We'll Always Have Paris

We're back home in London now but had a great, long weekend trip in Paris. Since we've been a few times before, and had already done a lot of the touristy things, we mostly strolled around the city and peeked into shops and took many breaks for tasty treats. Here are a few more pictures from our Paris weekend. We still don't have internet access at our place, so like our trip I've had to keep this post short but sweet. Hopefully I'll be back to writing longer posts later this week.

Greetings From Paris!

Yesterday we had our first day out in Paris. We walked and walked until we got rained and hailed on and raced home. The day started great, then a quick storm, then the sun and blue sky again. It was a beautiful day. We walked all along the Champs Elysees, went to the Arc de Triomphe, and walked along the Seine. After our morning out, we came back to the hotel for a bit so Lois could take a nap, but then we went back out later and watched the sunset over the Eiffel Tower. A great start to a Paris weekend. Here are a few pictures from our day.

Pub Grub

London is filled with pubs, and we're lucky to have a great one right in our neighborhood, one called Fox and Hounds. Family friendly, great food and drinks, close to home. It's a winner. Here are some pictures from our last visit to Fox and Hounds. Dig in. Later this week French food is in order because we're headed to Paris on Tomorrow!

Tea Time

Our place is still quite messy, but it's coming along, and I do love it. Yesterday I cleared off a corner of the table and had tea with Lois. I pulled out the Dixie Dogwood, which I think is so pretty. It's not fancy, just pretty. It was a nice little tea break.  

PS. Our internet connection is VERY slow but I'll be back responding to some comments and reading your blogs soon.  We get internet service at the house on Friday.  

I'm Back!

Andrew brought home a wireless do-hicky thingy for us to use until we get real internet service! It made me so happy that he did! So now I can finally post again, yippee! Our place is still a mess, and we have a lot to do, but we're making progress. We've had many adventures this past week shopping Ikea without a car, which is no fun, let me tell you. Three of the top stressors on a marriage in my opnion:  having a baby, moving to another country, and shopping Ikea in a large city without a car. The things we wanted to order are not available for purchase online, so we had to go and get them and have them sent via home delivery, so at least we didn't have to walk and take the train with huge, heavy boxes, but it's still been a big o'l pain in the rear. But we do now have a sofa!! We got the Ektorp sofa in a sand color. It's also a sofa bed (for guests, of course). I took the picture above with my phone, so it's not great, but you can see what it looks like! Also got my favorite rug, the Tarnby rug.  We had one at our last place but it was old and icky, so we needed a new one. We have a glass top coffee table, but it's just not shown here because we moved it out of the way. Also, the curtains and blinds came with the house. The curtains are very well made and pretty, but I'm thinking I'll get a different color since the sofa is so light and the walls are white.  I've never lived surrounded by white walls and never wanted to until now. I really like white walls right now.  More to come soon!