France / Travel
on October 3, 2006 at 5:29 pm ×
The rain has ended in Paris. We got out of the apartment after a little nap and took a long walk through Luxembourg Gardens (where we will be spending most of Wednesday), up to the Pantheon, through the Sorbonne and the Latin Quarter, and St. Germain de Pres. We had […]
France / Travel
on October 3, 2006 at 9:44 am ×
The weather here in Paris has been pretty unaccommodating. Carrying an umbrella everywhere and wearing jackets and sweatshirts only to have it not rain and be so incredibly warm inside the metro and the some of the shops/buildings, like Notre Dame is extremely frustrating. When it has rained, it has […]
France / Travel
on October 1, 2006 at 6:07 pm ×
We pushed ourselves and our daughter pretty hard today. We were faced with the possibility of this being the only sunny/clear/pleasant day during our week in Paris. So, naturally we wanted to see the outdoor stuff and ride up to the top of the Eiffel Tower (and see the city […]
France / Travel
on October 1, 2006 at 4:33 pm ×
What a day! We saw and did so much today, our first full one in Paris. There are so many pictures from Sunday – I am going to split them into a couple seperate posts. This first one will cover our morning at the Louvre. As I mentioned before, the […]
France / Travel
on October 1, 2006 at 7:32 am ×
OWTK joins the millions of folks worldwide in showing our love and support to all women who have fought and those who continue to fight this terrible disease. To mark the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we have created and launched two new designs centered around a Pink […]
France / Travel
on September 30, 2006 at 2:49 pm ×
Our time in Provence has come to an end. We saw lot of the area and did so without running ourselves completely ragged. The past couple days saw us in Les Baux de Provence and Avignon again. We tried to keep the driving to a minimum and did not want […]
France / Travel
on September 29, 2006 at 10:03 am ×
Minutes after our time in Roussillon came to an end and we got back in the car, our daughter fell fast asleep. I quickly put a Charlie Parker disc in the cd player, rolled down the window, and drove through the Luberon Mountains – cruising through the hillside/top towns of […]
France / Travel
on September 29, 2006 at 9:45 am ×
A view from the road, on the way to Roussillon. Nothing makes me think of Provence more than a little stone house or shed in the middle of a field (of lavender, sunflowers, or in this case, grapes). My dream view. Oh, to wake up and take breakfast out to […]