We’re both back on Canadian soil. And we are both fighting nasty colds. At least we waited until we got home! We have lots of memories and tons of pictures. I was going to load some here but I don’t have the energy to figure out which pics to load what with my aching head, […]

It’s early Friday morning and we are getting ready to have one of our final French pastries for breakfast (along with the great coffee here at the hotel). Our taxi picks us up in 45 minutes (7:30 am) and we fly out to Toronto at 11:30. It’s been great here but I am looking forward […]

Hello everyone. The two blueberries are tired tonite. Today we braved our way around the metro stations to make our way back to the Gare de Lyon, hoping to obtain the items Hope lost on the train the other day. Unfortunately our luck did not extend that far…the items were not there apparently (though they […]

Arrive Paris, full of energy and excitement into rush hour crowds flowing into one of e busiest train stations in the world. Wow, Parisienne hustle and bustle. Get tickets for metro to take us to our B&B. Get on the train, 4 stops, get off the train, grab taxi, it’s chiller here, been raining, but […]

Are you sitting down? Monday was a series of small, very stressful and frustrating disasters, but it all ended well due to our new friend at the Paris Clarion. We got out of the medieval dungeon ok (aka the B&B) for the 20 minute drive to the Aix en Provence rapid train station. We arrived […]

Bonjour everyone! Yesterday was very frustrating for the 2 blueberries…BUT we are finally here and safe and eager to start exploring this beautiful city. We are no longer staying at the intended B&B but in a Clarion hotel a few blocks away. I think we are still in the 8th district and within walking of […]

C’est la vie de Vanessa et Esperance, we stroll, we dine, we wine, we buy, we sleep, we cheese (did you know that cheese is now a verb), well in France it is. We’re off in first class tomorrow on the high speed grain to Paris. Sounds luxurious, but there was only €1 difference between […]

Vanessa here. So we’re back at L’Jardin de Marie for the evening, taking it easy and preparing for our trip via TGV train to Paris tomorrow. We have enjoyed Aix en Pce but we are eager to get to Paris for the final leg of our trip. It is so nice being in France with […]

Everything is provincial as they say. This place is bustling with people. Apparently everyone comes to town on Saturdays, and we saw them all. Finally, Vanessa and I did not feel so out out place as the humidity picked up due to the threat of rain, and frizzy hair seems “la mode” here so it’s […]

Vanessa says: Greetings or should I say Bonjour! We made it off the ship this morning with only mild annoyances (for some reason their records showed we were to get off the ship yesterday morning so there were a few explanations we had to make throughout yesterday when our sea pass cards made funny sounds […]