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Saturday, our last full day! Sam wanted to sleep in and didn’t want any breakfast. J and I went out to breakfast at a local hotel. It was fancy but they had eggs and their fruit plate was divine. Before we left, I got some good writing in, a meditation, and my French lessons too! […]
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Since we switched around our Tower of London tour, our Friday was pretty chill. The markets would be better on Saturday so we decided to tour around the palaces today. Sam wanted to sleep in (so did J) so they did that. I got up but decided that if we were walking, that was good […]
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The next morning I got up at 6 and around 630 I said to myself… self? Kidding.. I just got up and went out running in Hyde Park! My favorite thing to do on vacation is run in the morning when it’s all quiet and beautiful (and alone) and I only did it ONCE this […]
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The travel to London was uneventful which was perfect. We were able to find a gas station, get gas, return the car without ANY dings or issues (!!). Can I just say how proud I am of driving on the (wrong) RIGHT side of the car, on the (wrong) LEFT side of the road? It […]
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The next morning I was up and doing a workout in the living room of our Inverness apartment which was much needed. I didn’t get a high heart rate like I did the day before but it was some good strength exercises. J was looking for coffee so we looked for an “open” place on […]
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We went over to Laroch for dinner. It didn’t take reservations but we always eat dinner early anyway and didn’t have a problem getting a table. We all had the “steak burgers” and both J and I felt pretty terrible after eating. I just felt nauseous but J felt worse. Sam laughed because she felt […]
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Well, I gave up on spending TOO much time on Canva and at least added a few pictures to my last post. We will see how far I get. Surprise: I got totally locked out for two days from my WordPress apps on my iPad and phone. Finally logged in through Safari, deleted the post, […]
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Traveling is always sort of a time suck. I have some sort of elevated wish to be productive and get some work done, write, or… something. Did that happen? No. But that’s okay! For “reasons” I was sitting alone for both legs of the trip. I would really prefer to have a direct flight but […]
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The final travel blog! And I’m writing it as I’m at the airport going to Switzerland… I passed AirFrance and man, was I tempted… So, I think I finished off when I had dropped J off at the hotel while he was deathly ill… I drove 20m and “tried” to find the street. I think […]
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We took two “excursions” once we arrived in Sainte Maxime. We went to St. Tropez twice and then we went to Monaco after we dropped J off at the airport. I figured I would cover those both together since they were mini-trips… sort of! We arrived to Sainte Maxime on a Sunday. Monday I didn’t […]
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If riding bikes next to the Seine was my favorite activity, getting lost in Provence was my favorite memory. We left Paris on the train which was a nice adventure. We had almost two hours at the train station and we sat around, figured out that bathrooms cost money, and browsed the shops. Sam and […]
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It’s going on two months since we first left for Paris. I still think it’s worthwhile to capture the highlights as I look back at my photo memories. It’s funny saying goodbye already but I thoroughly covered arriving, our first day, and the most fun bike riding adventure ever, so I’m just going to cram […]
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Ahh, Day 2… In my Arriving post, I did show how I ran the morning of Day 2… but I’m really counting the start of the day as all of us wandering off with Pascal! Unfortunately, I was doing… something. What was I doing? I was going to the store for medicine or bread or […]
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It’s the hard times that make the good times so sweet. We wanted to ride bikes along the Seine and I had nixed a 3 hour tour that my Mom had found. It had seemed too long and I just wanted to rent bikes and wander around ourselves. It felt like a good idea at […]
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It finally hit me that we were going to France when I saw the sign in the airport that said Paris. The weeks leading up to the trip were surreal. A lot was happening, people were sick, packing was commencing. The flight was long. “How was the flight?” I dunno, it was an international flight. […]
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