Personal and Professional Musings
Earlier this week, when we were recovering from a brief rainstorm, I got a hankering for a pot of Grandma Joan’s beans. So I emailed her and got the recipe. All the ingredients were fairly straightforward. Onion, garlic, salt, pepper, beans, etc…and a ham hock. Seriously. A ham hock. I should have realized this. It…
Having been in France for almost a month now (not quite), Dave and I have some interesting observations about our new home. For example, cell phone covers are more like flip covers that fold down and they are everywhere. When people are talking on their phones, it looks like they are talking on a cell…
I pretty much live for the markets these days. It seems like each day of the week, I can go to a different neighborhood around the city center and find a market full of produce, jams, cheese, meats, olive oils, nuts, spices… you name it. We can get it there. On Saturday, Dave and I…
Since we’ve arrived in France, and especially since Dave’s started school, I’ve had plenty to keep me busy. I’ve started teaching myself French, via podcasts, good ol’ fashioned textbooks and a conversation exchange twice a week at a local bookshop. I’ve also found a plethora of online classes for web coding and I’m currently brushing…
I went on a photo-taking excursion today, taking shots of the places where you’re most likely to find me if I’m not home. (Really, being in the city-center, I have everything I need within a short walk, so that’s nice.) I tried to explain everything in the captions so hopefully it all makes sense. Once…
Le sigh. I would be remiss if I were to only blog about the good stuff. Dave is at his first day of school and let me tell you something: it is lonely here! Yesterday was a day full of highs and lows. I should start by saying my biggest fears with this whole moving…
Sundays are interesting days in Europe. Everything is closed. Everything. We found one large grocery store that is open until 1pm, but that’s it. Sundays are literally a day of rest. I kinda didn’t know what to do with myself. I knew the deal with Sundays beforehand, thanks to a heads up from my Montpellier…
The first full day in our new digs, Dave and I went about trying to set up our cell phones and banking. This was of course after finding a little café and ordering two café au lait and two croissants. Because that felt authentic. After we enjoyed that, we set out to explore some more…
