On the 23rd HerrKaa, Mats and I flew up to Itzehoe, Germany (about an hour north of Hamburg) to spend Xmas with his parents. As I type, an aromatic dish of wild deer, bacon, red wine, onions and carrots is bubbling on the stove and a bottle of ‘93 Mersault has been unearthed & dusted [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Updates, tagged Christmas, Germany on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bikes in Pain
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bikes transport biciclette on December 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
They are everywhere: crappy bikes. So far I’ve seen only one nice ride, a fixie. Ok, there was another fixie a couple of nights ago, but that was only sort-of-ok. And we’ve seen a couple of nicer bikes (Marin!) during the weekends on the closed roads along the Seine. Too nice for daily use, or [...]
About the Sheep
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The little woolie guys in the current banner have generated more email comments than any other pic so far.
They are part of the Christmas display window for the posh decor shop down the street from our apartment. They seem to specialize in the rustic-chic look (think boutique mountain resort) and the sheep work well with [...]
A Tour of Belleville
Posted in Neighbourhoods, Things to do beside eating, tagged paris on December 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today we met members of the Paris New In Town MeetUp group for a free tour of Belleville, in the way-out-there 19th & 20th arrondissements.
Yesterday, I met another expat group for lunch, a bunch of very nice ‘Old Paris Hands’ where I was a good 10-15 years younger than the youngest of the group. When I [...]
The Search is Over
Posted in Neighbourhoods, Updates, tagged apartment-hunt, paris on December 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We had to let go of our dream of a 2nd bedroom, but did we ever make up for it with the location. As of Dec 16th, we’ll be living in the 5th arrondissement, almost in the centre of the city.
It’s a rather scenic area: If you turn right upon leaving our building, walk a [...]
Obligatory cute cat movie
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
