From the monthly archives:

February 2007

Why do I want to be French?

February 27, 2007

The Consulat Général deWashington asked me, “Pourquoi, voulez-vous etrê Française?” It was a little over four years ago. We had driven all the way from Ohio for this interview. I didn’t get the French citizenship because my French wasn’t good. I, also, didn’t answer this question well. I told her I wanted to be French because [...]

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Freiburg, Germany

February 26, 2007

Freiburg is our favorite German city to visit. Here are a few images but you can click on links at the bottom of the post for more information and pics of Freiburg. ******** Click here to view my past posts on Freiburg, Germany. Click here for my Freiburg, Germany Flickr set.

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Beautiful

February 26, 2007

This sky made me stop in my tracks and reflect on how beautiful this world is. We only have to look for the beauty and not be distracted by the ugliness in the world. I think people tend to focus on what is “bad” or “different” when in fact it is not either. Really. As an ex-pat I [...]

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Larger classes

February 23, 2007

We asked how many children were in each of our girls classes. Petite Clown (age 3) – has 27 Sweet Bear (age 4) – has 31 The funny thing is the classes never seem to have that many kids running around in them. Yesterday, I counted heads sitting in a circle around Sweet Bear’s teacher [...]

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Not allowed!?!

February 22, 2007

Whenever, we are in Germany I have to smile at this sign. For a foreigner it is not clear. at. all. For me it means… No men are allowed to walk, children must not play with balls, no cars or houses are allowed here. And, this sign means that it o.k. to do all of [...]

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Mardi gras (Fat Tuesday)

February 21, 2007

Picture was taken at the maternelle where my girls go. Petite Clown almost always closes her eyes when her picture is taken. Yesterday, we walked into the girls schoolyard surrounded by princesses, Spiderman, a magician and many other superheros and ghouls. Sweet Bear and Petite Clown wore their costumes from this past Halloween to school. [...]

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Cultural differences in parenting

February 20, 2007

My son has started speaking French! He has said lait (milk), oh la la (very important), and oui (yes). He hasn’t started to say no in English or French like the girls did. No was pretty much one of the very first words that the girls said. It is still one of their favorite words unfortunately. That [...]

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Visite médicale

February 19, 2007

I stand outside the doors to my daughters school. I am peering into the window to see if someone is around to let me in because like in all French schools the doors are locked at starting time. A wide smile greets me. I like this particular woman because she has a beautiful smile that [...]

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From my French window

February 17, 2007

I have changed my blog’s name back to it’s original title. I decided that it was best to put everything back as it was before we move to the States. From my French window is perfect because this blog is a story about my personal life in France. I was thinking about creating a photoblog [...]

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A castle for the birds

February 16, 2007

Sweet Bear was sitting at the kitchen table finishing her lunch. She has two hours for déjeuner (lunch) and then she returns to école to finish out her day which ends at 4:05. Petite Clown goes only in the morning since les petits only take a nap in the afternoon. Besides mornings are hard enough [...]

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All wet

February 14, 2007

I really miss clothes dryers. Of course, dryers are sold in France. But, it is not something that has become a part of every household as it has in America. With three small children a dryer is almost a necessity. In the summer clothes can dry quickly. The problem is in our old apartment (like many in France) there is [...]

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Hard one

February 13, 2007

Sweet Bear is stubborn. Each day is hard with her and for her. She wants everything her way or no way. Of course, she doesn’t get her way. But, that doesn’t keep her from trying. Yesterday, we were waiting for Vilay in the car while he changed our address with La Poste. All of our [...]

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Joys of Auchan

February 12, 2007

Auchan in Strasbourg When I first went to Auchan with Vilay it was as a tourist. I had came for a 9 day visit with Angel Girl and I needed film for my camera. The next time I would visit Auchan would be some years later and it was to shop. I had to ask [...]

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Images of our life

February 11, 2007

I love taking pictures. I regret that after we moved out of my mother’s house that I couldn’t take more pictures of our life in America. The cable for uploading picures from our digital camera was left in France. We were using my mother’s camera until we moved in with my father which was only [...]

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Pictures say it best

February 9, 2007

Vilay and I at the Cincy airport. If you look behind Vilay you will see how Petite Clown got her name. Boy Blue having fun with his Papa. Oh, how I missed Strasbourg. I even missed the rain in Alsace. First day of school for the girls. Ready for class. Our village was blanketed in [...]

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