A VERY long weekend … and a very nice lunch.
A girls’ weekend in Paris that turned into a 7 week holiday.
After a fairly quiet day … we’ve gotta have them every now and then … Celine dropped me off and I caught the tram into the city for another walk around Toulouse. The public transport is very good here.
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A VERY long weekend … think pink
A girls’ weekend in Paris that turned into a 7 week holiday.
Toulouse is famous for its buildings in many shades of pink.
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A VERY long weekend … winner, winner, Eiffel Tower chicken dinner
A girls’ weekend in Paris that turned into a 7 week holiday.
A day of iconic Paris landmarks.
Liz and Ange headed to Sacre Coeur. Mel and I met up with Jackie for coffee before we all headed to Notre Dame.
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A VERY long weekend … let’s be Frank
A girls’ weekend in Paris that turned into a 7 week holiday.
I really only had one thing that I wanted to do in Amsterdam, so a day trip was all I’d planned.
Like so many people, I’d read The Diary of Anne Frank at school and it had a lasting impact on me. Her insights and maturity made it hard to imagine this as the diary of a teenager. On the other hand, there was much of the teenage girl in her writings as well.
A visit to the Anne Frank House was a must for my first trip to the Netherlands. Fortunately I’d been advised to pre-purchase my tickets online well in advance. Even in the off season it is sold out.
I’m so pleased that I went and the secret annex was moving and very evocative. I wasn’t as emotional as I’d expected to be, but I…
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“In black and white you suggest …
“In black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty… absolute certainty.“ – Paul Outerbridge
Classicsathon Wrap-Up!
So I participated in Classicsathon this month which was run by Lucy the Reader on Youtube and Twitter and amazingly enough I followed and finished a TBR!
I really enjoyed the reading as well!
Me: I’m not really a classics reader. They just don’t do anything for me, you know?
(Actually reads the books.)
Me: These are so good! Why don’t I read more classics?
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Run Jane Run!
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Run Jane Run!
Wide Sargasso Sea
By: Jean Rhys
When reading Jane Eyre in the past I never really cared one way or another about Rochester. Taking his story at face value you feel kind of bad for him but me being me he was always more likable in movies when hot charismatic actors are playing him.
But boy reading Wide Sargasso Sea mainly makes me think run Jane, run!
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LIVING THE DREAM 