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France Travel Journal - Final Installment

Finally, we have reached the final “chapter” of our trip to France. Grab your cup of coffee and a croissant and enjoy!
From Aix in Provence, we had a two-hour drive to Nice. Dave and I were both looking forward to a shorter trip than we had the day before. I was quite tired and my [...]

France Travel Journal, Part 4 (or is it 5)

So, here we are again. I hope you’re not bored with the journal. I’m trying to keep some of the details in, while sharing with you some of the fun we had. Today I will tell you about our trip to the Burgundy and Provence regions of France!
On Monday, we checked out of our hotel [...]

One more Paris Post

One more post about Paris. While there, I did take care to relax a lot between activities. It’s a walking city, so I was glad to have my cane. But I needed to be very mindful about my energy. And so I spent a lot of time in our hotel room. There was not much [...]

French Travel Journal, Part 2

I’m still post-treatment and having all the side-effects because my body was already stressed from the travel. But I’m still around! here’s the second installment of our travel journal.
So, where was I? Oh, yes, we were soaking wet in our red touristy ponchos at the Eiffel Tower…
After the soaking wet fiasco at the Eiffel Tower, [...]

Back from France, Part 1

We’re back from our trip to France. It was lovely and busy, and I did well health-wise, I am happy to say! I’m sitting on the couch right now, having just finished my treatment an hour or so ago, so I’m going to give myself a break and tell you that the trip recap will [...]

Final Preparations for France

I can’t believe it’s almost here! Monday we leave for France! I’ve had a mixture of feelings about this trip - anxiety about being in a strange country and with limited knowledge of the language; excitement at the idea of seeing France; trepidation about the flight, since I don’t know how it will affect my [...]

Countdown to France

We’ve officially reached the 10-day countdown to our trip! Woo!
So, right now I’m at home getting my monthly IV my treatment so I can be “ready” for the trip with my balance, hopefully, AOK!
This week I did the usual running around to get as much done as possible before my treatment, since I never know [...]

CreativeTherapy and Trip Preparations

Yesterday the latest of the CreativeTherpy Catalysts was published. I participated, so stop over there to take a look at my response to this week’s catalyst, if you haven’t already! It felt so good to draw again and to pick up the watercolor pencils! I’m trying to work ahead on some other catalysts so [...]

Chicago Report and Passover Preparations

This week, I joined my husband, Dave, on a trip to Chicago, IL. While Dave was at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting, I met Joanne in Chicago for a few days of fun. We had a fantastic time time!
First, we met for a great dinner at Lockwood, the restaurant in Joanne’s hotel, The [...]

Chicago, Chicago….

Friday I got up very early. DH decided not to exercise, but was still up at 5:00-ish. So he jumped in the shower and turned on all the lights, ran the hair dryer, etc…
So, I got up and showered, dressed for a day of volunteering for Cochlear at the Devonshire Senior Center. They were having [...]

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