Sparse posting and future plans ⇒

April 16th, 2006 by

Today is our last day in Grenoble with the Daleys and we are going to spend it jumping off of a mountain! Nigel and I are going Parasailing! We are going to take the Funiculaire up to the top and then jump off.

Then tomorrow we leave our gracious hosts and head to Provence for 5 nights. We are making Avignon our base and we plan to hook up with Elise's godmother Sherry on Tuesday. Then we leave on the 22nd, drop the car off in Grenoble and take the TGV to Paris. On the 25th we take the...

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Travelling with the wee fiend ⇒

April 16th, 2006 by

I know many of you thought we were crazy to go travelling all the way to France with a 7 month old. I too had my doubts about that decision. We always said that if worst came to worst, we would turn around and come right home.

I am really happy to say that Elise is turning into a veteran traveller. The keys for us are:

  • time the driving around her nap time
  • once we take her out of the car, we have to keep her out for a while, as she doesn't like getting in and out
  • don't spend too much...

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Corsica ⇒

April 14th, 2006 by

Sorry for the lack of posting, but sometimes a guy just has to get away, you know? We spent the last week on the island of Corsica, the birthplace of Napolean. To get there, one must take an overnight ferry from Toulon to Bastia. We had envisioned a ferry like the ones run by BC Ferries, but instead we got a cruise ship! 7 decks, two restaurants, a bar, a pool, a play room and 1st class cabins (that we weren't in).

Once we got settled into our cabins, we headed out to the restaurant for...

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