It’s Only Been…

...12 years

Well the boxes from China were awaiting us since last summer. They got delivered on the same day we received our shipment in Stavanger and since I don’t have the ‘don d'ubiquité’ (I do not have the gift of ubiquity?), I couldn't opened them before. As I was rediscovering the furniture we purchased in Beijing and unpacking our souvenirs from our life in China, I thought I may as well start unpacking some of the boxes that have been piled up high in the corner of our kitchen (waiting for the remodeling of said kitchen, which hasn’t happened yet!) and tackled the task.

Boxes from Buenos Aires, packed 10 years ago; Aberdeen, packed 5 years ago; Pau, packed 4 years ago and from Beijing, packed 1 year ago

treasure in waiting

And now I can open a restaurant with all this glassware!

I might be set for a while!

And I made a very happy Jeremy with endless hours of fun (trust me he was happy!)

Double room, double entry... a luxury townhouse for Jeremy

Good Food...

...Good Company

What I like most about spending time in France is that I get to eat all my favorite food, and my mom makes sure I get a lot of supplies.

'Faiselle' or 'Tome Fraiche'  from the local farm

I'm Home...

...Time to Relax

Remembering Beijing at my little piece of paradise…

Relaxing before the madness starts:

Love 'my' new kindle -read Chloe's Kindle :-)

Happy Bastille Day...

...14th of July in France

We’ve got to celebrate French ‘Independence’ day, or as we say in France ‘La Fete Nationale’ , ‘Le Quatorze Juillet’… well not really independence, we are only celebrating the fact that we got rid of the monarchy more than 220 years ago!!

Didn’t get a chance to take pictures of the beautiful fireworks from my little hometown (forgot the camera at home, so unlike me!) and I was too busy anyway mingling with all my childhood friends (same people, same place, different year!) and drink “Marquisette”. This was also my sister’s last day in town before going back to her dreamy island.

Hello France…

...Or Maybe Not

Apparently the new thing in France is to have the big American pick up truck. Yes I know gas price is way higher in France than it is in the USA but I have seen tons of those pickups around town.

My brother in Law is no better than the others!

Good Bye America…

...Hello France

After doing my part to save the US economy with some serious shopping, we are now on our way to save France’s economy, while Jeffrey is back to Stavanger for a few weeks to fill up the accounts…I make a lot of sacrifices, I’m totally aware of it!!

I’m also officially on a month long detox from blogging, emailing, facebooking, etc… at our house in La Rivière.: Pop. 450 ; +3 or 4 from July 10 ‘til August 12 and no internet connection. I’ll have to rely on old fashion mode of communication such as land line phone (we upgraded to cordless phone a couple of years ago!), and snail mail (we stop using smoke signal a few years ago!).

What am I going to do without my Google mail, calendar, reader, translate, etc, etc...

Jeremy’s Prepping For…

...A Rock Star Life

Mastering the guitar on daddy’s Rickenbacker.

Sweet Melody

Trying to raise some funds:.

Full house

A Few Toys…

...For The Long Days Back Home

Shopping is almost over but I've got myself a few last pieces of equipment…

I’m the proud mommy of a new 28mm f/1.8 and a 85mm f/1.8 which joined the 50mm f/1.8 in the camera bag.... yep I like to zoom with my feet!!  And hopefully the 17-270mm is still being repaired

My new found love...

85mm

the 'old' nifty fifty

One Year Ago…

...One Way Ticket

A year ago today we were taking the Beijing-Paris flight for the last time and closing the China Chapter full of memories of good times and great friends.

Facebook Profile Picture update:

Bye Bye Beijing... we had a great time together

A few weeks ago while looking for Time-lapse photography I found this little video of Beijing... Brings back great memories

My little Beijing from mycosign on Vimeo.