i've slept here.

my husby too.

hope monday is wonderful for everyone. 

countin' down the days 'til my feet hit the american soil.

2 weeks.  

when not in paris, normandie.

these photos are just from that iphone these kids are playin' with these days.

check out real photos {here}

always raining in normandy

for the 3 day weekend in france, my husband and i went to the country...

its become a joke with my friends because i'm always leaving anytime i can to normandy!

i'm always passing summers at the beach with my family in new york so this year i thought i would have sometime at the beach with my family here in normandy.  

although i was dead set on going to the beach, it didn't seem to stop raining.  so even though the beach was still in the plans it was just my husband and i under cloudy skies and raindrops.

don't let these beach umbrellas fool you.  i think these were the only ones i found open that day.

my husband says this is proof he loves me.  i said it was proof he needed his own rain boots.

living in france?  how did you spend your 3 day weekend?

my jewish MIL asked why i wasn't going to church. haha.

(for those of you not living in france, the public holiday is assumption)

i have so many more photos to share.  more to come soon.

vacation

LONDON!  

kidding.  traveled normandy, like always.

why are these phone booths in normandy? 

'i'm not kissing you, you smell like cigarettes!'

viewed the bayeux tapestry

after years of waiting, i finally got to visit le mont st. michel.

during my summer 2005 visit to france, my friend and i missed our train due to oversleeping.

st. malo, to my surprise, was way better than le mont st. michel. 

technically in the brittany region, my first time in the area.

we also tried to visit the childhood home of dior, but it was closing right as we got there.

the view is wonderful, bathrooms clean!

normandy carnival

sunday afternoon we decided to take a drive and get some lunch at a small village nearby.  to our surprise, there was a town wide carnival.  luckily we finished lunch right before the tractor racing started.

   it was so much fun and reminded me of the days when i lived in the country and watched demo derbies. 

[true story]

normandy weekend

started site seeing at blonville, ended at houlgate

not too big on flags, but it's always nice to have reminders of home when i'm so far away.

 

spiderweb!

ate some of these...

couldn't resist taking some pictures of the cutest family ever.  i wonder if they new some creep was takin' their picture.

always in normandy

drives at sunset

brocante kitty

lost puppy

étretat

normandy, final day

yes, caitlyn, much more successful.

normandy, day 2

sunday morning working on our easter eggs

exploring more of the country side...

....we heard someone was wind surfing, so we went to the beach to check it out...

can you see it in the corner?