Rainy Day Departure
June 18th the day Alfonz left on his journey was lightly raining and full of anticipation.
June 18th the day Alfonz left on his journey was lightly raining and full of anticipation.
Hysterectomy on the French medical system- Once I had my diagnosis, I won’t lie, it took me a long time to figure out how I felt about hysterectomy before 40. Sure, like most of us, I read everything I could find about my illness, tried to find alternative options and make an educated decision based on the…
First Came the Plan How do you get from A – B, if A is South Surrey, B.C. Canada and B is an unknown area in southern France? Lists! A big believer in lists, I sat down for about 5 minutes and wrote the one below. We stuck to it until every item was ticked off…
My mommy’s recipe! 6 egg yolks 500 grams icing sugar 300 grams butter or shortening 500 grams flour 1 and half teaspoons baking powder 200 ml sour-cream mix all together until smooth add 6 egg whites beaten until fluffy to the mixture and roll in with a spatula pour the mixture into greased pan put…
We decided to go to the Bakats feszt with our neighbour and her family. Like every weekend in Budapest, there is a festival going on somewhere. Our neighbor happens to be the manager of the MÁV in charge of booking events. BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MÁV The Budapest Symphony Orchestra M.V (M.V Szimfonikus Zenekar) was founded…
Angelina’s birthday party was squeezed in before the fall break. We decided on a Halloween theme and16 kids got dressed up in their costumes, had their face painted and eat treats. Halloween is not widely celebrated in France, so we decided to bring the kids some extra fun, and made it a spooky celebration. Yes…
‘At The Head of the Pond, (Au Cap De L’Etang) or Capestang’ I was baffled. What ‘pond’ are they referring to? There is no small body of water resembling a lake in our village…or is there? I occasionally ride my bike down a back road near the foot of Capestang, which takes me through what I…