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10.20.05Turquoise Jimmy Choo SandalsTurquoise Jimmy Choo Sandals Originally uploaded by lisabatty. If you are walking in the center of Strasbourg in the summer or even now on a warm day be prepared to see lots of feet! French women must go to a special doctor that gives out a super lotion or a pill or I don't know what! Because these women are walking and riding bikes all over the city in various versions of these kind of sandals. OUCH!!! Perhaps french women are born with a special gene that keeps them from experiencing pain from very chic shoes! I wish I had it! I ...
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10.17.05I have not seen this in a long, long time!Grocery store 9 Originally uploaded by soccerriotcasualty. An entire row of milk in gallon jugs just like I saw at least once a week most of my life. That was before I moved to France. Can you imagine that I am excited about seeing such a picture? In France milk usually comes in one liter cartons and it does not need to be kept in the fridge until it is opened. The cartons take up less space and the fact that you can buy several at one time without worrying that it will sour is very practical. I am not sure why ...
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10.11.05Aarau, SwitzerlandAs I told you, my husband and I like to travel on the weekends. Usually, we go to a little village near Strasbourg that we have never seen or revisit a favorite like Obernai. However, this Sunday we decided to go to Switzerland! So, we got in the car and drove about an hour crossing the border with the wave of a hand. The guards hand that is. Not one guard asked to see our passports on the way there or the way back. I think the french license plates and three babies in the backseat helped. I am used ...
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10.11.05Doggie went a courtin’ and he did rightEven in America the dogs get dressed up for Halloween! The owners of this wicked dog of the mid-west told me that they dress her up every year and that she loves it!
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10.10.05Home Sweet HomeThis is a traditional home in Alsace. I see many of them everyday and still think that these houses are charming and beautiful. Many times while walking around a city or village I have been stopped dead in my tracks forced to take notice of one of these homes with red or pink flowers spilling out of the windows. Yes, it is true that I am finally over the feeling that I have just landed on another planet. Everything has become home to me. And even though I am still stunned by how lucky I am to live and walk ...
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09.20.05And throw away the keyJust get the key and unlock the door!!!! This was my plea over and over and over again. I had to go to the doc to get three stitches taken out of my hand. Another story. Anyway. I had the silly idea that my almost three year old daughter might like to stay with Mama at the doc's office. Hello! What was I thinking? All she wanted to do was go to the restroom ohhhh about a zillion times to wash her hands. And after about ten minutes of fishing her out of the restroom she decided she would go ...
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09.20.05How’s about a “french kiss”?!?The french have a nasty reputation for being rude. I am not sure how that is. I quite frankly have not experienced this. I have had some french people be rude to me, but I have had my share of rude americans. You know? Maybe, just maybe, it is not the "french". Maybe, it is one of those "you get what you wish for". I actually think that the french are more genuine. They don't smile alot for no reason while talking to you. At first I had trouble with this. I would ask my husband, "Why were they so ...
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09.15.05Views from my French windowHere are some views from a few of my windows. Not bad, huh? It actually looks even better in real life. Like now. The wind is blowing the leaves on the trees and you can see people going I don't know where up and down the steet all day long. The houses on the street are all around one hundred years old. There is a church at one end of the street with a clock on it. Nice. I can see the time and enjoy the view! There is a small park for children behind the church. In France, ...
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09.15.05Haut-Koenigsbourg...last Sunday
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09.15.05Through new doorsThis is a picture of a doorway inside Haut-Koeningsbourg castle in Alsace. It was originally built in 1147 and over time and through war it fell into ruins. The germans rebuilt the castle as it was in the 12th century from 1900-1909. Today people from all over the world come to see this castle making it the second most visited site in Alsace. Time passes but the past remains a part of the future.I am in France physically. However, I carry my country with me in my heart. What happened to and around New Orleans is unforgivable because several things ...
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