Bonjour!
Yes, I know, it's been a long time. A lot of nothing big has been happening accept of course the awesome visit from Auntie Teva and Andy. Their stay was too short for all involved, but, c'est la vie. Some people have real jobs.
As I sit on this blog more events are occurring. First there was the fish of April. Which is April fools day. There are the usual jokes and pranks but also the children make fish and stick them on your back, as a joke. You are not supposed to notice when they put it there and then, who's the fish fool? I have no photos of the fish, but plenty were made.
I have also added Carnaval in April pictures. This consisted of all the kids in primary and maternelle (pre-school and kindergarten) in the district dressing up for the day, having lots of snacks at school and marching in a parade around town. Afterwards is a "ball" for the kids (dance with snacks) and a dinner of mussels and fries for the family. We missed the dinner and of course "made apéro".
Other than that, we have been basking in the start of spring with good food and great friends. We feel so fortunate for our experience here. I continue to try and avoid thinking of our return. I love and miss everyone in the new world, but I know that this is a once in a lifetime experience. Short and so sweet (and occasionally extremely uncomfortable and rarely rather annoying).
Alors:
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Master of origami (with glue)
Jasper has a nature/origami extracurricular class
every Monday and Friday |
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A walk in the nearby town of Charnay
with JW's bff's family |
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Jasper and Tímeo
BFFs |
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| aaand Micah |
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| cool museum you will likely see if you visit |
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| Dinosaur slide |
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| Cécile of course brought a Bríoche |
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The town is part of the
Pierre D'orée region
That means stones of gold |
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| Dog jail |
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| Bar-B-Que at Cécile and Lionel's house |
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Adéle and Rose
Les Sœurs de Soleil |
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| Lionel is in the kitchen |
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Lyonnais specialty
Cardon gratin with bone marrow
Delice! (thanks Mimi)
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| Yes, they have a cow |
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Can you tell I love their garden?
I'm not the only one |
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| A little food fair in town |
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| Too much cognac |
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| Kid zoo |
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On the way to give a
spectaque at
the retirement home |
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They sang 6 songs
Pretty darn cute |
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Micah's front right
Castille's top left in white |
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| Le printemps arrive! |
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| Oh sweet love.. |
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Paul Bocuse's restaurant
We didn't go there...yet
We have better plans. |
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| Parc Blandan, can you tell how cold Bob and I are? |
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| Bob's Research |
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A promenade along the Sôane with the Maillards
When you're famous like Cécile, it gets old being
constantly photographed |
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| Café in Lyon |
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| Field trip to the biblioteque |
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| Impromptu apéro with Adeline |
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| eclipse |
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| Merlin the clown |
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Fancy fundraiser
(many of the cute decorations ended up spread all around the place) |
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| Asparagus salmon soup...YUM |
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| Veal and squash puree..YUM |
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| Angelic |
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| art |
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| Why don't we ever dance on tables wearing halos at our fundraisers? |
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| Because I love the panos |
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| You mad bro? |
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| Waiting for a camel |
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| There it is |
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I learned the name for redneck in French is Bouf
This is 4 motorcycles in a cage
Impressive |
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| Waiting for our guests!! |
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| Yay!! |
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?????
Sounds delicious non?
It was, especially Teva's warm goat cheese salad |
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| Avignon |
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| sur le pont Avignon.. |
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| Marseille |
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| Marseille |
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AïAï..Aïoli..not the best
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| The soup Teva probably wants to forget |
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So begins the voyeur of Teva and Andy
experience |
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| Cassis |
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| Cassis |
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A boat ride to the Calanques
These are little fjords on the coast of
the Mediterranean between Marseille
and Cassis |
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| It was not warm |
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| Cassis from the Route des Crétes |
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| Soap "factory" (basement) |
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| extruding |
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Soap and candles, this guy said he's one
of the only people
who make these candles in France
I remember buying one for Nona at the Central City mall
in 1980ish |
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Sunset on the Route de Cretes
from our ultra small
Airbnb |
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| Me and the OTK |
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| Very marginal Bouillabaisse |
Antibes
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AHH the good life
A very rare treat to stay at a hotel
Thanks Teva and Andy |
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| From the balcone |
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| The balcone |
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| La plage Antibes |
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| Selfie-art |
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Fishing in Antibes
This painting isn't actually at the Picasso museum
in Antibes |
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Picasso museum
(not Picasso art) |
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| Illegal photo of Picasso art |
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| TK in Antibes |
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| Evening stroll to dinner |
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I was on a quest to capture
the perfect FB profile shot
this wasn't it |
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| Surreal |
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| Shout out to Elodie |
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Our best dinner yet
(these went on to some better dinners without
me in Avignon) |
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Mussels in Gorganzola
sauce and shrimp coctail |
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| Crêpes in Aix |
Meanwhile back in Anse...
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Micah had his school Chorale
1.5+ awesome hours of preschool/kindergartners singing
with most of the town looking on..
there is not enough wine for this event..
in the world |
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| Jasper and Emmy |
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| This is how she often looks at him |
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| What visit is complete without a trip to Oignt (wahngt) |
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| Their lady |
Lyon
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| TK at the famous Les Halles-Paul Bocuse |
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| Mandatory morning huitres (oysters) and wine |
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Now we move on
to the voyeur part
of the Blog.
This is Teva taking pix
at the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviére |
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Le Amphethéâtre des Trois Gaules
(spot A&T) |
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| Micah singing 'Sourciere' |
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| Our tired heroes |
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The crack that swallowed
Jasper's souvenir |
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| Stupid crack |
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Learning to read in many languages
(like Latin) |
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| Many stairs |
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Booze syrup in a
chocolate shop |
Bon Anniversaire Elodie and Meet the Americans Apéro Finale
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| The regulars |
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| The Americans |
Carnaval in April
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| Carnavalers |
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Notice the cute little costumes
none of which involve blood and death
except the American |
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Lots of ninjas in the CE2
(that's Jasper's grade) |
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Monsieur carnaval
(he meets an ugly demise at the end) |
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The parade
(JW, Hilaire, Micah, Castille, Gaetan) |
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| Micah and Castille |
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| CARNAVAL!! |
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| Lisaon |
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Singing "Sur ma route"
you know that one right? |
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| Aprés le defile |
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| I warned you about Mr. Carnaval |
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| RIP |
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| Carnaval Apéro |
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| Aprés-o |
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To Be Continued..
Pâques en Provence..
The onslaught of Americans.. |
