Monthly Archives: September 2004

Darlene this morning walked for an hour and fifteen minutes to a jogging store to register for the 11k race, then walked home in time for the hardest workout she’s had since arriving here—an hour of upper-body workout, followed by … Continue reading →

The Croisette promenade in Cannes after a rare day of rain. Tweet

The weather changed today, and so, it seems, did our sense of confidence. After 11 days of unbroken sunshine, I woke up thinking I heard rain outside, but I didn’t have my glasses on yet, so I couldn’t actually see … Continue reading →

Darlene and André Letullier, Francoise’s cousin, on the terrace of the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology in Monte Carlo. Tweet

With André as our navigator and guide today, I drove from Mougins, where he and his wife Jacqueline live, to Nice and then into the Principality of Monaco, site of an eerie collection of human bones and artifacts, many of … Continue reading →

Chateau Gourdon clings to a rock spur 600 feet above the River Loup and offers dizzying views all the way to the sea. Darlene started the day with an 11k run along the highway between Le Tignet and Grasse. We … Continue reading →

A girl and her father at the door of Notre Dame du Puy Cathedral in Grasse. Tweet

Mas de Clairefontaine, Le Tignet, France Having located the blue Honda, we decided to try driving it more than two blocks. So we reserved a room for tonight in a B&B 10 kilometers southwest of Grasse, which is only a … Continue reading →

Peaches at this morning’s open-air Forville market in Cannes. Tweet

PEACHY IN CANNES Finally, after a week of cooing how cool Cannes can be if one is a sensitive poet/reviewer/observer of life, we get real with a foul mood, sulk through the fresh fruit, refuse to choose among twenty frigging … Continue reading →