Travel

Alsace, Oktoberfest, and the Alps

27 September 2009

A friend of mine who is on a Europe trip of her own came through Paris last week. She spent several days with me here, doing some of those touristy things I hadn’t done yet, like the boat tour on the Seine, the top of the Eiffel Tower, visiting the famous people buried at the […]

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Parlez-vous Francais?

20 September 2009

Moi, oui. Sort of. Two weeks’ worth of French lessons have greatly improved my capacity to speak and understand. Alas, my last day of lessons has come and gone, and I was just feeling as if I was getting the hang of it. Unfortunately, the lessons are expensive, and there are so many other things […]

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Museum Madness

17 September 2009

Paris has so many museums and monuments, I think I’d have to be here for a year to see them all. However, in five days of doing nothing but visiting museums and monuments (and taking French lessons in between), I managed to make a significant dent in my list of things to see. The Paris […]

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An American in Paris

5 September 2009

With apologies to Gene Kelly… Still, all of the romance and drama, from the movie and from every myth, story and stereotype about Paris are true! Paris, je t’aime! My arrival in France was completely uneventful, much to my relief–or chagrin, as I had expected to be hassled over my one-way ticket and so armed […]

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Ohio & Vermont

17 August 2009

There are moments when I travel when I am struck by my own independence and freedom. I felt it on the train leaving Minnesota the other day; I felt it again when I crossed the Canadian border this morning. I experienced it when I first went to Europe, and I’ve experienced it every time I’ve […]

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