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.

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.

Franck Schleck trying to catch his brother Me almost getting run over by his team car

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 parade should be (especially compared with some recently disappointing events)  There were floats, lots of music, and tonnes of people throwing out…

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 parade should be (especially compared with some recently disappointing events) There were floats, lots of music, and tonnes of people throwing out (often rather…

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 parking their cars on very precarious steep hills and crawling in the back seat to sleep. Some guys who…

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 and fireworks on my birthday. Sure -the day has something to do with the storming of the Bastille prison…

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 parking their cars on very precarious steep hills and crawling in the back seat to sleep.   Some guys who had set up…

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 and fireworks on my birthday. Sure -the day has something to do with the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in…

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 French driving rules- or even evidence of an understanding of what all the road signs mean (which is very…

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 underestimate what they were put through: moving out of our house, leaving friends & family in Edmonton, moving almost 8000km away, a…

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 were put through: moving out of our house, leaving friends & family in Edmonton, moving almost 8000km away, a new house, a…

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 to go as her penchant for car sickness with its accentuated sensitivity during this pregnancy was a great combination for a bus…

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 wanted to go as her penchant for car sickness with its accentuated sensitivity during this pregnancy was a great combination for a…