Monthly Archives: June 2005

Picasso painted La Famille, “The Family,” in nearby Mougins on September 30, 1970, at the age of 88, less than three years before his death on April 8, 1973. Send to KindleTweet

It’s no coincidence that the café car on the Train à Grand Vitesse (TGV) looks like a spaceship. The train travels at up to 200 miles per hour, and inside it’s as quiet as a library. Darlene and I happily … Continue reading →

A boy at the Musée D’Orsay. Send to KindleTweet

An old photo that never made it to the blog: Fifi and Léonard dancing at a soirée given by the Institut de Français after the first week of the first month, when everything was still new, terrifying, and incredible. ———————————————————- … Continue reading →

After checking into our quiet bed & breakfast in the 19th arrondissement, we rode the Metro most of the afternoon. All of the trains were as full as the one shown in the photo, and we had made the mistake … Continue reading →

Paul Cézanne’s “L’Estaque Vue du Golfe de Marseille” at the Musée D’Orsay in Paris. Send to KindleTweet

Sophie Cavory, left, and Darlene yesterday at ESCOM, the school where Sophie followed up our Institut de Français training with two weeks of lively tutoring in French. Nina, the ESCOM administrator, presented us with two more handsome certifcates upon the … Continue reading →

The fall 2006 issue of divide, the literary magazine of the University of Colorado at Boulder, will focus on “Travel and Enlightenment.” The call for submissions which editor Ginger Knowlton e-mailed me frames the theme wonderfully, beginning with this quote … Continue reading →

Madame Gisele of Montpelier writes her address for us as the TGV approached Lille today. Hôtel Brueghel,5, Parvis Saint-Maurice Lille Our train excursion to Lille today involved some unplanned excitement in Paris. The TGV sped us from Cannes to Paris … Continue reading →

Darlene turns at least one head as she walks down a pedestrian mall this afternoon in Lille.  Send to KindleTweet