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Winter in the Algarve

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2020… as far as travel goes, you’ve been pretty horrible. I had originally planned to return back home to San Francisco in March for 2 weeks to see friends and […]

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Europe, My Worldwide Travels

A Summer’s Week on the Beautiful French Riviera

December 4, 2017by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

Dreaming of the warm days we spent of the French Riviera this past summer…

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My Life in France, The South

The Cliffs of Etretat

September 19, 2016by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

I’ve been in France almost 3 years (!!) and still, I’m always finding out about new places to see and new beauties to explore.  Case in point – The Cliffs […]

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My Life in France, Normandy

Exploring Cap Ferret

March 20, 2016by Jeparlefranglais 3 Comments

One of the great things about teaching English online to French students is that I learn so much more about the different areas of France, areas that are off the […]

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Bordeaux and the Surrounding Areas, My Life in France

Hiking through Cassis and Les Calanques

August 14, 2015by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

I have to admit, I’ve been way behind on the blogging.  And on getting all my photos sorted out.  But there’s nothing like procrastinating  (ie. SO need to pack for […]

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My Life in France, The South

A Day Trip to Saint Tropez

August 29, 2014by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

In June, we took a little day trip to Saint Tropez, which was an over 3 hour drive from Montpellier.  Saint Tropez is located in the Côte d’Azûr region of […]

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My Life in France, The South

Saying “Tchau” to Brazil…

August 29, 2012by Jeparlefranglais 3 Comments

Sadly, yesterday, we had to say good-bye to Brazil… Monday started out very leisurely, which was well-needed, given our busy weekend. In the afternoon, we headed out to Ipanema with […]

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Brazil, My Worldwide Travels, USA

Rio!!!!

August 24, 2012by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

At long last, we’ve made it to Rio! The ride wasn’t easy, though. We left Ilha Grande via a schooner, though surprisingly this time, the schooner sailed through relatively calm […]

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Brazil, My Worldwide Travels

Ilha Grande, Part Dois

August 22, 2012by Jeparlefranglais 4 Comments

On my last blog, I was unable to post photos due to my iPad not connecting with the Wifi. I’m happy to say that it’s working better now, so here […]

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Brazil, My Worldwide Travels

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The Château de Montrésor, overlooking the village, with the church in the background. This village is classified as one of the 159 “Most Beautiful Villages of France”.
Traveling in the middle of winter and in the middle of a pandemic is not ideal, but there is one benefit - seeing beautiful villages like these with not-a-person in sight. Read more about how we managed to do a socially-distant road trip last month (pre-lockdown) on my latest blog post (link in bio)...
Looking at these first little signs of spring in the woods…
I’ve been hearing rumors of another lockdown coming, so we’re enjoying the great outdoors while we can...
Life in France is not always a garden of roses (though they can be beautiful). My latest hurdle to establishing French residency was taking an official French test (le test d’evaluation de français or TEF for short). Given that I haven’t taken a French class in over 20 years, this turned out to be an interesting experience. Find out all about it on my latest blog post (link in bio)…
The weatherman was finally right! We got snow today! ❄️
The Jardin des Tuileries peacefully blanketed under a layer of snow 3 years ago. With snow in the weather forecast tomorrow, will this happen again? Stay tuned... ❄️
2020 as a whole has been pretty terrible, but I’m grateful for the little things, such as being able to explore this little corner of Portugal earlier this year, pre-COVID. Thank you @jwabroad and @kaniciacognard for being such great tour guides and taking to some of your favorite areas in the Algarve - it’s easy to see why they were your faves!
I can’t believe that this has been my first post in months. Maybe because I’m usually inspired by travel, and that has been pretty non-existent in 2020 (the exception being this wonderful trip to Seville in January pre-COVID). But there have been little things to be thankful for - specifically being able to return to France after being stuck in the US for 3 months with 4 flights cancelled. Now that we’re back, I’m cautiously planning a trip for the first time in over 6 months. Still unsure on the destination, but it’s definitely going to within driving distance and somewhere where we can spend the majority of our time outdoors and socially distant. And as modest as this is, it’s is giving me the energy to get going again...

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