My Paris fantasy? Riding around the city on a sunny day in a cute sundress on a bike with a basket holding a baguette. Not specific at all. Fortunately, that was one fantasy we were well able to oblige! We ended up doing three Fat Tire Bike Tours while we were there and loved each one…
Une semaine à Paris: Part One
Paris is an amazing city. Old. New. Bright and beautiful. Dark and dirty. Full of romance and whispered secrets. Thronged by tourists and natives and haunted by the ghosts of kings, queens and artists past. Even though we stopped through Paris on the day we arrived in France, we flew to Toulouse first to start getting settled and…
Small Country, Big Portions: An Observation
(Warning: this post may make you very, very hungry.) When we were getting ready to move to France I had the misconception that portions here would be much smaller than the U.S. (after all, requesting a doggy bag in France is so gauche–at least according to many guide books). Boy was I wrong. Everywhere we’ve eaten,…
Bienvenue à Toulouse
This morning we woke up in Toulouse. It’s been a week since we’ve moved to France (though the majority of our time so far was spent on vacation in Paris) and still it’s hard to believe that this is our new home. We officially embarked for France the last Thursday in May. I spent our…
My Top Five Adventures in Connecticut
It’s official. We have a date! We have visas! We have flights! Yup, that about sums up how we are feeling. Our visas finally arrived Wednesday so that means we’ll be hopping on a plane tonight and heading to our new home in Toulouse! While we were in Connecticut a bit longer than we originally anticipated, we…
God Bless America!
If all goes well (as in we get our visas back!), within the next week we’ll be headed to France. We are excited about our trip and the amazing experiences we believe it will afford us. We’ll see new sights, meet new people and experience new cultures. I’m sure we’ll also gain new appreciation for the freedoms and…
A Bite of Boston
When you think of food in Boston, what comes to mind? Lobster? Chowder? Boston Cream Pie? How about tapas? The night we arrived in Boston, we went to grab dinner at Toro, a Barcelona-style tapas restaurant located in Boston’s popular South End. The walk from our hotel to this restaurant took us past some gorgeous Victorian brownstone buildings and…
A Whale of a Trip to Boston
We took a quick trip up to Boston and enjoyed a day watching whales and touring the New England Aquarium.
17 Hours to Smell the Roses
We took a 17-hour roundtrip journey to complete the final step of securing our visas for France. Along the way, we took a moment to stop and smell the roses.
Heading into the Home Stretch
Today marks a milestone in our journey. Well, actually tomorrow will, but today we head to Atlanta so we can complete the final stage of securing our work visas–interviews with the French Consulate. That means, if all goes well, in two weeks we’ll be on a plane to France. There’s only one song that can…
Eat, Drink, Move (Repeat) 