Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2009

Brief reprieve from reality


Weekend photos!

I went to Aix en Provence this weekend to visit Geoffrey. We visited a little village called Baux de Provence on Friday, went sailing on Saturday and explored Aix on Sunday.

Unfortunately, I don't have much time to give details. The photos sort of say it all.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Dein Auto verschmutzt die Umwelt!

I'm learning some useful German phrases here in Berlin. 10 points to the person (besides Judith) who can figure out what the title of this blog entry means.

Judith and I are having a great time tooling around the city on bikes. It's been pretty chill, as a vacation should be, and I'm afraid it will be a bit hard to head back to Paris at the end of the week.


If you want to check out more photos, go to the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2354887&id=14803888&l=d90c1a38ea

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Vicky, Christina, Barcelona . . . but no Javier or Woody Allen narration.

Time to catch up a bit I suppose. I've fallen out of my blogging habit without wi fi chez moi. Sorry. :( Now that I have internet AND a spiffy new camera, it's time to go wild! (If blogging can be considered a wild activity, I think not.)

Vacation was absolutely lovely. I wrote a paper, tutored, worked on a few documents for the consulting company I do translations for . . . wait, this was supposed to be vacation, right? I made up for it in the final week, jetting off (ha! jet. It was Ryan Air, which requires more bus time than jet time) to Barcelona with the lovely Americans, Stephanie and Elizabeth.
(The photos are theirs. I was still cameraless at the time.)
I think my favorite parts of the trip were visiting la Pedrera, one of Gaudi's building, and eating paella. Typical tourist stuff, I know, but I don't care!! It was great!
As for the Vicky, Christina, Barcelona reference, we decided Stephanie was Penelope Cruz's character (she's more exotic than either Elizabeth or me and has the great hair), Elizabeth was Scarlett Johansson (blonde and voluptuous), and I was Rebecca's character, Vicky (neurotic and analytical). They know me so well. :)