tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8548752826595806794..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Winter travelKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23462556103953931192017-02-15T15:05:42.131+01:002017-02-15T15:05:42.131+01:00I agree with Tony. Sometimes I don't recognize...I agree with Tony. Sometimes I don't recognize this material world. I do enjoy its technology though and can only hope that right will make might one day. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11719805981252951132017-02-13T06:02:12.090+01:002017-02-13T06:02:12.090+01:00Traveling Mercies to you! May all go well. And you...Traveling Mercies to you! May all go well. And you be well.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72573033700637684722017-02-13T02:41:17.079+01:002017-02-13T02:41:17.079+01:00Yay!!And Walk and "kids" are fine .. no ...Yay!!And Walk and "kids" are fine .. no worries now. Relax and off you go .. I think the US will be ready for you. <3Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90975623827200204732017-02-12T21:43:55.138+01:002017-02-12T21:43:55.138+01:00Yes Ken, we are a long way from the utopian world ...Yes Ken, we are a long way from the utopian world of Mitterand and the socialists. We have now a scary world of Brexit, Trump and the cynical snout-in-the-trough Fillon. This contemporary world is contracting into a corporate-dominated, greedy, intolerant, environmentally-destuctive dystopia. tony hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000987371474335750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11773835902214069262017-02-12T21:03:29.595+01:002017-02-12T21:03:29.595+01:00In my days, the parking lot was a small park with ...In my days, the parking lot was a small park with lawns, trees, shrubs and sculptures, notably the <i>Bourgeois de Calais</i> by Rodin! It was very pleasant.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34139110104812127752017-02-12T17:15:19.619+01:002017-02-12T17:15:19.619+01:00I'm sitting in my warm and tidy hotel room at ...I'm sitting in my warm and tidy hotel room at the airport Ibis and watching a long Arte TV documentary about the history of the Louvre from the Middle Ages to the present. I'm thinking this is a lot more pleasant and instructive few hours than a cold and gloomy walk in old Paris would have been today. After all, I've been to the Louvre a few times in my life, starting in 1970, when, as the documentary confirmed, the museum was a cold, dark, silent, and forbidding place. One interviewee said he thought the works of art held hostage there were probably as bored and demoralized as the visitors were. I remember that back then, it was hard to even find the museum's entrance! The space where the light, spacious glass pyramid now stands was... a parking lot for the employees of the Ministère des Finances, which occuppied one whole wing of the old palace. It almost makes you believe in progress. And it makes me really sad about the situation the world finds itself in now compared to the wonders the French Socialists were able to accomplish under president François Mitterrand in the 1980s and '90s.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49925228315497019682017-02-12T16:28:12.511+01:002017-02-12T16:28:12.511+01:00Oh, so glad to read that all of this is behind you...Oh, so glad to read that all of this is behind you and Walt now, and he's home safe, and you're safely arrived in Paris environs, and things aren't dicey. Too bad you can't enjoy time walking around Paris, but at least the trip will happen without further delay. :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44521604544470691022017-02-12T16:04:01.350+01:002017-02-12T16:04:01.350+01:00I'm glad I decided to stay at the airport this...I'm glad I decided to stay at the airport this time instead of reserving a room in the city. It's too cold, damp, and gloomy for me to enjoy walking the streets of Paris this time.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40706353738761826842017-02-12T16:03:24.052+01:002017-02-12T16:03:24.052+01:00Glad to hear! Now, indeed: relax & bon voyage ...Glad to hear! Now, indeed: relax & bon voyage :-)!Jan uit Perthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310909549382047087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58838782615568245102017-02-12T16:01:01.161+01:002017-02-12T16:01:01.161+01:00I agree with you about that. The French weather se...I agree with you about that. The French weather service seems to do the same.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1033833030705568552017-02-12T15:32:41.796+01:002017-02-12T15:32:41.796+01:00Ouf! Glad you made it to the airport. Now, relax a...Ouf! Glad you made it to the airport. Now, relax and enjoy your evening in Paris and have a pleasant and safe trip to the US. Bon voyage!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36637461826433243542017-02-12T15:10:20.462+01:002017-02-12T15:10:20.462+01:00We made it. I'm at the hotel at CDG airport an...We made it. I'm at the hotel at CDG airport and Walt is back at home with Callie and Bertie. What little ice there was early this morning had mostly melted by 10:15 a.m., when we left to drive to the TGV station in Tours. Trains were running mostly on time. Tomorrow, off I go.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18390274557941671312017-02-12T14:12:20.463+01:002017-02-12T14:12:20.463+01:00It never fails .. when you have to be somewhere, ...It never fails .. when you have to be somewhere, an important appt etc ..<br />Stay safe and warm !Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1130582827301662572017-02-12T11:38:38.601+01:002017-02-12T11:38:38.601+01:00Keeping all my fingers crossed. Hope everything wi...Keeping all my fingers crossed. Hope everything will go smoothly and on time. Wish you a safe and pleasant trip. <br /><br />Now, an awful French <i>calembour</i>: <i>Un bon navet rôti en vaut deux!</i>chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28855601531692084322017-02-12T11:12:36.402+01:002017-02-12T11:12:36.402+01:00French railways protecting itself by giving out wa...French railways protecting itself by giving out warnings, no matter how wrong they may turn out to be. You have been warned. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50737446494983218702017-02-12T10:34:31.054+01:002017-02-12T10:34:31.054+01:00You're scheduled to spend the night at the air...You're scheduled to spend the night at the airport, aren't you? That would give you the time to reroute. Whatever the case, I hope it all goes well and you make it in time.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-24968082320673927532017-02-12T10:07:42.534+01:002017-02-12T10:07:42.534+01:00Safe trip, Ken!Safe trip, Ken!Jan uit Perthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310909549382047087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53420209503152439022017-02-12T10:00:25.296+01:002017-02-12T10:00:25.296+01:00Echo Susan... bon chance!
Echo Susan... bon chance!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42022150406640349292017-02-12T09:21:08.992+01:002017-02-12T09:21:08.992+01:00Hope it works out and you get there without too mu...Hope it works out and you get there without too much stress and bother.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18559760091058784672017-02-12T08:57:12.247+01:002017-02-12T08:57:12.247+01:00Oh no ! Not something you want to read at all, but...Oh no ! Not something you want to read at all, but there's always that risk when travelling at this time of year. Hope all goes well, in spite of the freezing rain, and you make it to the airport. <br />Wishing you a safe journey.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.com