Blogs from Nantes, Pays-de-la-Loire, France, Europe - page 3

Playing catch up in the blogging game is not fun - it's interesting, reminiscing about the past year, but suddenly realizing how much I left out is a bit terrifying. As such, I've decided to put in a few short entries so we can see where I've been and then a longer one about the last few weeks. Let's take it from the top: France. France you see, was part of the summer of absolute craziness. First there was Vancouver, including the CHI Conference and a visit with family and friends. Then there was Brazil, and the crazy printer - there's a video here now by the way, showing the journey and what it resulted in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEk4A7ETec Okay so that was that, then we went to Copenhagen literally overnight, celebrated father's day by participating in the ... read more

September 21st 2009: Today the weather was very good here in Paris. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. My friends and I then decided to go visit a famous place, and we chose the Louvré Museum. That place is amazing, you wouldn't believe how many art objects are there! We spent a lot of time there and when we left it was very late, over 4 p.m! Later on we decided to visit the Eiffel Tower, the sky was clean and the night was beautiful so we could see it perfectly. It was a terrific scene. The tower was nicely lit up and beautiful. I really enjoyed visiting Paris at my vacation, and I hope to go back there someday.... read more

Hello again! I was just sitting here in my apartment, Lauren and I just dabbling on the computers, and thought I would write you all once again. The main thing that's happened since the last real entry was Margaret's and Andy's visit. It was really great to have the three of us together in Paris after being separated for so long with all sorts of new aspects to our lives. We went all around Paris, they came back to Nantes with me to get a glimpse of my life and friends here, went back to Paris and they we had to say au revoir. I think they could say that France is a wonderful place, but they're tired of croissants. ;) Actually, I'm pretty sure they DID say that, it's true, a croissant every day for ... read more

Hello everyone, it has been quite awhile. I've obviously not been good about keeping you updated, but I've been away from my computer the majority of the time, keeping busy traveling etc with Nick. Many exciting things have happened over the past few weeks and this entry is going to be a long one, so I suggest getting a nice cup of coffee, perhaps some mixed nuts, or just plain cashews to help you get through all of this! So, let's start with the night before I left Nantes to meet Nick at the airport in Paris....The date was Feb. 9th. I was so excited and anxious for the next day to come that I went through and super cleaned EVERYTHING. Scrubbing, folding, sweeping, you name it I did it. I actually cared about my apartment ... read more

Hello to you all, I hope this day finds you in good spirits. I'm currently sitting once again in the teachers' lounge after being told five minutes ago that I would not be taking the students at 10, it's becoming a normal thing, so I figured I would write my blog and do some more trip planning! The end of January has come and gone, it was not very eventful, considering I was quite poor after buying tickets and tours for my upcoming vacations. Last Wednesday, the girls and I (that includes John of course) went out on the town since none of us were planning on going to work the next day due to a national strike. The strike included any salaried person that works for a public service: teachers, post office, public transport, etc ... read more