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Waiting for the Super Bowl

February 3, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Waiting for the Super Bowl

The game’s doesn’t start until after midnight here in Paris, but we’re ready – all our friends are here for the big party, and it will be live on Channel W-9. Taco Bell was out of snacks so we had to make do with what was available.

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Super Bowl, superbowl

Bill Nelson

February 2, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 7 Comments

My father, Bill Nelson, passed away a year ago today in Pekin, Illinois. It’s one of those things that got me moving off my place secure in a life of work that would go on forever. I brought along a couple of Dad’s coats as a way of bringing him with me, sharing with him […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: family

[Notre-Dame de Paris] Ringing in the new: a new set of bells for Notre-Dame’s towers

February 2, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 4 Comments

Our first day in Paris we saw a motorcade parading some huge church bells. It turns out to be the new bells for the Cathedral at Notre Dame, part of the Church’s 850th Anniversary Celebration. It turns out that the replacement bells installed in the 1850’s after the revolution weren’t so great. Now the music […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: Notre Dame Cathedral

Leaving life behind

February 2, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 2 Comments

Every Thanksgiving the Wall St Journal runs an editorial (The Desolate Wilderness) that tells in part the story of the Pilgrims voyage to America. They leave behind all their friends and all that they know, and go forth into a life unknown with few resources and little help besides each other. In our small journey […]

Filed Under: Moving to Paris Tagged With: leaving life behind

Note from 30-42 Avenue de Paris in Vincennes/Jet Lag

February 1, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 15 Comments

So it’s 3 AM in Vincennes. I am quietly reading “Paris Paris, Journey Into The City of Light” on my Kindle, being careful not to wake Hugh. He is sleeping so peacefully. Right in a good part, Kindle shuts down. There is no warning. Just “Kindle Is Shutting Down,” blip, black screen, nothing. I am wide awake […]

Filed Under: Moving to Paris Tagged With: jet lag, Note from 30-42 Avenue de Paris in Vincennes/Jet Lag

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Hugh Nelson and Brenda Prowse on Pont Alexandre III
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