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![I’m quite a frugal person. I re-use tea bags. And, after washing them, plastic bags and glad wrap. And apart from some underwear and my wedding dress, I haven’t bought […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P1040393-115x115.jpg "I think I’ll go shopping")
I think I’ll go shopping
Posted on November 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsI’m quite a frugal person. I re-use tea bags. And, after washing them, plastic bags and glad wrap. And apart from some underwear and my wedding dress, I haven’t bought […] -
![Like the locals, we lounge a lot in the parks. The chairs scattered around ask to be lingered on, they are olive or mustard coloured, and either upright or slightly […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/beggar1-115x115.jpg "Down and Out. . . and About")
Down and Out. . . and About
Posted on November 21, 2010 | No CommentsLike the locals, we lounge a lot in the parks. The chairs scattered around ask to be lingered on, they are olive or mustard coloured, and either upright or slightly […] -
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Paris. Paris!
Posted on November 14, 2010 | No CommentsIf you come to Paris for a few days or a week, conscientiously or gladly doing the rounds from one museum to another, interspersing a cruise along the Seine perhaps, […] -
![Where was I? That’s right, I was talking about miscommunications in Spain. But having no idea what the waitress was saying when she offered us a choice of desserts was […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P1040244-115x115.jpg "Lost in Translation")
Lost in Translation
Posted on November 7, 2010 | No CommentsWhere was I? That’s right, I was talking about miscommunications in Spain. But having no idea what the waitress was saying when she offered us a choice of desserts was […] -
![Spain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/P1040021-115x115.jpg "Snippets of Spain")
Snippets of Spain
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsSpain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […] -
![We had settled ourselves into our seats for the train journey from Barcelona to Valencia, around seven hours. Equipped with books and ipods, we were all prepared for a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/train-tracks-115x115.jpg "On the motherhood track")
On the motherhood track
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsWe had settled ourselves into our seats for the train journey from Barcelona to Valencia, around seven hours. Equipped with books and ipods, we were all prepared for a […] -
![It was pure coincidence that we arrived in Valencia in the second weekend of May during the preparations for, then the procession of, the Festival de la Virgen de los […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/P1040296-115x115.jpg "Religious Spain: Santiago de Compostela and Valencia")
Religious Spain: Santiago de Compostela and Valencia
Posted on October 17, 2010 | No CommentsIt was pure coincidence that we arrived in Valencia in the second weekend of May during the preparations for, then the procession of, the Festival de la Virgen de los […] -
![Our holiday started in March with a jetlagged 48 hours in Frankfurt and Madrid on the way to Casablanca in Morocco. It was interesting to stop in Frankfurt instead of […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/P1030018-115x115.jpg "Marvelous Morocco")
Marvelous Morocco
Posted on October 8, 2010 | No CommentsOur holiday started in March with a jetlagged 48 hours in Frankfurt and Madrid on the way to Casablanca in Morocco. It was interesting to stop in Frankfurt instead of […] -
![Monday, twelve thirty, Serviers (population about 200), Southern France. We were at the only restaurant in the village – the only commercial centre in the village too, there are no […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/P1030418-115x115.jpg "Lunch at Serviers")
Lunch at Serviers
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsMonday, twelve thirty, Serviers (population about 200), Southern France. We were at the only restaurant in the village – the only commercial centre in the village too, there are no […]