Host 3: Travel Plans
We're coming home soon! December 4th to be exact. On November 25th we'll be flying from Toulouse to Caen, then staying 4 nights in Bayeux. Then we'll stay 1 night in Cherbourg, take the ferry to Dublin the next day, and after 3 nights in Dublin take a direct flight back to Seattle.
Bayeux should be a fun - if not sobering - place to stay for 4 days. Nearby are the beaches at Normandy where the famous D-Day landing occured. There is also a museum covering that history as well as William the Conquerer, who also had significance in that region. Bayeux is also famous for a gigantic tapestry. I'm having trouble getting excited for that. I think I'll simply not think about it, and when I see it hopefully be amazed or at least moved in some way.
Tawnie is itching to come back and continue her studies at Evergreen. It will be an adventure in and of itself because we'll need to secure a place to stay (perhaps our first house?!) and a job or two. I've put some feelers out and feel pretty confident about finding temp work that should buy me more time for finding a solid job. Even Tawnie may find some part time work while going to school to help out if we do decide to purchase a house, or if I end up having trouble finding something. But that's boring stuff, let's talk about France!
Our hosts are wearing on us a little, but luckily their expectations aren't too great. Suzanne is just always rambling and stressed. She's also a bit of a control freak about things sometimes. That being said, when you can get her to calm down or find her in an unstressed moment, she is very cheery and opens up about family stories, past vacations, and all sorts of other things. She's also a wealth of knowledge. I need to keep talking to her about raising chickens and learning all that I can, because I would definitely like to do that one day. She also has a vegetable garden that I need to work in so I can learn about that, because again, I would love my own vegetable garden someday and I don't know much about it.
Otherwise, Tawnie and I haven't been up to much. I finished organizing their garage and now I'm organizing their barn storage. Tawnie and I have taken the dogs on 2 pretty long walks lately and are absolutely loving the scenery. On my next day off I'm planning on going on a big hike as it's been awhile and the snow we got is mostly gone from the peaks again.
On Tuesday we went to the market and bought a large wedge of cheese, some cake thing, and fois gras pâté. All of which are super tasty! I probably won't buy any more fois gras because of the animal cruelty involved with making it, but felt it was something to try while in France.
We're looking forward to seeing you all again! In the meantime we'll do our best to keep living it up here. Life is certainly good.
Bayeux should be a fun - if not sobering - place to stay for 4 days. Nearby are the beaches at Normandy where the famous D-Day landing occured. There is also a museum covering that history as well as William the Conquerer, who also had significance in that region. Bayeux is also famous for a gigantic tapestry. I'm having trouble getting excited for that. I think I'll simply not think about it, and when I see it hopefully be amazed or at least moved in some way.
Tawnie is itching to come back and continue her studies at Evergreen. It will be an adventure in and of itself because we'll need to secure a place to stay (perhaps our first house?!) and a job or two. I've put some feelers out and feel pretty confident about finding temp work that should buy me more time for finding a solid job. Even Tawnie may find some part time work while going to school to help out if we do decide to purchase a house, or if I end up having trouble finding something. But that's boring stuff, let's talk about France!
Our hosts are wearing on us a little, but luckily their expectations aren't too great. Suzanne is just always rambling and stressed. She's also a bit of a control freak about things sometimes. That being said, when you can get her to calm down or find her in an unstressed moment, she is very cheery and opens up about family stories, past vacations, and all sorts of other things. She's also a wealth of knowledge. I need to keep talking to her about raising chickens and learning all that I can, because I would definitely like to do that one day. She also has a vegetable garden that I need to work in so I can learn about that, because again, I would love my own vegetable garden someday and I don't know much about it.
Otherwise, Tawnie and I haven't been up to much. I finished organizing their garage and now I'm organizing their barn storage. Tawnie and I have taken the dogs on 2 pretty long walks lately and are absolutely loving the scenery. On my next day off I'm planning on going on a big hike as it's been awhile and the snow we got is mostly gone from the peaks again.
On Tuesday we went to the market and bought a large wedge of cheese, some cake thing, and fois gras pâté. All of which are super tasty! I probably won't buy any more fois gras because of the animal cruelty involved with making it, but felt it was something to try while in France.
We're looking forward to seeing you all again! In the meantime we'll do our best to keep living it up here. Life is certainly good.
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