Our lovely French apartment-to-be on Avenue Julien – the one I was mentally arranging furniture in every single night for hours – was snaked out from under us. You have to understand, there are maybe THREE (un, deux, trois) others – 3!!! – to pick from…one that’s $500 MORE/mo (UGH) or one that’s 1,000 sf and three flights of stairs up (no elevator) (in which case, we brought WAY.TOO.MUCH.STUFF). Yeah, yeah, yeah…..this, too, shall pass! When we signed on the dotted line, no one promised anyone a rose garden…..so homeless we remain! It’s all good.
Two weeks from this minute we’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, with five suitcases and no keys to anything. ASSUMING our passports with the Visa stamps arrive from the Consulate in time! 🙂
Selling the Z tomorrow (I think), which will probably be hard for Tanner. That’s been HIS CAR since 2006 – I’ve probably driven it only a dozen times in a decade. It’s his baby! Like selling your firstborn!
Many firsts. Bring ’em on!
Lesson du jour ~ Six inches. That’s how much the Eiffel Tower grows in the sun. Yes! The Eiffel Tower grows when it gets hot and shrinks in the cold. Although this is fairly hard to see with the naked eye. 🙂
Romans 5:3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance…”
I have really enjoyed reading your posts. Your adventures and perspective are amazing. Thanks for sharing. I struggled in college French, I can’t even imagine learning it well enough to really communicate. You are amazing!
Wishing you safe travels and I look forward to enjoying France through your blogs. Au Revoir (yes, I had to look that up).
Hey, Suzanne! THANK YOU for the pats! Tanner and I are BOTH struggling in French, although it is much more importante for him, as he will be coaching Michelin staff in China – in his very best Franglaise (aka Frahn-glish)! Please read along and come with Patty and Sherri to France….I need company! 🙂 There will be some rocky roads ahead, but one day at a time, oui? Thank you, mon amie!