tomorrow. These are just some shots I took driving (don’t tell the Gendarme).   I saw people…

  • le quatorze julliet

    I must admit – living in a country where your birthday is a national holiday is rather nice. It’s quite welcoming of the French to take the day off work, and have parades…

  • Permis de Conduire I’m not sure what the strangest part about getting our French drivers licenses was: that we could directly exchange them for our Alberta license – without having to prove any…

  • Permis de Conduire

    I’m not sure what the strangest part about getting our French drivers licenses was: that we could directly exchange them for our Alberta license – without having to prove any comprehension of the…

  • A Day in the life of our daughter.

  • Fin d’année scolaire Last Friday was the kids last day of school for the year.  It was a good year for them overall  – not always easy, but good. I think sometimes I…

  • Fin d’année scolaire

    Last Friday was the kids last day of school for the year.  It was a good year for them overall  – not always easy, but good. I think sometimes I underestimate what they…

  • More chèvre Micah’s class had some more goat activity, although it wasn’t goat cheese like last time, but rather wool. Susan was one of the meres-de-helper for the trip. I think she really wanted…

  • More chèvre

    finding the source Micah’s class had some more goat activity, although it wasn’t goat cheese like last time, but rather wool.  Susan was one of the meres-de-helper for the trip. I think she really…