Today’s Farmer’s Market Purchase
Happy Fall!
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One Corpse Too Many – Ellis Peters
Read for the RIP VIII Reading Challenge. Having recently read the two Gareth and Gwen books, which were pretty much modern procedurals put into a medieval Welsh setting, reading this Brother Cadfael book was an interesting contrast, and a good reminder of what a great writer Ellis Peters is. This book is set within the
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Blood Bound – Patricia Briggs
Read for the RIP VIII Reading Challenge. Mercy Thompson owes a few people some favors. Since she can turn into a coyote whenever she likes, her vampire friend Stefan asks her to go along when he needs to deliver a message to another one of his kind. Unfortunately, it turns out that this vampire has
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Paris, Day 16
I need to add a postscript to my trip report. Our last day was really all about getting to the airport. Which we did on the RER train, and which afforded us our last great authentic Parisian experience. Now, I had read up a lot about the petty theft problem in Paris. I was well
Versailles, Day 15: Marie Antoinette’s Hamlet
So by the time of Louis XIV, Versailles was becoming a bit much for the king and his family, so he had a smaller palace built on the outskirts of Versailles, and the Trianons were born. They’re really quite lovely, and way more opulent than a summer house should be. The thing about the Trianons
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Versailles, Day 15
Versailles is an utterly amazing spectacle. It is grand on a scale that I’ve never experienced before. Standing there, looking out from the Palace to the Grand Canal is a glimpse into a very different world. Versailles is a bit of a trip outside of Paris proper. We took the RER train (basically the commuter
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Paris, Day 14
Our next morning, we had some shopping plans. We started out at the Les Halles metro stop, and managed to get completely turned around. Which ended up being a happy accident, as we ended up at the Centre Pompidou, which has a really neat fountain installation in its courtyard. Mistake corrected, we headed into the
Paris, Day 13
Our first full day in Paris, we decided to do some shopping. Which worked out to involve a whole lot of incidental walking. We started the morning at Notre Dame, because, well, we’re in Paris, so we had to go to Notre Dame. Which is fully as fascinating as a medieval cathedral should be. We
Day 12: London to Paris
I definitely recommend taking the Eurostar train from London to Paris. The transport links are so easy (city center to city center). There’s great leg room (I bought my tickets the first day they were available, so I was able to snag one of the table seats for the three of us. Oh, and the
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Wiltshire, Day 11: Stourhead
Since we had our car until the end of the day Saturday, and had to clear out of the cottage by 10:00 AM, we figured we’d be silly not to stop off somewhere on the way back to London. Using my trusty National Trust handbook, I located Stourhead House and Garden, in Wiltshire (so not
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