30 December 2017 Festivities call for family to gather together. For New Year's we were at the grandparents' house. Papi and Mamie (French for "grandpa" and "grandma") lived in Arcachon, in a cozy house well-lit by natural light from the numerous picture windows. Of course we weren't going to sit around all day being couch... Continue Reading →
Vacances – Gérardmer
28 October 2017 ["vacances" is the French word for "vacation"]Saturday near noon I joined Héloïse, Maman and Papa in the car and off we went. We were on our way to Gérardmer to visit Papa’s aunt. The drive took about an hour, with the last ten minutes climbing altitude until we finally arrived in front... Continue Reading →