We take a lovely 35 minute walk down the Rue De Pyranees to the meeting with the Paris East English congregation. Along the way we pass the Sunday market. There are beautiful fresh fruit, vegetables, seafood, patisserie items and of course ‘la fromage’ in great quantities and temptingly ‘tres affordable’! Continue reading ‘Au Revoir Paris’
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Archive for September, 2007
Well I’ve been busy snapping away on holidays, and theres loads to see. The photos are now available by clicking on the gallery tab above. Continue reading ‘200+ Photos & Stop Motion Clip’
It’s a fine but cloudy day today. We head early to Rue Cler, a popular Parisian market. The market is where the locals mainly purchase their fresh food such as seafood, fruit and vegetables, cheese, breads and pizza. It really is a gourmet delight. We brought some fresh handmade spinach ravioli and the freshest of vegetables to make a sauce for our dinner. (It was yummy with a little grated French Emmental). Continue reading ‘Paris Street Life’
It is a very wet day today so we head out late after an early lunch. Our destination is the Palais De Versailles. The trip requires three train changes and one and half hours in time. It takes a little extra time for us since we hopped quickly on to one train waiting at the station hoping for the best. This never pays and we were heading the wrong way! The problem is easily fixed though. The Metro is brilliant in
My back is so sore after yesterday! There is the Apple Expo 2007 on at the Port de Versailles, so being a showery day, Mark and Justin are keen to go to this, eager to look at the latest gadgets. Seemingly they are very impressed. I enjoy a little walk around the local village and buy the obligatory baguette. Now I feel like a real French woman even though I don’t look like one and I certainly don’t sound like one!! Continue reading ‘Apples & Baguettes’
We woke this morning to drizzle and rain but as the morning wore on blue sky broke through so we decide to take this opportunity to ascend the Eiffel tower. Two trains get us there to Gare (station) Trocadero. Naturally, there is a queue, no tourist to
We woke to a lovely sunny day albeit with a cool breeze. Our first stop on the Metro is the Champs Elysee with the Arc Du Triomphe towering at one end. The walk of many blocks is interesting all the way with autumn trees ling the road. Expensive designer stores and street side cafes are pulsing with tourists of all nationalities. The large round about surrounding the Arc De Triomphe is as interesting as the war memorial itself. There appears to be neither rhyme nor reason to the traffic flow, certainly no lanes are marked even though cars go around four and five deep. So comical was the elderly man in his aged hatchback who, apparently in need of a sleep, simply pulls up, in the middle of the chaos, on the footpath surrounding the Arc Du Triomphe and settles back for a kip! Why not?? Police are patrolling but no one bothers him. Continue reading ‘Wish you were here’
It is a very early start to catch our flight to
We return our car at the airport and catch our flight back to
It is so sad to leave Malcolm and June this morning. The worst part of this trip has been saying goodbye to precious friends! We drive to
We visit
Tonight is meeting night and we’ve necessary washing and shopping to do today. The meeting is very up building. Continue reading ‘Pioneering the Emerald Isle’
We drive to
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This photo was taken while i was out witnessing with Gavin and Gemma.
We stopped by a little park and walked up the gorge, it was so tropical that i thought for a moment i was in North Queensland.
Taken as a long exposure on a tripod, i was quite happy with the result.
We meet for field service this morning at 9.45am. There are three car loads that do a rural map consisting of tight country lanes, rolling fields and lovely friendly Irish householders. Continue reading ‘We 
Ireland’
We take a drive today with Malcolm and June as competent guides. Our first stop is
We have to be up early for our flight to
How pleased we are to be able to attend the Special Assembly Day today at the Hellerby Assembly Hall with Joel and Lindsay! The program is wonderful with the theme: ‘We are the clay – Jehovah is Our Potter’. The
Today we travel back to Castleford to visit Walter and Dorothy, an elderly couple who are still in the congregation that Mark grew up in and have known him since he was a boy! Continue reading ‘Who Encouraged Who?’
We leave the Dales today to stay with Joel and Lindsay in Sheffield. Joel and Lindsay stayed with us earlier this year and Joel’s parents have actually stayed over at our house back home in Port Macquarie in the last couple of weeks! Continue reading ‘Kippax Connection’
First stop, the Wensleydale Cheese Factory! “Wensleydale Grommit” We understand why Wallace is hooked, the cheese is wonderful! Continue reading ‘Where’s the Wensleydale Grommit?’
Apart from driving through the beautiful scenery of the Lake District, there are two main things we want to do today, visit “Hilltop” the home of Beatrix Potter in the tiny village of Sawry near Lake Windemere and the Cumberland pencil factory in Keswick, Cumbria (you remember the Awake article). Continue reading ‘Pencils & Potter’
Another very sad goodbye to Paul, Janet, Gavin and Gemma, who have been so kind and made us so welcome. Continue reading ‘Sad Goodbye’
It is always a pleasure to attend the Sunday meeting and we say goodbye to some here that we won’t see again. Janet has cooked a roast pork lunch, spoilt I hear you say!! Continue reading ‘Spoilt I Hear You Say?’
We went for a long drive today into remote areas of Snowdonia. Paul works for the Forestry and so knows all the back roads through spectacular country, very rugged and beautiful. There is so much open space in Wales, its no wonder our Yorkshire friends have moved there.
Continue reading ‘Open Space’
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