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“You know what would be funny?”
“What’s that Jean-Pierre?” “Well Jean-Paul – it would be funny if we buried the stereo in this car under the passenger seat- and then made it so that you would have to actually cut the carpet, and completely remove the seat – just to check the fuse on it” “hon hon hon – zat’s a…
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Any day now.
just a few things:1) Cutest. Pregnant Lady. EVER.2) She’s kind of ready for this part to be over.3) She’s a serious trooper for being pregnant through summer here when it’s sometimes like this: PS:The due date is still a few weeks away – so it may not be any day now. But let’s hope it’s any…
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mmmm. salty.
We stopped in the ancient city of Aigues-Mortes and went to the salt extraction site. They get salt from the sea water in a lengthy process that basically allows the water to settle in different ponds. Pretty enviro-friendly process actually -the tides and waves move the water in – then over the next few months the sun…
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Let’s back up a bit.
OK so lets be honest – we’re a bit lot behind on posting here lately. I guess the more you have to do – the less time you have to write about it.Quick recap: Heather & Aaron & their girls were here for a bit over a month. We travelled down south with them – one our favorite places…
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What a difference a decade makes
The last time we moved to Grenoble it was August 1999. We had been been married just over three years, no kids. We could easily pack up most of what we owned, put in in storage in our parents basement, take the rest in a few suitcases, stop renting the apartment we were in, and…
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Doesn’t even know how to speak well.
Living in a place where the language used is not your own mother tongue, you start to get some sense of appreciation for what it is like to not be able to communicate as efficiently or effectively as you would like. I was sitting somewhere and someone was struggling to make clear what they wanted to say. I found…
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Pace of Life
I have heard ex-pats here often wishing longfully for whereever they hail from – as “I can just get so much more done back home.” Is getting a lot done really the point? In some ways I think the French have things much more sorted out when it comes to prioritizing the use of the…
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The advantage of being small
one time zone compact area so it is more efficient to build infrastructure (highways, rail lines, power plants) you can get from one side of the country to the other without dedicating a week to the travel national weather forecasts are actually relevant to you
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We’ve moved…
…here. If you are reading this (and believe me….you are) you’ve found our new home. So if links and comments and stuff don’t quite work well for the next little while….uh…I don’t know….you get what you pay for I suppose. Also note that any imported posts that were slide shows – only have the first photo.…
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We’re Moving
Well we’ve been here for a little over a year. It seemed like it was working fine – but you start to feel limited – constrained after a while. We have had more visitors than I thought – but that’s not really the reason to move. We just need a bit more…well – space. so…
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Last pictures of the tour (I promise) I think I took so many pictures as it was just such a surreal sight. Our road that sometimes has more horses than cars in a day, was packed with hundreds of people from all over the world and a TV camera platform streaming it all live to the…
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Last pictures of the tour (I promise)
I think I took so many pictures as it was just such a surreal sight. Our road that sometimes has more horses than cars in a day, was packed with hundreds of people from all over the world and a TV camera platform streaming it all live to the world. The roads around the village that…
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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.
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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.
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Le Tour de France rolls through our village.
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Le Tour de France rolls through our village.
Franck Schleck trying to catch his brother Me almost getting run over by his team car
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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…
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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 (often rather…
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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…
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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…
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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 had set up…
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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 in Paris in…
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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…
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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 fortunate) that Alberta registries claimed…
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A Day in the life of our daughter.