Where in the World Was I This Past Easter Weekend?
Care to take a guess?
Clues
The town’s main attraction is its lake.
It’s a very touristy medieval town.
Many bridges can be found all over town, it’s pretty much built on the lake.
It’s in France.
The person who guesses correctly by April 1st will get a prize from Dijon.
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I used to be baffled as to why Ocean Spray cranberry juices were available over the border in Germany and Switzerland but not in France.
I should have read this press release.
I finally spotted some in the grocery store this past weekend.
And for a short time (because it’s a new product) you can […]
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Semi-Marathon & 10K took place this past weekend.
I ran the 10K in the dismal time of 1:05:24 (474th out of 640 runners).
My worst 10K time ever!
I blame the nice and sunny weather we had all weekend.
Nice for wandering through the vineyards, not so nice for having to run […]
I love sending and receiving postcards.
Unfortunately, I never seem to get them now that I’m in a place that itself is considered a prime vacation destination.
Either:
A) I’m not worth the extra stamp.
B) My friends have all forgotten me.
C) My friends are all too busy with their jobs and new babies to take a […]
There’s nothing like a flower show to make you long for Spring.
Even more so when the flowers happen to be exotic orchids.
This week in Dijon, hundreds of orchid species are on display to see as well as smell.
If only there were a way to record smell the way we can record sight and […]
Excusez-moi while I play around with some new theme ideas.
The newest version (1.5) of WordPress makes swapping themes fast and easy and so I’m taking advantage of this option.
Since I haven’t done much knitting lately I’ve been thinking of changing the name of my Blog to something more generic and non-knitting related.
Can you spot the difference between these two trench coats?
If you said “No”, you’d be correct.
There is no difference except in the price.
Bought through La Redoute in France: $43.54*.
Bought as an import through La Redoute in the States: $24.99**.
And this wasn’t the only item I found with this kind of price discrepancy.
You’d think […]
