tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29163878502643378052024-03-19T04:02:28.984+01:00Notes from NoëlleNotes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-85009522313173522532010-08-22T16:20:00.001+02:002010-08-22T16:25:45.313+02:00Book ClubFor our February book club meeting, we chose Moon Light in Odessa by Janet Skeslien Charles. I absolutely loved the book. <br />
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The back cover of the book describes this book best: "Exploring the booming business of email-order brides, an industry where love and marriage collide with sex and money, Moonlight in Odessa is a darkly humorous debut about the choices and sacrifices we make in pursuit of love and stability, and the lengths we will go to for a happy ending." <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Discussing the book...such insight into Janet's background and what inspired her to write this book.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Janet's novel was chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of their top ten debut novels of Fall 2009. Also, it was Book of the Month in the September issue of National Geographic Traveler. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-12330055243761892922010-07-27T22:21:00.001+02:002010-07-27T22:24:27.990+02:00The Dead Sea, JordanI'm finally on my last post from our Lebanon/Jordan vacation back in May.<br />
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Our final stop in Jordan was the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at 400 meters/1,320 feet below sea level.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Driving over to the Dead Sea from Petra</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku28VwoklpsNtNGT1qfctAloKzShL3gOmTKFov8EhwsU5QwJYO8ZcZD3_AhkcTRLBl-ujKY_ZKWtvzkriA6H59n-wnnSRpR7US0epGVTfTuGrOtE9qIenNHzHCrdFa6KjUu8tbE4QzwY/s1600/IMG_6906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku28VwoklpsNtNGT1qfctAloKzShL3gOmTKFov8EhwsU5QwJYO8ZcZD3_AhkcTRLBl-ujKY_ZKWtvzkriA6H59n-wnnSRpR7US0epGVTfTuGrOtE9qIenNHzHCrdFa6KjUu8tbE4QzwY/s320/IMG_6906.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcLO6ioV0igmugtNAkETGuwvZlmMmKTlQTE69vOvsfEKZLIFnexQv-n6OZeCI4pQ4e0IDqzVNYlsHec4UdtaQtZghtv-vQChS5ldqj4W0gJ61sAlJKNY86zi4WXZifugCVeRSw2k-XwI/s1600/IMG_6913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcLO6ioV0igmugtNAkETGuwvZlmMmKTlQTE69vOvsfEKZLIFnexQv-n6OZeCI4pQ4e0IDqzVNYlsHec4UdtaQtZghtv-vQChS5ldqj4W0gJ61sAlJKNY86zi4WXZifugCVeRSw2k-XwI/s320/IMG_6913.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed at the Marriot located right on the Dead Sea. There are very few hotels in this area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The water of the Dead Sea contains 21 minerals including magnesium, calcium, bromine and potassium. 12 of the minerals are found in no other sea or ocean. The high salt and mineral concentration enables everyone to float but doesn't allow the proliferation of fish and other marine life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tom floating..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSj1kcEmOfFQIJUqsWYrOrfqDRunzcuzGe_NEkUCf9A8NiracjJZT8NTS48_kw3xLFEj-EZCJZRm9M6-NVanzH41c6DRyOmNocTrdl3v4UsRjp1evd-Ty8MKXXEavAclA-v-7_ReMnDE/s1600/IMG_6945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSj1kcEmOfFQIJUqsWYrOrfqDRunzcuzGe_NEkUCf9A8NiracjJZT8NTS48_kw3xLFEj-EZCJZRm9M6-NVanzH41c6DRyOmNocTrdl3v4UsRjp1evd-Ty8MKXXEavAclA-v-7_ReMnDE/s320/IMG_6945.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me floating and waving...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOzxVeP-arfIv2pI5_68eUzlGhHz1GJr5CKDvpSVcXPmUsaVqHmkq3pB3o30x8ZcmUmp0GvbAFYw2tur9W91PNHzKGbmfZkepESESilx73zLE5MuDDZKG7S7ESgGhLRD4VsJUWv1EI7g/s1600/IMG_6947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOzxVeP-arfIv2pI5_68eUzlGhHz1GJr5CKDvpSVcXPmUsaVqHmkq3pB3o30x8ZcmUmp0GvbAFYw2tur9W91PNHzKGbmfZkepESESilx73zLE5MuDDZKG7S7ESgGhLRD4VsJUWv1EI7g/s320/IMG_6947.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our hotel had pots of mud next to the sea. Many people visit this region for the health benefits of the mud. Tom and I also covered ourselves in mud but we were too muddy to handle my camera.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGhiKg9R0qoFaIhNv3Wis23pHAZDupDSM9pTpJW1_58oPWkctJ8H5-enfy5BwIH8xppOz6zGAOksBbYO5q7VBpMSH22Y-uh01C7m8rCr9XagW3o9lUjstNrCDXT6UoxdcPmWiFmPmnxI/s1600/IMG_6949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGhiKg9R0qoFaIhNv3Wis23pHAZDupDSM9pTpJW1_58oPWkctJ8H5-enfy5BwIH8xppOz6zGAOksBbYO5q7VBpMSH22Y-uh01C7m8rCr9XagW3o9lUjstNrCDXT6UoxdcPmWiFmPmnxI/s320/IMG_6949.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our relaxing hotel...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISJafEr-5SPWK5-ybFgQ9dNPjnDf4w2DM-xULzWCoWV-oW5uumW1TWB6segJJWRXWBmaGgJRei5_jiX7BnVUUMh95xtJATh6BAQE5wBeHQfRMucgh2LFI_ww9y3R-8VYaPgaDzh7do1o/s1600/IMG_6957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISJafEr-5SPWK5-ybFgQ9dNPjnDf4w2DM-xULzWCoWV-oW5uumW1TWB6segJJWRXWBmaGgJRei5_jiX7BnVUUMh95xtJATh6BAQE5wBeHQfRMucgh2LFI_ww9y3R-8VYaPgaDzh7do1o/s320/IMG_6957.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-71115691287464671292010-07-24T17:00:00.000+02:002010-07-24T17:00:31.375+02:00Petra JordanBack in May, we headed to Jordan after we left Lebanon. Our first stop in Jordan was Petra.<br />
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Petra, the Red Rose City, is located in the southern part of Jordan. It is a 2000 year old city carved into rose colored stone. The site for this magnificent city was lost for over 1000 years and was rediscovered in 1812 AD. Petra is just incredible to visit. If some of this looks familiar to you, it's because parts of Indiana Jones was filmed here.<br />
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Here is Tom wearing a keffiyeh.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I am now an "experienced" camel rider, this camel seemed to be a bit nervous and jumpy to me. As it turns out, Tom's camel (which was behind my camel) repeatedly kept biting me camels tail!! Go figure!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the oldest bar in the world. This bar occupies a 2000 year old Nabataran rock tomb. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTN_JNT85H2bAODdKW6KSGiioEANPBUF268QT4DZzeRz9t6zkJlaRbHfH2T0roPJeysgWWe2234Cmn3s71Ss0XQlaMZqkKZfMDVUCCtzio5fBRSOW0XT0miez6tYAiANoVuTMjNWB6KQ8/s1600/IMG_6884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTN_JNT85H2bAODdKW6KSGiioEANPBUF268QT4DZzeRz9t6zkJlaRbHfH2T0roPJeysgWWe2234Cmn3s71Ss0XQlaMZqkKZfMDVUCCtzio5fBRSOW0XT0miez6tYAiANoVuTMjNWB6KQ8/s320/IMG_6884.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-37418387003620492872010-07-23T23:39:00.000+02:002010-07-23T23:39:00.790+02:00Beirut LebanonLooking through my pictures, I realized that I never finished blogging about Lebanon back in May. Tom and I had the most amazing time in Lebanon. We learned about their history and met so many wonderful people. Here I am driving up toward a tank that was parked on a road in Beirut.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close up of the tank with its driver...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws_Uh1rB7CTR-WS_YKQYQ_LzdGA0tHaEPuP2Y1_Ie_ZhS9me8SZZH7ej3MwbBCZMO9Aof1ukfvqauwdZyx7p1ZQ73Gph8XX5maLwU5xLT0H4FkbaO1vsuHE8Y6RpEUFTfLO2eJUVTrWo/s1600/IMG_6782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws_Uh1rB7CTR-WS_YKQYQ_LzdGA0tHaEPuP2Y1_Ie_ZhS9me8SZZH7ej3MwbBCZMO9Aof1ukfvqauwdZyx7p1ZQ73Gph8XX5maLwU5xLT0H4FkbaO1vsuHE8Y6RpEUFTfLO2eJUVTrWo/s320/IMG_6782.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed outside of Beirut for the entire week. We decided to spend the last night in Beirut so that we could get to the airport on time and not miss our flight. Tom found us a hotel that was overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and that also had a pool on the roof. This was a perfect end to our week in Lebanon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg374gMUlduJzpxWC46FyBh3zL4FCOjorOaR73mpAnbyRVRY4lDP4NU8Ckb2WsN8n86y6dXeaAAEUMiemXPZD0m0KGB5JX4fxTe9AZsUi6wT3efrMUy4OqsSGkd_CtUZQ_rzydl5Rq1zrc/s1600/IMG_6816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg374gMUlduJzpxWC46FyBh3zL4FCOjorOaR73mpAnbyRVRY4lDP4NU8Ckb2WsN8n86y6dXeaAAEUMiemXPZD0m0KGB5JX4fxTe9AZsUi6wT3efrMUy4OqsSGkd_CtUZQ_rzydl5Rq1zrc/s320/IMG_6816.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-82371070084664954912010-07-12T23:33:00.001+02:002010-07-12T23:33:00.561+02:00What I've been doing so far in July...I love just strolling around Paris. In the summer, I especially love to walk next to the Seine as well as the Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint Louis.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue, blue sky and a very picturesque building in my "neighborhood".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT41Iq3RQO04zXZ_QmasTwbrMH89MwTc3dYKwYWEjC07hiWwiZufTsqN6xuWTgP9h2CMrtdhV-7LyitHm1YKQhj6p2YeFPyl7YGiuaS49I7i1EERa0IFO3Nvtnulb_lfogkFL6nPVLF3I/s1600/IMG_7343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT41Iq3RQO04zXZ_QmasTwbrMH89MwTc3dYKwYWEjC07hiWwiZufTsqN6xuWTgP9h2CMrtdhV-7LyitHm1YKQhj6p2YeFPyl7YGiuaS49I7i1EERa0IFO3Nvtnulb_lfogkFL6nPVLF3I/s320/IMG_7343.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to watch the FIFA World Cup semi-finals between the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGrHy0DE_wixx6f9mCuy6V61usDDpZC_9Ehf6NKn9lFTG3O0bjzFVHYaB9botMyXeDGCZao6D4BKBZy4crHAjo7yjt3JFupExoZsgaNtLPO9W7woH1mRRt0jQR-Z3S6K4WJ-ZgTqAWs4/s1600/IMG_7347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGrHy0DE_wixx6f9mCuy6V61usDDpZC_9Ehf6NKn9lFTG3O0bjzFVHYaB9botMyXeDGCZao6D4BKBZy4crHAjo7yjt3JFupExoZsgaNtLPO9W7woH1mRRt0jQR-Z3S6K4WJ-ZgTqAWs4/s320/IMG_7347.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The city set up a huge tv screen and had entertainment before the game and during half-time. The Eiffel Tower is just beginning to twinkle at 10pm. It was a wonderful evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhq2DrKi02z5XVTXCx6PZsmK-V_sTtR_vA75LDOF8tlRiTXF1KcWCy0U4bKTu9miUY_EmV2MpIepJtJpk0XYCcvBDmFZIgLKO3t7sGIAXGUjAIMdm06IgxiYOwd21ZT8dMZjfVkOMQwg/s1600/IMG_7372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhq2DrKi02z5XVTXCx6PZsmK-V_sTtR_vA75LDOF8tlRiTXF1KcWCy0U4bKTu9miUY_EmV2MpIepJtJpk0XYCcvBDmFZIgLKO3t7sGIAXGUjAIMdm06IgxiYOwd21ZT8dMZjfVkOMQwg/s320/IMG_7372.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I met Leesa, Karin and Aurelia at the Rosa Bonheur. It is a cute bar, restaurant and dance club in the Parc des Butte Chaumont.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGa_Iu-GqBLGJY4ZLYtE6nZUP4AF7onRQpnGoD4ndzKVDeUseWWq9rh9Z0WKpgeTdzl7wkDWei1dzyg0GXWMS6RmIC9202GmA5oQXm3ZxW8jqbFiWh9iyOx3GVmz-KqQek4HpIWkIWWLU/s1600/IMG_7386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGa_Iu-GqBLGJY4ZLYtE6nZUP4AF7onRQpnGoD4ndzKVDeUseWWq9rh9Z0WKpgeTdzl7wkDWei1dzyg0GXWMS6RmIC9202GmA5oQXm3ZxW8jqbFiWh9iyOx3GVmz-KqQek4HpIWkIWWLU/s320/IMG_7386.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We arrived there around 5:30pm, just before it got busy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie3FPb_XpS4uOYhR0xGMAY1KfjvCgocZpfpYrD3T8RElHwYkNghUvZHyPILkX5HyZpdxJOApE7Hu4Xz_pyGq_MkpLYWE8wkRj_T1xMCkLCIcoDEjy5hEIkiUhk1cizJSNzCoCjlPwz5I/s1600/IMG_7378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie3FPb_XpS4uOYhR0xGMAY1KfjvCgocZpfpYrD3T8RElHwYkNghUvZHyPILkX5HyZpdxJOApE7Hu4Xz_pyGq_MkpLYWE8wkRj_T1xMCkLCIcoDEjy5hEIkiUhk1cizJSNzCoCjlPwz5I/s320/IMG_7378.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started with sandwiches around this fountain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Eytxv_hNFVe41Ml9_wiOsm6sqB8tqDKkbnQmCk-tUX34Sria1Qfol0-kKvi5TpCipsWmc_L6llXGkdtFGxzXnT7M8uZpPZPL2-N0rmNXLKaj_vfAayobiWlAp275_c1qMpkQ6QJryYY/s1600/IMG_0317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Eytxv_hNFVe41Ml9_wiOsm6sqB8tqDKkbnQmCk-tUX34Sria1Qfol0-kKvi5TpCipsWmc_L6llXGkdtFGxzXnT7M8uZpPZPL2-N0rmNXLKaj_vfAayobiWlAp275_c1qMpkQ6QJryYY/s320/IMG_0317.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, we headed over to Moët & Chandon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxbTxljurY33UBuxAtfDKhgtA-sN5lQmOoIVi3lz7SweNwKBT1M2obWZTiuUXrJa-sCzF1AYxPTs97zWqMyNteB0qS7pMG3WZHAlZYzM9u9sFei7stUnGoIiKJ9xEDacz7_4B8q-N2B0/s1600/IMG_0332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxbTxljurY33UBuxAtfDKhgtA-sN5lQmOoIVi3lz7SweNwKBT1M2obWZTiuUXrJa-sCzF1AYxPTs97zWqMyNteB0qS7pMG3WZHAlZYzM9u9sFei7stUnGoIiKJ9xEDacz7_4B8q-N2B0/s320/IMG_0332.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In their champagne cellars...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_5z0eKEJFPu691aNvix-KyAqMQHN0_Mr_plvdrUNu79IpIEWI2ntmlLSivk1N4mC_GzdwlP2UlDjhiNhZJEbcj6LwUTC1NPSYIp0D00S1c_pMKQsRYyPfZcHU03TwfaBDTFsolf4gZs/s1600/IMG_0331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_5z0eKEJFPu691aNvix-KyAqMQHN0_Mr_plvdrUNu79IpIEWI2ntmlLSivk1N4mC_GzdwlP2UlDjhiNhZJEbcj6LwUTC1NPSYIp0D00S1c_pMKQsRYyPfZcHU03TwfaBDTFsolf4gZs/s320/IMG_0331.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw my favorite French comedien who does a one man show called "How to be Parisian in 1 Hour". Yes, it's in English ! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>We had a wonderfully busy and extremely fun month of June!Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-78864804686927427762010-07-10T20:00:00.001+02:002010-07-10T20:00:01.270+02:00Part V - Back in ParisBob's Senior Luncheon - It's tough being a senior in Paris!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOIY2llt_EotTvQ8ULu0PXeLmxbB-XtveaSK-RumMhOdoqcMy_LSh5KaSdrpjxehT2a3-JPR0iJ-TvXND7fpqlCbSTzcZAo-QzsC3DLdWMRrIfECq-yEf4S6xIaX5nDzL3cEe0rN5uAg/s1600/171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOIY2llt_EotTvQ8ULu0PXeLmxbB-XtveaSK-RumMhOdoqcMy_LSh5KaSdrpjxehT2a3-JPR0iJ-TvXND7fpqlCbSTzcZAo-QzsC3DLdWMRrIfECq-yEf4S6xIaX5nDzL3cEe0rN5uAg/s320/171.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Balloons with their dreams/wishes on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSiV_zfarTMC0eFC0owtyYuUnuNZr0C8Lvk1TwpngxQXLZAZT3ObZD8a30RQPcD4V3YlCylyt4hiaNPMyWS-5mlQi7LDlU6icr-Ft6bpDRJqRy9MCXxUyFBTaGlkbuzwiR4v9vxeEJyE/s1600/181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSiV_zfarTMC0eFC0owtyYuUnuNZr0C8Lvk1TwpngxQXLZAZT3ObZD8a30RQPcD4V3YlCylyt4hiaNPMyWS-5mlQi7LDlU6icr-Ft6bpDRJqRy9MCXxUyFBTaGlkbuzwiR4v9vxeEJyE/s320/181.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK6isCMdE_mNiqmbZ8_sTbzwhmRcMVhu8lf9HY5GAWbAXZORMSO1gkhXZHBkir2jRx7gYv84vXUMzUn6LRnYNtFVIySGEQAcXjuNeSIFL4xZiEA9O8_lZVeygPHVMokrwoEKcycv8JEY/s1600/186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK6isCMdE_mNiqmbZ8_sTbzwhmRcMVhu8lf9HY5GAWbAXZORMSO1gkhXZHBkir2jRx7gYv84vXUMzUn6LRnYNtFVIySGEQAcXjuNeSIFL4xZiEA9O8_lZVeygPHVMokrwoEKcycv8JEY/s320/186.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, Leesa planned a wonderful picnic on the Seine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZZPTenMlXws9LpzfmINOSGRBMfaJY1P2lTra8M16rrqWJPgtTQsPPy9Ye6eboqn2X7u6rtrI1j5qUzqeSz5sqmL2-V8ZUxv7yBBCIouLFzTH51ZG2NtjDrI5IPC-5y8JkN2oaTwmHIo/s1600/207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZZPTenMlXws9LpzfmINOSGRBMfaJY1P2lTra8M16rrqWJPgtTQsPPy9Ye6eboqn2X7u6rtrI1j5qUzqeSz5sqmL2-V8ZUxv7yBBCIouLFzTH51ZG2NtjDrI5IPC-5y8JkN2oaTwmHIo/s320/207.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RFJxnuDbv0Z-p3cCbS-Or2lyyWPG5oumxAnpG8mcdTDzu74B3xVxpZ1q5ST9UTpSkNqTHwkAxQlYdDKW2E4uGiY4o91ZD3vpjC10Vc8vdtnDK3kvVxcuUoCKEsnmUNe7Aw3cQJif8yM/s1600/IMG_0254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RFJxnuDbv0Z-p3cCbS-Or2lyyWPG5oumxAnpG8mcdTDzu74B3xVxpZ1q5ST9UTpSkNqTHwkAxQlYdDKW2E4uGiY4o91ZD3vpjC10Vc8vdtnDK3kvVxcuUoCKEsnmUNe7Aw3cQJif8yM/s320/IMG_0254.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYo0k_cnwoaLf16zI1KK7qpWKs3lDoQP2Y53QaqQwrnNQhmLDNUsF3j2CMhn48SPMppAlMCB50N3ugHTs5ahniS6k8Ty3FKgAHDONXEt3Y9AVtTh5yCHTjyVRxtlfcp5DjSowL-5OZb4/s1600/IMG_0256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYo0k_cnwoaLf16zI1KK7qpWKs3lDoQP2Y53QaqQwrnNQhmLDNUsF3j2CMhn48SPMppAlMCB50N3ugHTs5ahniS6k8Ty3FKgAHDONXEt3Y9AVtTh5yCHTjyVRxtlfcp5DjSowL-5OZb4/s320/IMG_0256.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way to his prom and after parties...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xX-L4E_qMVu3TpDyqaktM_kN9muNQgpMEDqPEt3cwFHOznNvYU-y3d_F1f28MunGjUIyb0o6L3TvPGflysV2kOmQkRmfxoYBb45Lv_unDUN9TjxM1LA-ZplRDuusszi9zVW_6_QJP10/s1600/IMG_0245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xX-L4E_qMVu3TpDyqaktM_kN9muNQgpMEDqPEt3cwFHOznNvYU-y3d_F1f28MunGjUIyb0o6L3TvPGflysV2kOmQkRmfxoYBb45Lv_unDUN9TjxM1LA-ZplRDuusszi9zVW_6_QJP10/s320/IMG_0245.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Graduation Day!! Left his suit jacket "somewhere" in Paris at one of the parties after the prom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltohjsR_J47hUYROE-PDN_LJYiGbPBlsmfPW6wwNxEo18c1d0zZ6Pi2wJEnlXjgwNeZN4IhR_L_dJCl2nN3Woif1fD3b8DscPGgmrXVGReTdTSIRuE96TPRt76rKPd98rN2F_VgdIB8s/s1600/209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltohjsR_J47hUYROE-PDN_LJYiGbPBlsmfPW6wwNxEo18c1d0zZ6Pi2wJEnlXjgwNeZN4IhR_L_dJCl2nN3Woif1fD3b8DscPGgmrXVGReTdTSIRuE96TPRt76rKPd98rN2F_VgdIB8s/s320/209.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CbGSF1ofBLzXZrdGfMkDZAdPceZWPYfJmUjeeEACyrR2vIydugBkmiedVMsYsDSbSlNBQYb8plvr64vHis9lU_aJtCfhZtqlUEotUqeE53bWbQabfpLWdHmJcPpVXblp8pU3QGWpIkk/s1600/213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CbGSF1ofBLzXZrdGfMkDZAdPceZWPYfJmUjeeEACyrR2vIydugBkmiedVMsYsDSbSlNBQYb8plvr64vHis9lU_aJtCfhZtqlUEotUqeE53bWbQabfpLWdHmJcPpVXblp8pU3QGWpIkk/s320/213.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMMPBbHaSfDoauYhJwa5Q74h8KKMyohqJAtz5WRUVZ_6618HD6ymyR_mlKgNcCM4pM7zFqN9xekaYLR3E0yqg1JPMZ-jFXfBIvlRpxioxKj3JF1-HnGFZ3MBIpZ2joxdd8k2UYiJ4NVA/s1600/214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMMPBbHaSfDoauYhJwa5Q74h8KKMyohqJAtz5WRUVZ_6618HD6ymyR_mlKgNcCM4pM7zFqN9xekaYLR3E0yqg1JPMZ-jFXfBIvlRpxioxKj3JF1-HnGFZ3MBIpZ2joxdd8k2UYiJ4NVA/s320/214.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzdI9LIh1qb7b2dqfof-wk2Vv8L-T1fq-G5Tiad3JA5j0okEl3xsFK41FEiUeLXNwGYNCAHWFUDsnmh8-rkPYAoupIfG4QZgs74a1oJUbgQQ-98n5_1ABd8XXGnDl30ajT8J0ndb5_xw/s1600/IMG_0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzdI9LIh1qb7b2dqfof-wk2Vv8L-T1fq-G5Tiad3JA5j0okEl3xsFK41FEiUeLXNwGYNCAHWFUDsnmh8-rkPYAoupIfG4QZgs74a1oJUbgQQ-98n5_1ABd8XXGnDl30ajT8J0ndb5_xw/s320/IMG_0261.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Receiving his diploma and the 2 cheek French kiss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjofydSm5lOx6MnvQ2tFSBjdmWkAmvIoXZpYCDEl3FFe-8_ixhh3BypYzMo2SYs7YfhiIjYq2iezmukDxmQdgp1cNngPWRwWvRjZzGGQ7UP0X4dI_pq9xpssZYp2eZp4L2oT6LrzxZRjI/s1600/IMG_0275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjofydSm5lOx6MnvQ2tFSBjdmWkAmvIoXZpYCDEl3FFe-8_ixhh3BypYzMo2SYs7YfhiIjYq2iezmukDxmQdgp1cNngPWRwWvRjZzGGQ7UP0X4dI_pq9xpssZYp2eZp4L2oT6LrzxZRjI/s320/IMG_0275.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A reception in the gym after graduation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUreKtrXOfei963qo4IFVcY0DB8KifQs2vYXBgFZlXwW0cLYdgBMn5A042oy6kWaZxb_HZay93GRS3znx6HZBH3rUAw3sIrDMBRQS8Jqtamm3uM4ec_xnOHsmPVcyGqfHt28Feo920nIs/s1600/IMG_0278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUreKtrXOfei963qo4IFVcY0DB8KifQs2vYXBgFZlXwW0cLYdgBMn5A042oy6kWaZxb_HZay93GRS3znx6HZBH3rUAw3sIrDMBRQS8Jqtamm3uM4ec_xnOHsmPVcyGqfHt28Feo920nIs/s320/IMG_0278.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you think that Bob could smile for a picture - just once?!?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHp5XS1wKlzgTvSOgJHX97ZTRrlfF248r67ylTR_C22SUV9Pr_YM7lKD2HqpxwuqooPqFOWBitf9lj6VQuDMo1tEx5EM_88LkG1Az5AqvnyQjU_orzGkUspZE6d_xP3QO5Lg2wnsy2RBY/s1600/236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHp5XS1wKlzgTvSOgJHX97ZTRrlfF248r67ylTR_C22SUV9Pr_YM7lKD2HqpxwuqooPqFOWBitf9lj6VQuDMo1tEx5EM_88LkG1Az5AqvnyQjU_orzGkUspZE6d_xP3QO5Lg2wnsy2RBY/s320/236.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh wait!! Bob will smile when his Grandfather wants to take his picture at his friend's going away/after graduation party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Hn0lISz_lyg91kGd_0XUWn6UVfbdfCKb6nP1Evl7xzMAmMstR8Ur9cb1ZPLLlAhECLqrGyshPAloji0VRjKfzJhXd6wN7eduEhRFHRptedGDCdPBep00sG4q6AIfWptM_77sK5bpGRQ/s1600/IMG_0280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Hn0lISz_lyg91kGd_0XUWn6UVfbdfCKb6nP1Evl7xzMAmMstR8Ur9cb1ZPLLlAhECLqrGyshPAloji0VRjKfzJhXd6wN7eduEhRFHRptedGDCdPBep00sG4q6AIfWptM_77sK5bpGRQ/s320/IMG_0280.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to be continued..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-20494356220203333692010-07-09T22:00:00.001+02:002010-07-09T22:00:01.193+02:00Busy as a Bee !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZOYN5hyphenhyphenvAfStb_4GnAVAGYRpsl7tU5_J4VhLPKIglM2-Qf9LRM22gIwXy3jwN712k7uMc2Yx32nYU2bWnm2Q8hiZOKPyAU7ZU4FJy-1KKCTo9WsDMpRUPwT2ngbqmDSVo_jrYlkBKMw/s1600/bee.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZOYN5hyphenhyphenvAfStb_4GnAVAGYRpsl7tU5_J4VhLPKIglM2-Qf9LRM22gIwXy3jwN712k7uMc2Yx32nYU2bWnm2Q8hiZOKPyAU7ZU4FJy-1KKCTo9WsDMpRUPwT2ngbqmDSVo_jrYlkBKMw/s320/bee.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't had a chance to check out other blogs and leave comments in a long time. I've missed catching up on what everyone is doing. July is continuing to be a busy month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been catching up on appointments, updating my blog, meeting friends and of course exploring Paris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bob leaves on July 20th to go to Monteal. After he leaves Montreal, he heads to New Jersey, then Tennessee and finally arrives at Purdue University on August 14th. We've been busy getting all the necessary paperwork and packing done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope to catch up with everyone soon!</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-69429839421105986652010-07-09T13:02:00.000+02:002010-07-09T13:02:30.571+02:00Pizza Delivery !!The delivery crew looking a little disorganized....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk4ZOBcSQWlnAO9_E9iIJ8fAncPusAn_SYK9kV1qNysAG6RLYBFBp2FaQ-EFHUm6zLWJ442FkZgJx6FzCZVXG0l-K_bgrYygotGvbZ8BKszp59JjXwSOFyzcIWHSg1qpTMx5UNZLhAOY/s1600/152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk4ZOBcSQWlnAO9_E9iIJ8fAncPusAn_SYK9kV1qNysAG6RLYBFBp2FaQ-EFHUm6zLWJ442FkZgJx6FzCZVXG0l-K_bgrYygotGvbZ8BKszp59JjXwSOFyzcIWHSg1qpTMx5UNZLhAOY/s320/152.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, it seems to turn into a pizza race...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcr57cPBmlkXAuZld6iBXlSTJl97vpgWiykWs0QUTaVdCCBP8SYLV_ykeLGJi4l32JQTqIkX-GanFuAuo58JobkzrivjpnUR_mjpuouBMGKGiKtvTqGr9CituBn_8UvUfyPsKjAK18DM/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcr57cPBmlkXAuZld6iBXlSTJl97vpgWiykWs0QUTaVdCCBP8SYLV_ykeLGJi4l32JQTqIkX-GanFuAuo58JobkzrivjpnUR_mjpuouBMGKGiKtvTqGr9CituBn_8UvUfyPsKjAK18DM/s320/153.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Safety first...only 1 of the 4 delivery crew uses the crosswalk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilm1b_dDh2bv9mHrUFPeI-1IvWT_0K70_NhXcQj9WItodifIzfOhyphenhyphenAKCs3kw4foCYlzz7I4XgH3noAo_hHC4qT-8_bCQGhJ7xCxDM94M3OY7_fPFhJBp_MgQRdP_JPh32-VRiIWUEErI/s1600/154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilm1b_dDh2bv9mHrUFPeI-1IvWT_0K70_NhXcQj9WItodifIzfOhyphenhyphenAKCs3kw4foCYlzz7I4XgH3noAo_hHC4qT-8_bCQGhJ7xCxDM94M3OY7_fPFhJBp_MgQRdP_JPh32-VRiIWUEErI/s320/154.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-25709518598960966452010-07-07T20:30:00.001+02:002010-07-07T20:30:00.438+02:00Part IV - our travels around FranceOnto the Châteaux...first stop... Château de Chenonceau. This château has been described as the most beautiful of Châteaux. This Renaissance château stretches across the River Cher on piers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmmwturVGM6m0UZ3sOvexqPr_wP9SRrOtuhrz-4V2lAL-ahu-Huxh0t1myD74B87RSQLwywgn-bV0NbkvVk8QzVf7bBRFxzkZGA-Z99f6xe80ICP-Cd9UYFu-iIWey3afUfz67SzijKo/s1600/132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmmwturVGM6m0UZ3sOvexqPr_wP9SRrOtuhrz-4V2lAL-ahu-Huxh0t1myD74B87RSQLwywgn-bV0NbkvVk8QzVf7bBRFxzkZGA-Z99f6xe80ICP-Cd9UYFu-iIWey3afUfz67SzijKo/s320/132.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBoRuudXJa4PPmU2MtaJvz6Tjl9_7suBZ9TCR_UDd5WKSFi9R_ibnp5pmvGgqZuN680XKoH6_s57igfxv4penTFssDRSHmV8UNej7pyz7akvMCdB7VkDAthrd5De_Lv_XR9QQYNDatSQ/s1600/IMG_0206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBoRuudXJa4PPmU2MtaJvz6Tjl9_7suBZ9TCR_UDd5WKSFi9R_ibnp5pmvGgqZuN680XKoH6_s57igfxv4penTFssDRSHmV8UNej7pyz7akvMCdB7VkDAthrd5De_Lv_XR9QQYNDatSQ/s320/IMG_0206.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlBPP5neJcH4Lm1iKtEbaWR48CjYjJC3CTYVWUmyqkikA7v7KJKppNPkKf2y0c0YS0eKcZ-hov-BRLTsU30EQ2SSMioH61PKy5O_R0kR6FuMWyD0pDohGdDwSUnoqyOEl61bE9_9pM9M/s1600/IMG_0205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlBPP5neJcH4Lm1iKtEbaWR48CjYjJC3CTYVWUmyqkikA7v7KJKppNPkKf2y0c0YS0eKcZ-hov-BRLTsU30EQ2SSMioH61PKy5O_R0kR6FuMWyD0pDohGdDwSUnoqyOEl61bE9_9pM9M/s320/IMG_0205.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop...Château de Ambroise. This château was the home to French King Louis XI and his wife Charlotte of Savoy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzJ0CZE1Ts9mLhlDbmPTB6tvf7_-td95AW1ed05kCdULWB1byWos6SXADAukPaC7wJwygkh078p1QkgcQtAGIP3n8Ho01fyxoimvrcIrmxdD7jQacfqE7auEYpxt2G5Pte9osxLPlBSU/s1600/133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzJ0CZE1Ts9mLhlDbmPTB6tvf7_-td95AW1ed05kCdULWB1byWos6SXADAukPaC7wJwygkh078p1QkgcQtAGIP3n8Ho01fyxoimvrcIrmxdD7jQacfqE7auEYpxt2G5Pte9osxLPlBSU/s320/133.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the Gothic Chapel of St. Hubert (on the grounds of Château de Amboise) are the remains of Leonardo de Vinci.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5Yp5hKFNksCUniDlV5SMPWR8J9UFP8BtcG5w_xl2HwMJJVmD4IxQspfRtfOvWKyLsgfTZBDUf6gWxyGwF1iHjPAjl_zZYrZ8582GGIdQFBP07vDaYJj-N1026U5v34zJOXkMzHZEdYo/s1600/IMG_0211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5Yp5hKFNksCUniDlV5SMPWR8J9UFP8BtcG5w_xl2HwMJJVmD4IxQspfRtfOvWKyLsgfTZBDUf6gWxyGwF1iHjPAjl_zZYrZ8582GGIdQFBP07vDaYJj-N1026U5v34zJOXkMzHZEdYo/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the many "small" fireplaces in the château.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2f-se3HDZ68djoFY-r5h2Q4alyANAjmY-pkYcWk27N_iZAp-WvElN879KtjFXapIF3ZM8SK1IIH8Vp6jZOMLJvvx8W5kyqQRqFII1cKm3z6kbjKE3juuRWGXenRuT_AIkFDlhrCN_xE/s1600/IMG_0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2f-se3HDZ68djoFY-r5h2Q4alyANAjmY-pkYcWk27N_iZAp-WvElN879KtjFXapIF3ZM8SK1IIH8Vp6jZOMLJvvx8W5kyqQRqFII1cKm3z6kbjKE3juuRWGXenRuT_AIkFDlhrCN_xE/s320/IMG_0216.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Château de Chambord - Commissioned as a hunting lodge by Francois I in 1519. It's the largest of the Loire châteaux with 440 rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqZdy7D_kMHSqJ5iL-M1bubf4ChikDN8I1S1yN0VBZrURIL_gdSnALY1FiceLbzir0npU9Puj8wiPQK_gDItzG-EnVgE0je-GvJBPWTzd2xb6VUduG9SNLWrbYvpFHWhkDbFml7D3FiE/s1600/140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqZdy7D_kMHSqJ5iL-M1bubf4ChikDN8I1S1yN0VBZrURIL_gdSnALY1FiceLbzir0npU9Puj8wiPQK_gDItzG-EnVgE0je-GvJBPWTzd2xb6VUduG9SNLWrbYvpFHWhkDbFml7D3FiE/s320/140.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-_-zf7W_OvLbgcdRPy2I4g7qWMCet2okS8HfahslSm88sl6WnmfQqkQzGR5UFrMJn5QXYCoeiMt_Tm5l99Bdn2L2x6zs3sWXi2ogSG0E3yFc4pgMz5J2grdG_HIbgpbFRwG_sIaSCsE/s1600/IMG_0222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-_-zf7W_OvLbgcdRPy2I4g7qWMCet2okS8HfahslSm88sl6WnmfQqkQzGR5UFrMJn5QXYCoeiMt_Tm5l99Bdn2L2x6zs3sWXi2ogSG0E3yFc4pgMz5J2grdG_HIbgpbFRwG_sIaSCsE/s320/IMG_0222.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick stop for lunch and photo op in Orléans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfQAVhwv4n_BBfB7dZM8nf5kG6cia7YtjSpVACJexAbtS4jnh3J-JTH8-Rwrc742MeFxb9RqMlNw9muSsapOM4rLT_oN9GstV6PvBUoqS9srsyOTM2hz2BheVJjxTVaxxOFXAshzg5BQ/s1600/148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfQAVhwv4n_BBfB7dZM8nf5kG6cia7YtjSpVACJexAbtS4jnh3J-JTH8-Rwrc742MeFxb9RqMlNw9muSsapOM4rLT_oN9GstV6PvBUoqS9srsyOTM2hz2BheVJjxTVaxxOFXAshzg5BQ/s320/148.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final stop... Chartes...to see the Chartes Chathedral renowned for its stained glass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_XmQjtwqNb2YO1lPCgRmnjg2mWrMZYBlMzZJhy6029S5OHDG6_Mh3h7AaEVri5JOMxvDEaRmZ4fNw3lBmGQNs4f_xCKFdAAceKZLjbKdRkVhy_7rzE5Pft12NJrlO6hG-2iTWps5dSY/s1600/151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_XmQjtwqNb2YO1lPCgRmnjg2mWrMZYBlMzZJhy6029S5OHDG6_Mh3h7AaEVri5JOMxvDEaRmZ4fNw3lBmGQNs4f_xCKFdAAceKZLjbKdRkVhy_7rzE5Pft12NJrlO6hG-2iTWps5dSY/s320/151.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlOQQ9VTf2Jc4pr_BYRrBGrt2TPNWhod7iC-AH-z3Cfol7NI1R7uQKKRs5xqLZqZFBTOmhYPyKeGLTSLEx00AAA7Kv5WQO-dlnl0CaHO3wMEEZWSv1-Fxm0I0nmQabrc2DOp58snSOYE/s1600/IMG_0238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlOQQ9VTf2Jc4pr_BYRrBGrt2TPNWhod7iC-AH-z3Cfol7NI1R7uQKKRs5xqLZqZFBTOmhYPyKeGLTSLEx00AAA7Kv5WQO-dlnl0CaHO3wMEEZWSv1-Fxm0I0nmQabrc2DOp58snSOYE/s320/IMG_0238.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-73217416357615706372010-07-06T20:00:00.001+02:002010-07-06T20:00:02.024+02:00Part III - our travels around France<div style="text-align: center;">Our next stop was Saint Malo where we spent the night. Saint Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It has the highest concentration of seafood restaurants in Europe. It is a beautiful city with very narrow, windy roads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVffE3DYLFX2Y94OCT3yG57Xweu2QWSUirpn0ErVWC_VFtubiqBZn0tDZADtetUxPTYKyLbzgPD66wfsRcVQUjoITLysoVIomaTL2s0LJL1pFRiNQ5z7cS0_qjwtc4WEJrHnByr5OJv0/s1600/IMG_0168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVffE3DYLFX2Y94OCT3yG57Xweu2QWSUirpn0ErVWC_VFtubiqBZn0tDZADtetUxPTYKyLbzgPD66wfsRcVQUjoITLysoVIomaTL2s0LJL1pFRiNQ5z7cS0_qjwtc4WEJrHnByr5OJv0/s320/IMG_0168.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dinner in Saint Malo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik13G2pNVz9YNYiZfuTLwyQPgbDDMjDd4mv9wv0muo-sEvwKo_gDgpzHXCNIExCK9Rmw28hK3OGzoRgPvlyrqQh6Y2fSgr9lAaDuWr0Lljw_YnZjCzploE2YHuVR3rk-GSY_DG42sKScM/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik13G2pNVz9YNYiZfuTLwyQPgbDDMjDd4mv9wv0muo-sEvwKo_gDgpzHXCNIExCK9Rmw28hK3OGzoRgPvlyrqQh6Y2fSgr9lAaDuWr0Lljw_YnZjCzploE2YHuVR3rk-GSY_DG42sKScM/s320/088.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This crepe tastest as good as it looked!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid77An6Q_yUi2bQIZyINKGNMTqabdk86w8uWrpe84IDTUAxj7WxrhtliCYmk8yjzLHSGulCij2PhFM9YW0zuqMi0zWhaKyxQJ0S6LpbyrPMBmumCfVJD4lMcn3Rozqu06NFMBXAkJZfNg/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid77An6Q_yUi2bQIZyINKGNMTqabdk86w8uWrpe84IDTUAxj7WxrhtliCYmk8yjzLHSGulCij2PhFM9YW0zuqMi0zWhaKyxQJ0S6LpbyrPMBmumCfVJD4lMcn3Rozqu06NFMBXAkJZfNg/s320/093.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onto Mont St-Michel...amazing !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoMv6sDtcjo5zLOUfZYEmQ7C1b_fUHR1zjhfhP3BcmR0Z9hPP_uuahpPzTanba9drd-GNCrMF-NmmTfupzUfTSQ1Ang2gLITwbByHLNzAOTyTX4RGQt30_kKOVq2qhwGzIoAtRMMc7sY/s1600/098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoMv6sDtcjo5zLOUfZYEmQ7C1b_fUHR1zjhfhP3BcmR0Z9hPP_uuahpPzTanba9drd-GNCrMF-NmmTfupzUfTSQ1Ang2gLITwbByHLNzAOTyTX4RGQt30_kKOVq2qhwGzIoAtRMMc7sY/s320/098.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuzTFGGYYmGlQGAThmBnRG7WN9rJ5ooc-uMDfb8oOH1w-6qWgmAFddPfjzBc2vw7VDkq_rb-eQiuXGZIDFrLWae2dSp1Iht2dpcOByBxxIql2XerISmbHt30DWXkJErIcPpQGF6i-j9E/s1600/IMG_0172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuzTFGGYYmGlQGAThmBnRG7WN9rJ5ooc-uMDfb8oOH1w-6qWgmAFddPfjzBc2vw7VDkq_rb-eQiuXGZIDFrLWae2dSp1Iht2dpcOByBxxIql2XerISmbHt30DWXkJErIcPpQGF6i-j9E/s320/IMG_0172.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop...Fougeres! Fougeres is the largest medieval castle in Europe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDICvDq7ZPD95WsQuEm45Ksg-FxFqhWCtP2S_SBU-et0kmbmrf8_VJ-v3pIv1E7Q1N6sCaQnhLkg75NXA6rzAXDoldcRNJgFBmwGcUdZlJ9pMFwItv8duPj9hYTiCurkOLZQ1IZ6e7HI/s1600/108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDICvDq7ZPD95WsQuEm45Ksg-FxFqhWCtP2S_SBU-et0kmbmrf8_VJ-v3pIv1E7Q1N6sCaQnhLkg75NXA6rzAXDoldcRNJgFBmwGcUdZlJ9pMFwItv8duPj9hYTiCurkOLZQ1IZ6e7HI/s320/108.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYfYMnReOsJ79izr5zbAmzn4FNwkGmrWYnJ7OD9jDBkjMN8W5I75tQ0WEox62JIsy2kQHog-dMJzLGiJksXaPQOMnvTOz2sZRl_osCDLGVBo44AjKNYwlfr3Lv2eLJjrR2CQ0xOYWR2g/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYfYMnReOsJ79izr5zbAmzn4FNwkGmrWYnJ7OD9jDBkjMN8W5I75tQ0WEox62JIsy2kQHog-dMJzLGiJksXaPQOMnvTOz2sZRl_osCDLGVBo44AjKNYwlfr3Lv2eLJjrR2CQ0xOYWR2g/s320/105.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpN5IMHdLQB6TSOCVzY75V-5wYOgF6i9TBQXet4Y17AHJiHBtfDyxHmRRvcwuVkgu2imm4WY_jvpvEi7BsTrfxQRsLPp-Ck6YQF1nPZmxRVhw1hvvs9pGNgSu9bSJC8UT28mU5Raee7O0/s1600/IMG_0189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpN5IMHdLQB6TSOCVzY75V-5wYOgF6i9TBQXet4Y17AHJiHBtfDyxHmRRvcwuVkgu2imm4WY_jvpvEi7BsTrfxQRsLPp-Ck6YQF1nPZmxRVhw1hvvs9pGNgSu9bSJC8UT28mU5Raee7O0/s320/IMG_0189.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS5UW1vvgWMz_8ZG13NuBDn30VbDsvUMy3r3QJZR06QpnInt8k93j-8bPwGpvINdVjdgSMzIhD_vTVGXTWqtnLaTJ_j2Yg-TVOFs0nVSFoO7ryJB5ZFi1sTvKhFyRQ3aJmxjUt7Tr-9o/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS5UW1vvgWMz_8ZG13NuBDn30VbDsvUMy3r3QJZR06QpnInt8k93j-8bPwGpvINdVjdgSMzIhD_vTVGXTWqtnLaTJ_j2Yg-TVOFs0nVSFoO7ryJB5ZFi1sTvKhFyRQ3aJmxjUt7Tr-9o/s320/IMG_0190.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dinner in Tours...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-hYtCrCcu32b7KIa15xud4s4-yTxjjSMcAEyEB4Rug2IEqSTH0PhIXegVMDNrQpJ6VNHFsK7-OG2o6WNFS8EHXdt2qp5TfyZloOJEbVZXIRWcfXvS38KlJMZoot_1CTfD56MjouEsak/s1600/123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-hYtCrCcu32b7KIa15xud4s4-yTxjjSMcAEyEB4Rug2IEqSTH0PhIXegVMDNrQpJ6VNHFsK7-OG2o6WNFS8EHXdt2qp5TfyZloOJEbVZXIRWcfXvS38KlJMZoot_1CTfD56MjouEsak/s320/123.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our home for the next 2 nights - our own cottage! We stayed at the Maison de la Grandmere in Vrigny which is in the middle of the Château Region.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TQQ3x9XHg-RyF1zyVLjpguTA0_nnW6rnOsCLpWXsK6awZ1Kemmf_6O3GhbTgogjFLbkN1FowaYxypp6rPAlGJV8hqbsgCCKHOTxnJeI8QiCdp7KRh0sArB-ipiMtDPl2Y_mFbduQdsc/s1600/IMG_0197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TQQ3x9XHg-RyF1zyVLjpguTA0_nnW6rnOsCLpWXsK6awZ1Kemmf_6O3GhbTgogjFLbkN1FowaYxypp6rPAlGJV8hqbsgCCKHOTxnJeI8QiCdp7KRh0sArB-ipiMtDPl2Y_mFbduQdsc/s320/IMG_0197.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-57803647064311127552010-07-05T20:00:00.003+02:002010-07-05T20:00:01.574+02:00Part II - our travels around France<div style="text-align: center;">Next stop...Honfleur. Honfleur is a small town on the coast of Normandy in Northern France. It is one of the most picturesque ports in Europe.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caen's Museum for Peace in Caen. This is an amazing museum which details the path Europe followed from the end of World War I to the rise of fascism to World War II.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjLEgHGcq_NK76Ko8WPoW4LDXD3Im8cxuX8ZU9ni0lvqDqYMLmUzuH2CE0ZTVypFBi03vgVsDsqosUWR8ZXOHExoSJh0qcAD-bbH0Oc-zgdvYag-XLIRSHnLv5ZWA-xTzGwIrK6d1who/s1600/IMG_0100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjLEgHGcq_NK76Ko8WPoW4LDXD3Im8cxuX8ZU9ni0lvqDqYMLmUzuH2CE0ZTVypFBi03vgVsDsqosUWR8ZXOHExoSJh0qcAD-bbH0Oc-zgdvYag-XLIRSHnLv5ZWA-xTzGwIrK6d1who/s320/IMG_0100.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed the night in Bayeux. We stayed at Le Castel, Noble Guesthouse. This house is a 1937 Art Deco villa. We were able to rent the entire first floor which included balconies and terraces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyI57QVoXAjOJ0i2EU2vp3KtsBWDKyhzH49BenhPaPQFNYHH20Zqw9H1tyRjUW11YMrmybek56mwt1l852mT1sYny9KCmI4Kfw-wPkmuGHulSc0KIq8qyH49lfakYzsdwA_SW3C1xHIug/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyI57QVoXAjOJ0i2EU2vp3KtsBWDKyhzH49BenhPaPQFNYHH20Zqw9H1tyRjUW11YMrmybek56mwt1l852mT1sYny9KCmI4Kfw-wPkmuGHulSc0KIq8qyH49lfakYzsdwA_SW3C1xHIug/s320/070.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day, we headed to Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach was one of the main landing point of the US forces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfUPzvbtOKBBgLKd-01Nz8drtOzEEX8ZB9F8SJWEP_vNRrhWlEoLJ_dYB7UKOP32ptDyRB257VmFisNaWROASaeZ2KqCP0YXZjY1JBKX5IZT3_CX8GEWADWA66pi9dz3wAmA30Qm9e8A/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfUPzvbtOKBBgLKd-01Nz8drtOzEEX8ZB9F8SJWEP_vNRrhWlEoLJ_dYB7UKOP32ptDyRB257VmFisNaWROASaeZ2KqCP0YXZjY1JBKX5IZT3_CX8GEWADWA66pi9dz3wAmA30Qm9e8A/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZpgfTsM8z9BouSX_BZEWTRSK_CisUNUYzuokc5SwFSqfSpXygi6rq3lppjzg_7E9E6cYRzI9-nQwWKGLXeR4fT_1eazQww4CF2N2XYxTBbP3i5d3Q7zg1vEijFvD9NH120KQimJJsAY/s1600/IMG_0106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZpgfTsM8z9BouSX_BZEWTRSK_CisUNUYzuokc5SwFSqfSpXygi6rq3lppjzg_7E9E6cYRzI9-nQwWKGLXeR4fT_1eazQww4CF2N2XYxTBbP3i5d3Q7zg1vEijFvD9NH120KQimJJsAY/s320/IMG_0106.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were so lucky to arrive at Omaha Beach during a touching ceremony marking the anniversary of this landing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8-Q3Vg9pLOJLKma9-9iz5Qm0GiCMdazakjhqpviZiyb5SnHc8i6Y0WqEBay6sQYNvNkxs3Db3dtQTRy7L1w3c-7LzsfAIb6Z-PMphLHzQeBdl38d9lt8ouBupLFhlbONs12ObwrPqlI/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8-Q3Vg9pLOJLKma9-9iz5Qm0GiCMdazakjhqpviZiyb5SnHc8i6Y0WqEBay6sQYNvNkxs3Db3dtQTRy7L1w3c-7LzsfAIb6Z-PMphLHzQeBdl38d9lt8ouBupLFhlbONs12ObwrPqlI/s320/075.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The American Cemetery - There are 9,387 white marble crosses and Stars of David in memory of the Americans who gave up their lives to free Europe on the beaches below. France has given the US permanent free use of this 172 acre site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFXLdmKcgFD0rq7gnqrx-G6b84ayB_mzGSIiRNEMilA23QN3xY3VpRdFW4uYSEmB5hk5HMkaZokKtab3OdckWeJ8D_UI4ynVjZVz1qQw2E4r64lbutx1Rmyk_gbjHAaVzYVqEDMwIHtw/s1600/IMG_0119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFXLdmKcgFD0rq7gnqrx-G6b84ayB_mzGSIiRNEMilA23QN3xY3VpRdFW4uYSEmB5hk5HMkaZokKtab3OdckWeJ8D_UI4ynVjZVz1qQw2E4r64lbutx1Rmyk_gbjHAaVzYVqEDMwIHtw/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiWnD-7HXad1jnNCML65iLXa9MQ8JjkYYvtXKg3zaJn8g5DSA29QkpR0PMqsO2Vs675WbqsQQN7SafX2_1u7WiiNuMCG0KKHD7KlKI1q_S72FO4FURTIX6EO2oOmYh-mM3S4739G35A4/s1600/IMG_0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiWnD-7HXad1jnNCML65iLXa9MQ8JjkYYvtXKg3zaJn8g5DSA29QkpR0PMqsO2Vs675WbqsQQN7SafX2_1u7WiiNuMCG0KKHD7KlKI1q_S72FO4FURTIX6EO2oOmYh-mM3S4739G35A4/s320/IMG_0123.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument - For this invasion, 300 US Army Rangers were handpicked to attempt the assault of the German-occupied cliffs. Only 90 Rangers survived this vertical assault. The German bunkers and bomb craters remain just as they were found.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5cod1zdFOSdQYzXqAXMTST-1Ta3tRSJGbLNB7V3MDFH8smm2mcYuff6MeDMekdQkGBJg4OWzsYow502YI6pn4zJv2OOUpoblQ6CQs6v1yDfJaiOeXeouLWroPsoPH0_d3LRivdwOygM/s1600/IMG_0140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5cod1zdFOSdQYzXqAXMTST-1Ta3tRSJGbLNB7V3MDFH8smm2mcYuff6MeDMekdQkGBJg4OWzsYow502YI6pn4zJv2OOUpoblQ6CQs6v1yDfJaiOeXeouLWroPsoPH0_d3LRivdwOygM/s320/IMG_0140.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2il0T5X_EckOCPE09kuyvIR2QK6IIrW6m1jDaIO8fO-lwoadQQv_q2roWslN0swqmNQShMKwU9uQi6KPGYvedTXFkr2FUjm8VTcV9fJ2K3uFEDXaasIRQZJ_yy4hxo__fkqlSu9gEHpU/s1600/IMG_0149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2il0T5X_EckOCPE09kuyvIR2QK6IIrW6m1jDaIO8fO-lwoadQQv_q2roWslN0swqmNQShMKwU9uQi6KPGYvedTXFkr2FUjm8VTcV9fJ2K3uFEDXaasIRQZJ_yy4hxo__fkqlSu9gEHpU/s320/IMG_0149.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf-Em8qZnlLpXP0sKV6c3ywT9hi7o-6Qd3RrAkS2KUYob0mIdXmpc5S_lGrUONYuPwXFKT55AF1aAlNNdjdoO8w5h19JHu-VOMJzzWHWOUiiumWlD8wy76qM3bFuhf7s_Ju2rpJNGiMk/s1600/IMG_0150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf-Em8qZnlLpXP0sKV6c3ywT9hi7o-6Qd3RrAkS2KUYob0mIdXmpc5S_lGrUONYuPwXFKT55AF1aAlNNdjdoO8w5h19JHu-VOMJzzWHWOUiiumWlD8wy76qM3bFuhf7s_Ju2rpJNGiMk/s320/IMG_0150.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Kdkv60hwsE0-Uoll40atv-iAw7EKYZDFhFa7RuYkLU332_KwuTalesc8WQtCAr2riZm1YnpETBBGqunNEZ-IeXgfHugE6_juM7bfSQgKOkWeuup_PLoj0-le8wwYDu0f40IGor-0D0k/s1600/IMG_0154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Kdkv60hwsE0-Uoll40atv-iAw7EKYZDFhFa7RuYkLU332_KwuTalesc8WQtCAr2riZm1YnpETBBGqunNEZ-IeXgfHugE6_juM7bfSQgKOkWeuup_PLoj0-le8wwYDu0f40IGor-0D0k/s320/IMG_0154.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Mere Eglise - This town was made famous by the paratrooper John Steel and by the film "The Longest Day". John managed to land on the church and his chute caught on the steeple. He hung there while the fighting continued on the ground for 2 hours before being cut down by the Germans, taken prisoner and later released by the Americans. An effigy of John Steel is still on the steeple.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLU5Xury4HUTnc5B235_JTE9akRJbBwiHFmdJZyAbZqwoV2iNFPm1sYEXYVVc8wFYLNL54gs92EPfUBUZ-dtOunrBbJ7r8WAmg1Tq-wrqT_pkzMyprp77NPz7kQeY1cnIMUH5mezAYK4/s1600/IMG_0158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLU5Xury4HUTnc5B235_JTE9akRJbBwiHFmdJZyAbZqwoV2iNFPm1sYEXYVVc8wFYLNL54gs92EPfUBUZ-dtOunrBbJ7r8WAmg1Tq-wrqT_pkzMyprp77NPz7kQeY1cnIMUH5mezAYK4/s320/IMG_0158.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Mere Eglise's war memorial with plaques commemorating the liberation of the town.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsCKEzWwjqDBFrnrmcqoe6cG5hoA683SPadOkDCZi0dQ5snZRGxZHmIQH6RdalEj6HpIiXAVcqNCEpQt0jx2vOd0t4w77RVmvz3hYnDMlo3hV200W2_VqtpXqh3QDIDGV3v1BkYiSQ5Q/s1600/IMG_0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsCKEzWwjqDBFrnrmcqoe6cG5hoA683SPadOkDCZi0dQ5snZRGxZHmIQH6RdalEj6HpIiXAVcqNCEpQt0jx2vOd0t4w77RVmvz3hYnDMlo3hV200W2_VqtpXqh3QDIDGV3v1BkYiSQ5Q/s320/IMG_0161.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Stopping at one of many Calvados farms in Normandy. We all had tastings at Bernard Lebric's farm and bought Calvados as well as Apéritifs. Like they say "An apple a day..."</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eY9JoOdcBNRPyx7xwhBqacoESAcw3INYgXnV7xKF3vap9ITth7Dv-99_rOBAqmVdXrQbJJh5W9SSwE3yZ7gKbNKz1yyki-hDghr3qAtgJvTtdhwq17P0IO9AGw9ZMYwPpOKAE4_IhyphenhyphenY/s1600/IMG_0139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eY9JoOdcBNRPyx7xwhBqacoESAcw3INYgXnV7xKF3vap9ITth7Dv-99_rOBAqmVdXrQbJJh5W9SSwE3yZ7gKbNKz1yyki-hDghr3qAtgJvTtdhwq17P0IO9AGw9ZMYwPpOKAE4_IhyphenhyphenY/s320/IMG_0139.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-10907917273285845752010-07-04T15:13:00.000+02:002010-07-04T15:13:31.715+02:00What I've been up to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June was a very exciting and busy month. Bob had all of his grandparents fly from the U.S. for his graduation. Here is the start of our adventures in Paris and in the French countryside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8-jaCdRLDqUJOM9M9-XQf6rZqbVEgzzRWqnUwzBzOuCMgB0_0P9Cik7q4H20ucaepRB63ZxyssHdpT-E5ADuAK4IR0acAx0QdXwwDtTgqUK-6T9qPbkPavsuAUnLZRzbO1pOE7gTaL0/s1600/IMG_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8-jaCdRLDqUJOM9M9-XQf6rZqbVEgzzRWqnUwzBzOuCMgB0_0P9Cik7q4H20ucaepRB63ZxyssHdpT-E5ADuAK4IR0acAx0QdXwwDtTgqUK-6T9qPbkPavsuAUnLZRzbO1pOE7gTaL0/s320/IMG_0010.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waiting for the bus...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoVjBnHhJoGe88vt_3uIPZBPa3IkcC4K5w8Q-e_S5d1VUaw229etO8sR-jzzROyRVvTIyFT1YmN_3Er_coQJcU_P29FWG5tBt56vr5EpdX82fn5tZWVZWLDfcaDexiZc0om_tw4ycnmc/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoVjBnHhJoGe88vt_3uIPZBPa3IkcC4K5w8Q-e_S5d1VUaw229etO8sR-jzzROyRVvTIyFT1YmN_3Er_coQJcU_P29FWG5tBt56vr5EpdX82fn5tZWVZWLDfcaDexiZc0om_tw4ycnmc/s320/IMG_0011.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paparazzi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWSKRmPTvHwNLOh1SjTh13OT-i9KXCCoUZnU01g7n51-nuEDzOI4ax_rBI1DVCEAnOweLqSXKArzV8GjqOcobq26IyT_np_VhCOf1AFsJ9o-l17v_oY_Pl6HnUDD6LNTAm6eV1fokQMU/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWSKRmPTvHwNLOh1SjTh13OT-i9KXCCoUZnU01g7n51-nuEDzOI4ax_rBI1DVCEAnOweLqSXKArzV8GjqOcobq26IyT_np_VhCOf1AFsJ9o-l17v_oY_Pl6HnUDD6LNTAm6eV1fokQMU/s320/011.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the Trocadero....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NEwOjCqFBL0YjrWoeGJPEGS1bUK8IlvbaVCZx7fZ9hXJsHs-m2f4v0d0B9fVd1_M-8LdcN5QlDyA7k4Y7sCDRgoBxhFBy2ROaiLJFuNBX8Gzw-q880_Tye-ZM80cf8K8EDPBHAp-TMA/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NEwOjCqFBL0YjrWoeGJPEGS1bUK8IlvbaVCZx7fZ9hXJsHs-m2f4v0d0B9fVd1_M-8LdcN5QlDyA7k4Y7sCDRgoBxhFBy2ROaiLJFuNBX8Gzw-q880_Tye-ZM80cf8K8EDPBHAp-TMA/s320/013.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the other side of the Eiffel Tower in the Parc du Champ de Mars....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRXJaeV4eI0ZQ5XAl-sjw1_7cDz4HWAYxJ2YYPBdpYf72reKRpHad9TQDJWKYWa7R1jkA1uK7oJWQDhoVliqjZkoP1tXCNsf1Zdye6BovuglQ839pyHGSJl9_SSk0UV4l0Y6UvQDKV9I/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRXJaeV4eI0ZQ5XAl-sjw1_7cDz4HWAYxJ2YYPBdpYf72reKRpHad9TQDJWKYWa7R1jkA1uK7oJWQDhoVliqjZkoP1tXCNsf1Zdye6BovuglQ839pyHGSJl9_SSk0UV4l0Y6UvQDKV9I/s320/016.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0fzEsNAEFewI7BRWnXXBn9glnDeS4AciLFzymDevFcXGNMjB_FBgFHFTF5EMv8hEsuzHIMygTzJ8FdlxlW17XdMlD2S-kVgB7XsxqT8KySSIzYZ2eROygApEZgbul6QHAk2VSrwBJQE/s1600/IMG_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0fzEsNAEFewI7BRWnXXBn9glnDeS4AciLFzymDevFcXGNMjB_FBgFHFTF5EMv8hEsuzHIMygTzJ8FdlxlW17XdMlD2S-kVgB7XsxqT8KySSIzYZ2eROygApEZgbul6QHAk2VSrwBJQE/s320/IMG_0019.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At a sidewalk café by Ecole Militaire...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkOIf3dO4H2Lv2OZRMTft0pGs4kFga7Y6q8viu8_ZU_A8OSdhf5-0XPQfpfEbKg2WG-VWg5ROt5BRbbn91FwjY4yCrDrKs9gmEhmdW1B3QZzXwKTYZ_0F8K9S5M_gUZLpqPUlWWGFNXQ/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkOIf3dO4H2Lv2OZRMTft0pGs4kFga7Y6q8viu8_ZU_A8OSdhf5-0XPQfpfEbKg2WG-VWg5ROt5BRbbn91FwjY4yCrDrKs9gmEhmdW1B3QZzXwKTYZ_0F8K9S5M_gUZLpqPUlWWGFNXQ/s320/018.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Jardin du Luxembourg....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQlvsYrUBqBsQbLre1MaVnYG1ktiAuIILwbbENDdYQ1UZ6J_432gv6pr4EQQZAfisIJV6RcfqFno6k_32xaQW3Zo0Ga2_Uw_me5jmwPQWVxeved42gGESddLUg0Xgdd603Fv-ukh4LII/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQlvsYrUBqBsQbLre1MaVnYG1ktiAuIILwbbENDdYQ1UZ6J_432gv6pr4EQQZAfisIJV6RcfqFno6k_32xaQW3Zo0Ga2_Uw_me5jmwPQWVxeved42gGESddLUg0Xgdd603Fv-ukh4LII/s320/035.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzZjmF1x9HSyxLagJZ2AoyEJYBFzV8M2vmF-PmUQ6z81Wk_RbnEjgSTERex3BVL4a0JGTcDhnmsMzU1kOoM3ziuUzWT4EgB1ZJ1hZegKFpiAE3Iz0aLZMjbamxxdAZj1BbIbFveBwRBQ/s1600/IMG_0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzZjmF1x9HSyxLagJZ2AoyEJYBFzV8M2vmF-PmUQ6z81Wk_RbnEjgSTERex3BVL4a0JGTcDhnmsMzU1kOoM3ziuUzWT4EgB1ZJ1hZegKFpiAE3Iz0aLZMjbamxxdAZj1BbIbFveBwRBQ/s320/IMG_0033.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the Jardin des Tuileries waiting for the walking tour to start....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREIHUHmT5kI1t-WMZZoiA93HmYfF9k4sYhg4L2rUC2f6eEb0_8AfaMcNI9hk04eesIb7NOdimvlUsfv3i9EK3RKxnvOpTLUlWUdIDj7E-4gxLA3k40SF1Tq1z_iTT0n6WI-LKWqtT7S0/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREIHUHmT5kI1t-WMZZoiA93HmYfF9k4sYhg4L2rUC2f6eEb0_8AfaMcNI9hk04eesIb7NOdimvlUsfv3i9EK3RKxnvOpTLUlWUdIDj7E-4gxLA3k40SF1Tq1z_iTT0n6WI-LKWqtT7S0/s320/045.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Off to Strasbourg...Bon Voyage!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVvcTWvZmqp2fNXNIkutUJEnJUZT6baXI7UcAlZEb8HW05UddQayG68-R8EkdNhJKWuPNenUEYalM_UPJPgUK3IIImAuvfHuao0m76WlgaBFr_9T4SYpEdQCwssSeFHErMVmKc-NlwLg/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVvcTWvZmqp2fNXNIkutUJEnJUZT6baXI7UcAlZEb8HW05UddQayG68-R8EkdNhJKWuPNenUEYalM_UPJPgUK3IIImAuvfHuao0m76WlgaBFr_9T4SYpEdQCwssSeFHErMVmKc-NlwLg/s320/047.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Riverside café in Strasbourg - Santé !!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUZ7YAzNfPQBfDbO52L3kr0Zl0gW44s4B9594uaGd9VHFSdoGFJbJ69aFhfPJboKXvauYWKRXUDVlwyhy0IhPKBDY2FNRv3OhB4vBtiNvMvbyqFeaP-ruOhVBjbZElpH6ebuOeS59Q_A/s1600/IMG_0085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUZ7YAzNfPQBfDbO52L3kr0Zl0gW44s4B9594uaGd9VHFSdoGFJbJ69aFhfPJboKXvauYWKRXUDVlwyhy0IhPKBDY2FNRv3OhB4vBtiNvMvbyqFeaP-ruOhVBjbZElpH6ebuOeS59Q_A/s320/IMG_0085.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Packing for our 5 day tour of France...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS81rvupIvyr5WpmHprPqI8d7OXD9WuvjhpXC7wfUUJn1k6Kv4rlRGLOUCYlSDVsXjvmKNCTMV9J60B6hxD0w-UdatRaH3FoejumIPDbF8PCKYLwd7AHeikp24qhoongGubHtFq5igFM/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS81rvupIvyr5WpmHprPqI8d7OXD9WuvjhpXC7wfUUJn1k6Kv4rlRGLOUCYlSDVsXjvmKNCTMV9J60B6hxD0w-UdatRaH3FoejumIPDbF8PCKYLwd7AHeikp24qhoongGubHtFq5igFM/s320/050.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First stop...Rouen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW68hsVJ1ZSALx_04JlR3qcPMuoSFhfG4JoIwrgpVPQ3tzNgIck8KqTE9VNdKRE0vPaC4-pe1LisSntlgbeLb2MwJS-3f5hXEkD6WEZvxJnzvfy8NHkp6yFbd8DlJaQhfX7iJvsR-k-Ng/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW68hsVJ1ZSALx_04JlR3qcPMuoSFhfG4JoIwrgpVPQ3tzNgIck8KqTE9VNdKRE0vPaC4-pe1LisSntlgbeLb2MwJS-3f5hXEkD6WEZvxJnzvfy8NHkp6yFbd8DlJaQhfX7iJvsR-k-Ng/s320/053.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many different things to see and so many different directions to look in Rouen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlg-tSpB9jZ3kPtaoWiGGVuZwroX_XwZzX4KO8wSUys1R1wQ0DT6M1Rx2lAUZleVsYS9YSEzdsqliZFmo_Tue-K_pWV5BRuAYXh5na43uc_M8QX4ckQXljuiAKYjJadovIWtBFkb4MOQ/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlg-tSpB9jZ3kPtaoWiGGVuZwroX_XwZzX4KO8wSUys1R1wQ0DT6M1Rx2lAUZleVsYS9YSEzdsqliZFmo_Tue-K_pWV5BRuAYXh5na43uc_M8QX4ckQXljuiAKYjJadovIWtBFkb4MOQ/s320/055.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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To be continued...Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-83195589883181101872010-05-27T14:36:00.001+02:002010-05-27T14:40:12.246+02:00Jeita Grotto<div style="text-align: center;">The Jeita Grotto is located 18 kilometers northeast of Beirut. This grotto has one of the world's most impressive agglomerations of stalactites and stalagmites. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took a gondola to get to the upper cave.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XfblR7IXehyphenhyphenpnIlJQrBekdBhMpPyuAWiBFKgL1eD6r6zpbYH0A449WFSqlRzLM6QnfmOk-x1gHgjmhk4Ev0OV7RaKKg1bntkgqCKj4saKxpPigHA4khcpP97TzKTR-fIvquciyGvaEw/s1600/IMG_6768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XfblR7IXehyphenhyphenpnIlJQrBekdBhMpPyuAWiBFKgL1eD6r6zpbYH0A449WFSqlRzLM6QnfmOk-x1gHgjmhk4Ev0OV7RaKKg1bntkgqCKj4saKxpPigHA4khcpP97TzKTR-fIvquciyGvaEw/s320/IMG_6768.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The caverns extend about 6 kilometers back into the mountains. However, the entire cavern is not open to the public.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tom and "The Guardian of Time" - a sculpture by Lebanese artist Tony Farah. We were calling the statue Mr. Stalactite man until I just found out his real name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the upper cavern, we had to walk outside to get into the lower cavern. We had to ride a boat in order to explore this cavern. This lower cavern is closed every winter because it is flooded by the rising levels of the Nahr-el- Kabl (or Dog River).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEtV-xkbKCbdRfbjAq9IeASBvEKerVloha7E3UfOGWF3pA4EUimAPvwwb5HpQv90UVVxRsHkozmSWv07MGW19Nbnw17lHfJnCZUFPHuDfnvbd3Ih1q80AEO9LaYjtnJyI7fQlA1KTZHE/s1600/jcave3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEtV-xkbKCbdRfbjAq9IeASBvEKerVloha7E3UfOGWF3pA4EUimAPvwwb5HpQv90UVVxRsHkozmSWv07MGW19Nbnw17lHfJnCZUFPHuDfnvbd3Ih1q80AEO9LaYjtnJyI7fQlA1KTZHE/s320/jcave3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-zWXYKpBZyKy-IaTF0KrrgXbNEEBAUEsNCB7e2wmdGD3O4zjT6NLftU0MqtPghdo7-AwnBGI0iePBF14z19XmaOd6O_1VWxYUpwjOWvSccqFI2y50sb7UtrXYHxrRT50MyfFFgW4mGg/s1600/jcave4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-zWXYKpBZyKy-IaTF0KrrgXbNEEBAUEsNCB7e2wmdGD3O4zjT6NLftU0MqtPghdo7-AwnBGI0iePBF14z19XmaOd6O_1VWxYUpwjOWvSccqFI2y50sb7UtrXYHxrRT50MyfFFgW4mGg/s320/jcave4.jpg" /></a></div><br />
During the civil war, these caves were used as ammunition storage. Luckily , the caves showed no damage from this.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Since cameras were not allowed inside of the caverns, I took the pictures off of their website (<a href="http://www.jeitagrotto.com/">http://www.jeitagrotto.com/</a>).</div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-11997353388574613982010-05-26T10:57:00.003+02:002010-05-26T11:29:08.957+02:00Byblos, Lebanon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's what makes driving in Lebanon so exciting. No lanes, no rules, and no street signs! Notice that the cars parked on the right are facing different directions. While driving in Beirut, most of the traffic lights don't work and if they do, they are merely used as "suggestions" of what you should do. We never saw an accident while we were there and everyone is very calm driving this way. We never experienced a single aggressive driver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Pq3TGQFOvAqsvFZUNoflnAIzhyFUry_NaSmVJryzEXl6yFYqIwjs6DfgjfILk2eliO-WLStgpg5hmZ661RRS0Uo2RUWJQVyyIu6ARDunlRuQ-yw5h242EWbEjCbltloT8L16piMd2FI/s1600/IMG_6741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Pq3TGQFOvAqsvFZUNoflnAIzhyFUry_NaSmVJryzEXl6yFYqIwjs6DfgjfILk2eliO-WLStgpg5hmZ661RRS0Uo2RUWJQVyyIu6ARDunlRuQ-yw5h242EWbEjCbltloT8L16piMd2FI/s320/IMG_6741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFWL_-tQZVELcPiFhUBlhW0nBcQTNtCHZQKd6hG5cJpWfczBvtSqfRH1RBPDEQGBq62iActXxK-Ohub64qKE2kGYWbW00TNTx_BcpbYiaWz8psiU2Diwsm6QU6kNlxVHSX7ICoRTrPgg/s1600/IMG_6742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFWL_-tQZVELcPiFhUBlhW0nBcQTNtCHZQKd6hG5cJpWfczBvtSqfRH1RBPDEQGBq62iActXxK-Ohub64qKE2kGYWbW00TNTx_BcpbYiaWz8psiU2Diwsm6QU6kNlxVHSX7ICoRTrPgg/s320/IMG_6742.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So...the maps and the tour books all tell us that the name of the town is Byblos but the few signs that we saw on the highway say Jbeil (Byblos in Arabic). No wonder why we were lost again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcmg6uaAp8otT_1_npSk5bkVO36dmk1WyCvF-cxhxhQYuibNFx-5EjHsuG7LmdXtVsJD0OjvPATereRBrKUMmba-5oD-1Jfg2tahjCLXAZWoq0HfgnwvvYe_wcm_ZxoNpJCFjaYYx0Lk/s1600/IMG_6760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcmg6uaAp8otT_1_npSk5bkVO36dmk1WyCvF-cxhxhQYuibNFx-5EjHsuG7LmdXtVsJD0OjvPATereRBrKUMmba-5oD-1Jfg2tahjCLXAZWoq0HfgnwvvYe_wcm_ZxoNpJCFjaYYx0Lk/s320/IMG_6760.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We spent most of the day exploring the ancient ruins.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRmRgsX52-l9XBL5Y6IpyqwtnwsVpTG-z35dOdmwuMqV_AG5ovuUoAJ-VuP8I_pNNSTaGEk2o7y8W0iQchG5-rRzSIbbqE8H9HMw5yloNWDJ8HbRKIh3v_22a5mLiOCXr21qg-9BrmTA/s1600/IMG_6746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRmRgsX52-l9XBL5Y6IpyqwtnwsVpTG-z35dOdmwuMqV_AG5ovuUoAJ-VuP8I_pNNSTaGEk2o7y8W0iQchG5-rRzSIbbqE8H9HMw5yloNWDJ8HbRKIh3v_22a5mLiOCXr21qg-9BrmTA/s320/IMG_6746.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV94p0ambkZVPHoNTqWZXFLRw_WU23SKBASxpErymLPOwsrlRhMcpSuzghV0lGzo8mIosXSdbqXWS07R5CfgpPOKMQVXVXSy0Haop4TuZVJQYgTnq3myg1DCTNtuPNJyMYZZ8tszNQOGM/s1600/IMG_6747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV94p0ambkZVPHoNTqWZXFLRw_WU23SKBASxpErymLPOwsrlRhMcpSuzghV0lGzo8mIosXSdbqXWS07R5CfgpPOKMQVXVXSy0Haop4TuZVJQYgTnq3myg1DCTNtuPNJyMYZZ8tszNQOGM/s320/IMG_6747.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn9sEq64H_8CVccxn8C162Rs1gJGWVQ0RAvJP6-Et84-NdOE5UAuRoB12xocH6596E8T2sUMDfraNokqcAY8qeGhFq_BHBXAFaVTE95jv860joLNmGTUEAKhqNvJnwsjotFwCKJpkTcw/s1600/IMG_6749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn9sEq64H_8CVccxn8C162Rs1gJGWVQ0RAvJP6-Et84-NdOE5UAuRoB12xocH6596E8T2sUMDfraNokqcAY8qeGhFq_BHBXAFaVTE95jv860joLNmGTUEAKhqNvJnwsjotFwCKJpkTcw/s320/IMG_6749.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGu2jdPSopeaqGVePReLvTGSf44ZUsnciWF2p_pOjEm4RdPfGdF8mLW9MVQ_RsaiXJDtFg7UT1JQ8sRApM-hjFL1pnX6_-LhDpXdnZty02Fk3sZSqFT_SeggHhMwlrPuPKk9MJzY60zE/s1600/IMG_6751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGu2jdPSopeaqGVePReLvTGSf44ZUsnciWF2p_pOjEm4RdPfGdF8mLW9MVQ_RsaiXJDtFg7UT1JQ8sRApM-hjFL1pnX6_-LhDpXdnZty02Fk3sZSqFT_SeggHhMwlrPuPKk9MJzY60zE/s320/IMG_6751.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a very modern souk in Byblos - it is nothing like the souks that we had visited in Tunisia, Morrocco or Dubai. The souks here are more like little shops - glass windows, wooden doors, paved walkways and fixed prices on everything.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsQS7AQg1tgmHLDr8cIaYQlUG6qhZ9ItZHGciW-O_1hCWolxhM8bjd5NXTVMKgKYc_8ZXLkbBGBAhIy1_pMGSRFy03zeGPDyhuWKTfwQcjeDBGyNZ_9GwT4eGKeAeVe5YlDjrk4qzIaA/s1600/IMG_6761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsQS7AQg1tgmHLDr8cIaYQlUG6qhZ9ItZHGciW-O_1hCWolxhM8bjd5NXTVMKgKYc_8ZXLkbBGBAhIy1_pMGSRFy03zeGPDyhuWKTfwQcjeDBGyNZ_9GwT4eGKeAeVe5YlDjrk4qzIaA/s320/IMG_6761.JPG" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-49553252886328515512010-05-24T21:48:00.002+02:002010-05-24T21:57:03.592+02:00BeirutWe stayed outside of Beirut in the Btebiat-Hammana Valley in a town called Deir El Harf. We tried to find a short-cut to Beirut and our new, fast route only took us 2 hours (remember - we are only staying 30 miles east of Beirut)! We are having a difficult navigating through the hills, valleys and the signs that are only in Arabic.<br />
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How funny is this - the same name of the park that I walk in each morning in Paris!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">We signed up for a 5 hour walking tour of Beirut with a Lebanese guide. We met next to this huge banyan tree at the entrance of the American University of Beirut.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-RexVw6M1MzKn-hXfTFtP-1uX0oClkmVBkdaR3EMogfCQWq7Gttz249vwl5ZHcLf3TLz4ssBv-EU9l9u_aCsZMgRN7dfQcEObp7kAucFu4JqbnopkwUeZyvt2D7ZqIZY2P11nkF05Fw/s1600/IMG_6699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-RexVw6M1MzKn-hXfTFtP-1uX0oClkmVBkdaR3EMogfCQWq7Gttz249vwl5ZHcLf3TLz4ssBv-EU9l9u_aCsZMgRN7dfQcEObp7kAucFu4JqbnopkwUeZyvt2D7ZqIZY2P11nkF05Fw/s320/IMG_6699.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The effects of Lebanon's civil war (from 1975 until 1990) can be seen throughout the city. This building, which was a Holiday Inn, is located just blocks away from the apartment building pictured above. The Holiday Inn had just opened a few weeks prior to the start of the civil war. This hotel quickly became a prime sniper position. The owners of this building cannot decide what they want to do with this building (keep it as a hotel or use it for another purpose), so it stands as a painful reminder of the war.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxrFV_1sCyQsNXmVD60QGBi3Ikfr5DQMCBkKY4HAnc5gKr2Wz-6pz11qmFpAOvXu73WPMu2LOBIMkv2DBDEzQ9OfbWplVXvnYJYjDBr612UyBwpr0hm98f-W3yH-RS5rgeZAqqj7popY/s1600/IMG_6705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxrFV_1sCyQsNXmVD60QGBi3Ikfr5DQMCBkKY4HAnc5gKr2Wz-6pz11qmFpAOvXu73WPMu2LOBIMkv2DBDEzQ9OfbWplVXvnYJYjDBr612UyBwpr0hm98f-W3yH-RS5rgeZAqqj7popY/s320/IMG_6705.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IDMEtefKiTy1A96KNBI94s8FzcO0j3xwomQfOhvHuSee7YFrRbRMTeU0ZBXMYlt6KlndM8rKr0UaJvX0e-3QW17f7riM634n0dCI4Ia5KJ8eDc1kLaEAbxsqQP5c5fY2WLrMXHfq-QE/s1600/IMG_6706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IDMEtefKiTy1A96KNBI94s8FzcO0j3xwomQfOhvHuSee7YFrRbRMTeU0ZBXMYlt6KlndM8rKr0UaJvX0e-3QW17f7riM634n0dCI4Ia5KJ8eDc1kLaEAbxsqQP5c5fY2WLrMXHfq-QE/s320/IMG_6706.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Laurent explaining about the Chateauneuf du Pape as he pours us his wine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGu8rPA4a6Nx9d5FkE6MYiQRvliqX6Nm46bO1b5xQegCD8OGqmCaK6dGfRgJECsHz2X5F6Xp5fq-wjVqbhJpLdqJ2-fyuvlZ1FjqIdQ72OiWA2NaX-tP8tZ836eQ1ZxK_gVkQ7IO5ahRo/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGu8rPA4a6Nx9d5FkE6MYiQRvliqX6Nm46bO1b5xQegCD8OGqmCaK6dGfRgJECsHz2X5F6Xp5fq-wjVqbhJpLdqJ2-fyuvlZ1FjqIdQ72OiWA2NaX-tP8tZ836eQ1ZxK_gVkQ7IO5ahRo/s320/042.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How could we not buy his special flavored wines??</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqITnO3tO4T9UxCFgYx8aZKuPZ7Umf78DxYuxeFs448lmrpNVLR2aYMYIiGm0SKvbJYUmiC7U_bU3nnef3eiB0Mpf9ngLIaZRSg6tBHaJkijd69BBMuvABYrH8rfz-HCm48bAA5wLy_40/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We bought the Sangria Rouge....yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTreqCXQHaijTYjNZxj3EavSF0AVHfxrxOf4rrrUhl2Gn_SN9sJyUtFA_1IlCwkeEpGxWIH0_FBXE8zxIg6kIFygAMgSMAgc5dn747dciDGIWxdkywKIj30nSBRrE8010X0Eu2i1cLxA/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTreqCXQHaijTYjNZxj3EavSF0AVHfxrxOf4rrrUhl2Gn_SN9sJyUtFA_1IlCwkeEpGxWIH0_FBXE8zxIg6kIFygAMgSMAgc5dn747dciDGIWxdkywKIj30nSBRrE8010X0Eu2i1cLxA/s320/033.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This foire is held every year at the Porte de Versailles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjade5FwQ35a0jFqpcrWI7rWyuhjLCxJmcn_oH8yFjE9vcfhoPr_I2aDacSEh2qYwAs0x6z9nHCJmngBEkUfTzNWmTFlGPlJqAVogiy8Iy3mMZ7ZS81UN5cyGdGFyOiCV_1YywgwNwMg94/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjade5FwQ35a0jFqpcrWI7rWyuhjLCxJmcn_oH8yFjE9vcfhoPr_I2aDacSEh2qYwAs0x6z9nHCJmngBEkUfTzNWmTFlGPlJqAVogiy8Iy3mMZ7ZS81UN5cyGdGFyOiCV_1YywgwNwMg94/s320/044.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even his jazz band leader played with the band - he is a wonderful instructor!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKxPGIR-lsKWum5JBZTazm2u15y_xRBRga14PFb5pmhHJRVtMJSMez4LJAM9rjo1SceSJtC7OUYlFkurobxJ8dPmoZrEIWZN7grXUL97WVcxAhFJLc1xXyC4YC_V8Hve37prZQ9VKmCc/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKxPGIR-lsKWum5JBZTazm2u15y_xRBRga14PFb5pmhHJRVtMJSMez4LJAM9rjo1SceSJtC7OUYlFkurobxJ8dPmoZrEIWZN7grXUL97WVcxAhFJLc1xXyC4YC_V8Hve37prZQ9VKmCc/s320/028.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this painting on the large metal shutters that are down when this bistro is closed. This is at the bus stop where we have to cross the Seine River to get to Bob's school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw8MVfaHpXkpH-x5AN8iZRmK0q1-J5yTQkpDM6KCKtq4FyKQjSTIrI5wDrQeVu8ftaTUXslVoR08jYiF-6j0KjqtEXAX_hiu3oWtY35rEK0iUe8JGmrJFbmXvrUOFd1V2RjYJO6IqMpQ/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw8MVfaHpXkpH-x5AN8iZRmK0q1-J5yTQkpDM6KCKtq4FyKQjSTIrI5wDrQeVu8ftaTUXslVoR08jYiF-6j0KjqtEXAX_hiu3oWtY35rEK0iUe8JGmrJFbmXvrUOFd1V2RjYJO6IqMpQ/s320/022.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-89554139580837963082010-05-09T21:32:00.000+02:002010-05-09T21:32:14.588+02:00Parc de SceauxOn Friday, we spent a lovely day walking around Park de Sceaux. The park is south of Paris and it is a park that Leesa goes to quite a bit.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Futbol in the park....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQxJcW7WbhoVwYhWRDE-yCDMgf-8JMsdG-yecbZUWy45KGvUn4ix3Kprzg__gKigGmBZ3B0l6Uf1YulIkJ0aSXidZaJoJyZBbrowfSzL1lV7ch5Jk1Z8oLdle4mKgym3OLDjrZD1TEz0/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQxJcW7WbhoVwYhWRDE-yCDMgf-8JMsdG-yecbZUWy45KGvUn4ix3Kprzg__gKigGmBZ3B0l6Uf1YulIkJ0aSXidZaJoJyZBbrowfSzL1lV7ch5Jk1Z8oLdle4mKgym3OLDjrZD1TEz0/s320/010.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the cherry tree section of the park...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJ9lLU8WOrEMOvMA1Vf-5HaDT6V2YOLsr7hKQ5WQj-3D39NwadoN98hneSf0CuyCOvBiL7D88OlhYIsU02x3BFHyt_8ETbDxP7wXWsSdt0oP6jB3iId5lcau4vvEgRlvzuJ31OqMWerc/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJ9lLU8WOrEMOvMA1Vf-5HaDT6V2YOLsr7hKQ5WQj-3D39NwadoN98hneSf0CuyCOvBiL7D88OlhYIsU02x3BFHyt_8ETbDxP7wXWsSdt0oP6jB3iId5lcau4vvEgRlvzuJ31OqMWerc/s320/017.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They even have a great view of the Arc de Triomphe! What a life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KHFDLPuZ_JehwGXhHS7tRcm53TttcFQaDaCc93zCCbt4KDfpwgaDnY_fqQOv9jlPdK8xcHnhz099rv7pBF6lsZ9jqXsdgOitIx6JiSiPOJz8wlY8fye6eHtbmBYwPpcoNTvNt4fhIfY/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KHFDLPuZ_JehwGXhHS7tRcm53TttcFQaDaCc93zCCbt4KDfpwgaDnY_fqQOv9jlPdK8xcHnhz099rv7pBF6lsZ9jqXsdgOitIx6JiSiPOJz8wlY8fye6eHtbmBYwPpcoNTvNt4fhIfY/s320/007.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-26949501099770096562010-04-17T17:08:00.000+02:002010-04-17T17:08:27.007+02:00Blue Skies in ParisNothing but blue skies in Paris on Friday. There were no ashes from the Eyjafjallajoekull eruption as well as no plane contrails....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08iMs1LHtZaLhO5bkE81XEyo-8mpE5sBs22OQNOCXZpCixSiqysaTHMCTkCaGJSJ4cpYzprld7qN-0ckubxQ8XFTryGXEqugBX28Wwf9b3qVsfmvl4NkWD287HMKCBOVgH02djPxP7ik/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08iMs1LHtZaLhO5bkE81XEyo-8mpE5sBs22OQNOCXZpCixSiqysaTHMCTkCaGJSJ4cpYzprld7qN-0ckubxQ8XFTryGXEqugBX28Wwf9b3qVsfmvl4NkWD287HMKCBOVgH02djPxP7ik/s320/010.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saturday was a carbon copy of Friday...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE9hcid-J1jdZwG2dL1-tyx02JeIcnV6U6MHuaqiOg0mCwIu-DJJESzMqyHUIGf5-8D1O63XHq4KxOBJuU8L39PyVEVLDGOIk3uCsN8u7CdWnvtWSX1zg-VhFzQfwY2ButHRxGCtBRgQ/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE9hcid-J1jdZwG2dL1-tyx02JeIcnV6U6MHuaqiOg0mCwIu-DJJESzMqyHUIGf5-8D1O63XHq4KxOBJuU8L39PyVEVLDGOIk3uCsN8u7CdWnvtWSX1zg-VhFzQfwY2ButHRxGCtBRgQ/s320/012.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-45015041911643843572010-04-12T20:40:00.001+02:002010-04-12T20:45:26.249+02:00Manifestation !!!We joined our friend, Hélène, and the Anesthesiologist Nurses in their protest against government changes in their job vs. education status and compensation. Anesthesiologist nurses have a very critical role in surgery and it takes years of additional education past their nursing degrees to perform the job. Now, to save money, the French goverment wants to change the rules and base their pay and benefits not on the work they do everyday, but on the type of school they attended in the past. It is simply not fair.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We protested mainly in front of and around the French National Assembly (which is similar to the House of Commons in the UK or the House of Representatives in the USA)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowM1o_zJclRuiXmrrWv3krTmCswnxK0rz4TKk0DtNJ5ZVcoKslnPeyNTS2G4MZeVh2X_ZBj3POkwWruLjHS99UIVwwwSCXzEV-QzxKbQV-RZISZJfL8pPo3IvYw9RRUgZHmXMbaUqajk/s1600/219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowM1o_zJclRuiXmrrWv3krTmCswnxK0rz4TKk0DtNJ5ZVcoKslnPeyNTS2G4MZeVh2X_ZBj3POkwWruLjHS99UIVwwwSCXzEV-QzxKbQV-RZISZJfL8pPo3IvYw9RRUgZHmXMbaUqajk/s320/219.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rehydrating...protesting is hard work! :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjo6JBr7v4lMG5zxGzuCjXIFPGJFkXsBqBACBnUErmvUDR85DrSztDWwzHAcf9f4d3TqpzeXgpmgGQz4VI3jLXO9JSfdSqZeHvsA6AG-8iGR194xWS_UF7wUFEh8NNtmOhVV01cyItMk/s1600/198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjo6JBr7v4lMG5zxGzuCjXIFPGJFkXsBqBACBnUErmvUDR85DrSztDWwzHAcf9f4d3TqpzeXgpmgGQz4VI3jLXO9JSfdSqZeHvsA6AG-8iGR194xWS_UF7wUFEh8NNtmOhVV01cyItMk/s320/198.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
I hope that this sign on my back doesn't say "kick me".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tom and I, looking very anesthesiologist nurse-like...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhh0fQkIHwX8RBNOkns09AlOli1sanD261izu8wbEcbBNPfu00gUxXVkiwcvdOvaXYEmxVmxrMcROsqs9iNq7AYd13gHxic5vSbGnM6dbk9yJyOq6G2CUruShpzKpK40QqbgXmLaFcAPw/s1600/195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhh0fQkIHwX8RBNOkns09AlOli1sanD261izu8wbEcbBNPfu00gUxXVkiwcvdOvaXYEmxVmxrMcROsqs9iNq7AYd13gHxic5vSbGnM6dbk9yJyOq6G2CUruShpzKpK40QqbgXmLaFcAPw/s320/195.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A mad protester (aka Tom)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG2o8mSUsvtMkWYMxG01ym0HCDE9tB67lvGm6B3SDKXUioEb4qIOgfS9PB0hyphenhyphenB5ku_Ao0ZTSciNkYYWgZjttZ_bYhoKUnFc9i3G1stqEU0-U-2yiq15uWZnX_TIZHtLzyyPBa5sE_Erc/s1600/196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG2o8mSUsvtMkWYMxG01ym0HCDE9tB67lvGm6B3SDKXUioEb4qIOgfS9PB0hyphenhyphenB5ku_Ao0ZTSciNkYYWgZjttZ_bYhoKUnFc9i3G1stqEU0-U-2yiq15uWZnX_TIZHtLzyyPBa5sE_Erc/s320/196.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hélène...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT738FLFYffouPyBIhmlaeqSfY6MMV_teOriMw5bXf4AE1PqHrxB0y_auC9kD8xQF2T4i9ydk9QU73cmLM3hsOY2Ta6N_UBL_JCVrS1omTAsq8sjcXWAcfAghuKj6bs5ciFdIjq1q5C0U/s1600/197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT738FLFYffouPyBIhmlaeqSfY6MMV_teOriMw5bXf4AE1PqHrxB0y_auC9kD8xQF2T4i9ydk9QU73cmLM3hsOY2Ta6N_UBL_JCVrS1omTAsq8sjcXWAcfAghuKj6bs5ciFdIjq1q5C0U/s320/197.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Concorde across the Seine River</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEcu4QmqU9FsevFrnqJGzoT54Ds9bkTBU5K-5bSYh8cGjnm4vKWf-LdE6fk3YDlIkOyFna_xm0_tG9MS31UIVRwC_M5AwtdIugolmBqbXHGv0WIGy46uS3rfur-KyRQofVGBgO91GlVc/s1600/226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEcu4QmqU9FsevFrnqJGzoT54Ds9bkTBU5K-5bSYh8cGjnm4vKWf-LdE6fk3YDlIkOyFna_xm0_tG9MS31UIVRwC_M5AwtdIugolmBqbXHGv0WIGy46uS3rfur-KyRQofVGBgO91GlVc/s320/226.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lunch time! A baguette, cheese and wine! I love France!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Marching along the Seine...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3ICIP5Pa5ZzUOre3HLo2JC4KU8knL2F0E3hcmwLk9Qc2DUXhdT-snay5QyGTSFJ_KoqRvbwJH_C-9xYCXRxczRxaMEo7xwBhtp6eV6MRQ7Tq6Aqn5_6xD9kxwS6bKxt3cKm37KBXgnk/s1600/228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3ICIP5Pa5ZzUOre3HLo2JC4KU8knL2F0E3hcmwLk9Qc2DUXhdT-snay5QyGTSFJ_KoqRvbwJH_C-9xYCXRxczRxaMEo7xwBhtp6eV6MRQ7Tq6Aqn5_6xD9kxwS6bKxt3cKm37KBXgnk/s320/228.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916387850264337805.post-7310769592870509012010-04-11T14:58:00.000+02:002010-04-11T14:58:24.240+02:00Bob's 18!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Usually, we head up to the Trocadero for Bob's birthday picture. This year, we were short on time so the Eiffel Tower (thanks to Hélène) came to us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few days later, we went to Bob's favorite Sushi restaurant on his actual birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXaTYFeBE-PYZcj8G5j_dHaJNpKqCbyWmzB-u2NTCCkIYtemjUTus2ExYpK8ZF5ZRO_KSht0T8ble9lVJAGBJ6kds9h5zLZPpOu8QxuyxJFG4cx0nzWWpC0nK-lXcWMOhcaZIsv2MEw4/s1600/240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXaTYFeBE-PYZcj8G5j_dHaJNpKqCbyWmzB-u2NTCCkIYtemjUTus2ExYpK8ZF5ZRO_KSht0T8ble9lVJAGBJ6kds9h5zLZPpOu8QxuyxJFG4cx0nzWWpC0nK-lXcWMOhcaZIsv2MEw4/s320/240.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div>Notes from Noëlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419971656502492396noreply@blogger.com5