France: A Trip Overview
Our three week trip to France was social, quiet, lively, informative, emotional, and restful. We managed to experience a full range of vacations. The whole vacation had one overriding theme though: rain. It drizzled, poured, and misted. The four days of sun were so wonderful, but always the next day, more rain.
Our first week in Paris was filled with social events, museum viewing, and lots of walking. We then took the TGV to Toulouse were we spent two nights in a hotel. [POURING] Another train to Narbonne where we picked up a rental car for the week in Olonzac. And finally, another train to Dijon where we spent three days before heading home.
There were many reasons for this trip. I didn't want to loose my frequent flier miles if Delta went belly-up, many new babies and spouses to meet, and some time to find my new normal.
The new normal doesn't make me happy. The new normal needs to rest, a lot. The new normal needs to stop walking and have a coffee far more frequently. The new normal has bone and joint pain. The new normal seems to catch illness more often. The new normal can only use two parts of the day instead of all three: morning, afternoon and evening. The new normal is very curly hair that is headed straight into the chia-head phase. The new normal worries about cancer. The new normal has to decide between getting an hour of work done or posting a blog entry!
But, to not be too much of a downer, the new normal brings a few good things. The new normal places a much higher value on staying in touch with those I love. The new normal opens the heart to other people more easily. The new normal only needs 5 minutes to shower, and 6 minutes to have dry hair.
Our first week in Paris was filled with social events, museum viewing, and lots of walking. We then took the TGV to Toulouse were we spent two nights in a hotel. [POURING] Another train to Narbonne where we picked up a rental car for the week in Olonzac. And finally, another train to Dijon where we spent three days before heading home.
There were many reasons for this trip. I didn't want to loose my frequent flier miles if Delta went belly-up, many new babies and spouses to meet, and some time to find my new normal.
The new normal doesn't make me happy. The new normal needs to rest, a lot. The new normal needs to stop walking and have a coffee far more frequently. The new normal has bone and joint pain. The new normal seems to catch illness more often. The new normal can only use two parts of the day instead of all three: morning, afternoon and evening. The new normal is very curly hair that is headed straight into the chia-head phase. The new normal worries about cancer. The new normal has to decide between getting an hour of work done or posting a blog entry!
But, to not be too much of a downer, the new normal brings a few good things. The new normal places a much higher value on staying in touch with those I love. The new normal opens the heart to other people more easily. The new normal only needs 5 minutes to shower, and 6 minutes to have dry hair.
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