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Continue Reading Joyeux NoelDave and I went on a Christmas decor photo-taking adventure on Sunday night. The Marché de Noël was in full swing in the Esplanade, with these tiny log cabins set up for each vendor to display their wares. I tried to take photos but it was so incredibly crowded, which was surprising to me because,…
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Continue Reading Post Turkey Day Catch Up PostLast week, it was Thanksgiving (obviously, for those Americans reading this) and try as I might, none of my Thanksgiving plans wanted to work out. Dave had been told that he had Thursday and Friday off (coincidentally, though it later changed to a half day on Thursday and all of Friday off–that seems to be…
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Continue Reading The one where we go to NimesDave had a 4-day weekend in honor of All Saints and All Souls Days, so we decided to take some day trips to visit some of the places close by that we’d been wanting to see. Yesterday, we hopped a train and headed to Nimes. I didn’t really know much about it, so we got…
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Continue Reading 30-Day Photo Challenge: Gratitude ~ Day 2Dave and I went exploring and hopped the train to Nimes this afternoon. The Jardin de la Fontaine was awesome. A perfect chance to capture today’s photo: a smile. Only we doubled it. Two smiles in Nimes it is! And, to boot, this smile came after climbing all the stairs up to the top of…
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Continue Reading Edible cheese delivery systemMy struggles with my new oven are well documented. But in my menu planning for the week, I decided to try and embrace my appliance and overcome the love-hate relationship with My Nemesis as my oven will now be referred to going forward. I “embraced” My Nemesis by including pizza on this week’s menu. Dave…
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Continue Reading The newer new houseI haven’t posted anything lately because, well, for the most part, my sleeping schedule has been all wonky. The San Francisco Giants are well into the post-season and most of their games have been “prime time” back home, which translates to approximately 2am in France. In a shocking turn of events, I’m willing to give…
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Continue Reading Une Bonne JourneeA good day… I had a luncheon with a group of Ex-Pat bloggers from all over France today. A luncheon that happened to take place in Montpellier, around the corner from our house (of which I’m still working on photos for the blog). I had so much fun…so so much fun. Chatting away endlessly with…
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Continue Reading Victory
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…
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Continue Reading Observations of Montpellier
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…