Saturday, April 24, 2010

Expired "invitations"

The invitations to become a "member" and post are only good for 1 month.  If yours has expired and you want to post, just email me and I'll send you a new one.
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  1. Sally DeitzJune 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    I am delighted that you have begun this blog to gather our stories and bring back many cherished memories. Remember how we went to youth hostels throughout our travels, and no matter where we were, someone would say "Weren't you on the Aurelia?" Reading through the comments, I am reminded of the lengths we (en ville) went to to get hot showers! I recall washing my clothes and also myself using a little Camping-gaz to heat the water. Then there were the times I would return from five-day weekends, hitch-hiking and eating only baguettes/cheese, then maybe writing a paper on whether Balzac was a visionary or a realist . . . whatever he was, it was done en vitesse . . . and the stories go on and on.

    I treasure that year in ways I never imagined possible, and even now it remains a moveable feast just as Hemingway promised us it would. Despite France's globalization, Toys R Us, MacDos, Pizza Huts, and IKEAs, France will forever be for me Bordeaux's cobblestone streets and simple small rented rooms with our landladies' rules and what (to us Californians) seemed like endless misty rain.

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