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What did you do in 2016?

December 29, 2016 by Hugh Nelson Leave a Comment

Pianist Emil Reinert with two friends

Joyeux fête de fin d’année! (Happy new year’s eve celebration!) Friends in the US and people we meet here ask us what we do in France. When we tell them we are retired, the French always wonder how we could possibly have chosen France, since our dream is not necessarily their dream. The Americans ask, […]

Filed Under: Living, Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris

Return to the US to sell the house and say goodbye

July 30, 2015 by Brenda Prowse 1 Comment

6th Avenue Poulsbo home and garden

March to July, 2015 After 4 months in Poulsbo we have returned to Paris. The time in Poulsbo melted. We had no idea it would be so busy – our plans to keep up with people in Paris, continue French lessons, etc., faded in the rush to get everything done and see everyone we could. […]

Filed Under: Living, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Poulsbo, selling the house, Travel to US

Vacation to the Dominican Republic

October 11, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 13 Comments

In September our French friends Cat and Jacques invited us to go on vacation with them. They were planning a trip to the Dominican Republic. Since we are in effect already on vacation in Paris, it didn’t seem like a good idea to me, but they told Brenda and me to think about it and […]

Filed Under: History, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: dominican republic, vacation

Trip to Barcelona

September 1, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 4 Comments

In early May we took a trip to Barcelona and spent three days exploring the town. Our Kitsap County friend Don Merry joined Brenda and I as part of a bigger European vacation Don had planned. This was a good deal for us because Don did most of the planning and research and passed on […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Casa Batlló, Catalan, Gaudi, Park Güell, picasso, Sagrada Familia

Trip to Provence

August 22, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 8 Comments

Mount Sainte Victoire from Pourrieres

In early March our friend Laurie Greig called from Marseilles to let us know that she had just landed and would be spending a few weeks house sitting near Aix-en-Provence. The house was owned by some friends of hers. Did we want to take a trip to Provence for a few days? Yes! With little […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: aix en provence, mount sainte victoire, orange, saint cannat, saint remy

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

February 2, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Tour of “The Troubles” in Catholic Belfast As part of our Belfast visit we wanted to learn more about the conflict in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles”. Anyone old enough can remember how from the early ’70s until well into the ’90s, year after year, every day there would be stories in the news […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Belfast, northern ireland, the troubles

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