Old Meets New

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (oldest ruins dating from 1063 with additional 12th century Gothic architecture) and the lights of the fair create an image of two very different worlds colliding.

La foire à Rouen (At the fair!)

On the Ferris Wheel (la grande roue) with Alice, Eloïse and Tom


La famille Marcotte à barbe à papa (cotton candy)


Tom and Eloïse are getting dizzy...


Des bonbons,


et encore de bonbons,


et encore plus!


Fair/carnival tradition: roasted pig. Bon appétit!

Mon appart!

Here are a few (haha) photos of my HUGE apartment in Fauville-en-caux. Below you will see


My entry hall (I call it the atrium), then, if you turn left,




It's the kitchen!

Follow the kitchen through the other door and into the living room,




Which leads into...

the yoga studio! (It's just an extension of the living room, but it mostly sits empty. Why not do yoga?)

Heading down the hall from the atrium (view here), on the immediate left you will find:


the "toilette" (always in it's own little room in France, separate from the bathroom, which comes later),


the bathroom,


and then, logically, the shower room!


At the end of the hall would be a bedroom, but it is apparently condemned...

I have two huge closets in the hall that you don't need to see because they are boring and empty.

Returning back down the hallway is the guest bedroom (a little sad at the moment, but if you come visit I will get a blow up mattress!)



Then into my bedroom!






I hope you enjoyed the tour. Come visit and see for youself!

A Line In The Sand

A Line In The Sand was a demonstration here in Jersey put on by the National Trust to protect the coastlines from building. Recently the Jersey government has been trying to sell off land to make money, but with no regard to the environmental and aesthetic aspects of the island. Several thousand Islanders came to the longest stretch of beach in Jersey, St Ouën--nearly 5 miles!, and stood side-by-side. The paper reported that over 7000 people showed up to the event (I don't think it was quite that many...)

check out a great panorama at: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/34059/

A great view of a not-so-distant Sark

The line in the sand

Katie's been working out

Making Bread!

Nearly every day since July, Monty and I have been making our own bread! It's yummy and easy, and it's nice to know exactly what we're eating. Plus, it smells delicious!

The ingredients

The machine

The dough

Where, exactly, is Jersey?

Jersey is an island in the English Channel (or La Manche, if you're French) and is located 14 miles from France.  Find Brittany, the very western peninsula (yellow) and go north into the Channel to fine the Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Lihou and Brecqhou. I am moving, in a matter of 3 weeks, to a small town near Rouen which is in Normandy-- not too far from Jersey!

For more (haha) info and/or maps, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands

Italy 2008

Italy: if you haven't been, you need to go.

Peek-a-boo from Cinque Terra

Vineyards on the cliffs, still cultivated by hand

The Italians know what's up

Along the Cinque Terra trail

Portofino- so quaint and lovely

Quite a respite for the wealthy

Favorite haunt of Truman Capote and many others

MMM, gelato

Genoa's architechture