tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26307697180613917182024-03-13T12:17:31.950-07:00Tallsharon's Extraordinary AdventuresMy travels, my creative non-fiction and fiction story starts, my thoughts, stuff i like, things that catch my interest, random thoughtstallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-51833011489806037572020-05-05T10:40:00.000-07:002020-05-05T10:40:02.450-07:00Freeway Personals - Rev 2 05.05.20
I should’ve had the air conditioning fixed and gassed up
this morning, Sarah thought. well, there’s no sense dwelling on it now since
I’m going to be either stuck here in traffic, or stranded at the side of the road-
a mile or two from the Genesee exit. There are no gas stations nearby, so I’ve
really got a couple of hours to kill. What’ve we got here? She wondered aloud.
I’m bored.
The car tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-10680418767508948932016-08-23T04:19:00.001-07:002017-01-05T22:06:29.240-08:00Thursday August 18I woke up and took a shower around 9:30 this morning, and put some roller in my hair. I got dressed in the long dress I had brought from home, and put on my slip on croc sandals. After an entire day of shopping yesterday, I didn't even wear anything I bought. It was very humid and it was raining. I didn't have an umbrella, and didn't want to buy one and have to haul it around with me.tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-9213895720231203162016-08-23T04:05:00.002-07:002016-08-23T04:05:50.077-07:00Wednesday August 17This morning I got up around 10 and my hostess offered me a coffee before I left the house. I decided today I would walk around the city of San Sebastian. I walked across the street into the old town part of San Sebastian and into the Brexta building which faced the boulevard where the tourist office was. I had read in some literature that it was actually a shopping center so I tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-74003213007001690682016-08-18T13:54:00.001-07:002017-01-05T22:06:29.249-08:00Saturday August 20tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-28576662629245678232016-08-18T13:53:00.005-07:002017-01-05T22:06:29.242-08:00Friday August 19tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-29673825677214515602016-08-18T13:51:00.000-07:002016-08-18T13:51:09.092-07:00Tuesday August 16I woke up, got dressed and headed out to find the Orange store to find out why my French sim card wouldn't work. It was about a 5 minute walk, and because I had downloaded an offline map with GPS it was a breeze to find. After 15 minutes and a new sim card purchased for one week in spain I was back in business. I headed to the tourist office to find out about how and where I can get tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-47282694420013282902016-08-18T01:23:00.002-07:002016-08-18T12:39:35.281-07:00Monday Aug 15, 2016I woke up and opened all the window and the skylights in the room. It was about 8 I believe. I could tell it was going to be another warm day but it was still cool. I took a shower and got dressed- I'm thinking I wore the same clothes from yesterday for the journey to save a clean outfit for arrival. I had a couple pieces of toast with jam, and coffee, packed up and tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-56805538624297586022016-08-18T01:00:00.001-07:002016-08-18T01:00:37.585-07:00Sunday August 14Woke up this morning about 8, took a shower then packed my bags trying not to wake anyone. Anne was going to get up early to go to the market with me at 9am for my 8 hour bus journey today to Bordeaux. I went into the kitchen and she came in shortly and started the coffee. Carole appeared a few minutes later and we all left the apartment with Didier still sleeping soundly.
Their apartment tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-15431682926490440352016-08-16T15:20:00.002-07:002016-08-16T15:20:50.269-07:00Saturday August 13So we (Anne & I) woke up this morning, and decided to go up to the top of a volcano, the Puy Dome this morning. We had some coffee and breakfast, and were on the road. It took about a half hour to get to the parking lot, and it was already filling up. There is a train/tram that circles the mountain all the way to the top. It has only been open a year or so, and is a tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-3398847900898731722016-08-16T14:52:00.002-07:002016-08-16T15:01:20.748-07:00Thursday August 11This morning we all got up and packed to go to Clermont Ferrand where my friends are living. We had a bite to eat, and then helped Didier fit a desk into his car, and we headed to their apartment in separate cars. Anne and I stopped by the supermarket and did some shopping for her oldest son Mateo who is moving away from home, in with some friends, today. I bought some soap for tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-14799942947131572792016-08-14T05:48:00.000-07:002016-08-14T05:48:14.601-07:00Wednesday August 10Awaking this morning, we headed out relatively early after our showers and breakfast of bread, jam, juice and coffee. We had a reservation for 1:30 at Le Cercle- a Michelin 1 star restaurant 2016 in Bourge. We arrived in the city around 12:30 and found a place to park near the cathedrale after locating Le Cercle which was nearby but not on a retail street. We got out and walked around this tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-52963599765786283252016-08-14T02:50:00.002-07:002016-08-14T02:56:06.559-07:00Tuesday August 9Waking up this morning in our Chateau near Salbris, as usual I was the first one downstairs because my friends like to sleep in. I am still getting used to staying up past 9pm when I am with friends and have not ben successful at sleeping past 9:00am except for one day. That one day, I was really awake but just laid in bed.
So I tidied up my bedroom, and took my luggage downstairs tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-68803661056517069302016-08-12T20:02:00.003-07:002016-08-16T15:03:11.671-07:00Friday August 12I know, I know, I skipped a few days. I am working backwards in my spare time.
Waking up in Clermont Ferrand in the apartment of my friends. It was just the three of us this morning since Mateo moved out into his own apartment yesterday and Ewan spent the night there as well. I have Ewan's old bedroom (as of yesterday) as my room for a few days until I leave them for tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-24237523655575964842016-08-12T19:39:00.002-07:002016-08-12T19:39:44.030-07:00Monday August 8We woke up this morning, had breakfast, packed up the house and headed in the direction of our Chateau near Chambord. We got on the highway through Montmarault, Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, ZAC Aeroport, and finally reached Bourges. Didier hade selected several restaurants for lunch, but we found that the one who used to have 1 star but lost it, was closed today. We parked the car tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-55157079372154040062016-08-12T06:05:00.001-07:002016-08-12T06:05:33.076-07:00Sunday August 7I woke up this morning when I heard Camille moving around. I went downstairs to say goodbye and to wish her a happy holiday camping with her family on an island just off the Atlantic. Didier and Anne were still sleeping, and Camille was having breakfast. She is going to a private campground originally owned by her family and they go every year. Her parents, siblings, aunts and tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-84539413148225427482016-08-11T04:17:00.002-07:002016-08-12T03:11:12.367-07:00Saturday August 6I awoke, took a shower and went downstairs into the kitchen where Anne was eating breakfast of bread and honey, coffee. I had some breakfast and went into the living room to check email. Didier, Anne and Camille had stayed up late last night, and both Didier and Camille had hangovers this morning and did not wish to go with us to the Saturday market in Riom.
So Anne and I headed off tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-86960856705961161652016-08-11T04:09:00.002-07:002016-08-16T15:02:02.717-07:00Friday August 5I slept well last night. The bed and the room are very comfortable. I think I woke up around 7:30am but I am not sure because too many days have passed since this particular morning. I took my shower and dressed, and went downstairs for breakfast of bread and jam and coffee. Our routine has been awake, shower/dress, eat breakfast, take coffee into living room, check tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-75438782390802005292016-08-07T07:56:00.001-07:002016-08-07T07:56:32.286-07:00Thursday August 4This morning began as the others. I was up first, took my shower and coffee, then repacked my suitcase and bags as we were moving on today, headed for their country home in a small village /place called Villeneuve. We had our croissant breakfast then headed out of Lyon around 10:45am. Today our first destination was a small village called Malleval - a medieval village on top of a tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-54264358869741014382016-08-07T07:43:00.000-07:002016-08-07T11:05:26.308-07:00Wednesday, August 3rdI woke up early this morning and took a shower, and took my coffee into the bedroom. I need to catch up on my blog, but my eyes are itchy and I am too tired. I checked email and looked at facebook. I heard Leonie come in and she brought croissants and little brioche for us, and so Didier and Anne got up and we had breakfast. I forgot to mention that Leonie and Didier had tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-29709995066385588362016-08-07T06:54:00.001-07:002016-08-07T11:02:09.428-07:00Tuesday August 2, 2016This morning I was prepared and had my glasses close by, so after taking a shower and making coffee, I sat down and looked at emails and face book on my phone. By the time I finished, Leonie was up and out again to buy croissants for breakfast. By the time she returned Anne & Didier had awoken and we all got ready for the day, ate breakfast and then talked for a while.
Didier wastallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-72601279538632594652016-08-05T08:48:00.002-07:002016-08-07T09:09:40.810-07:00Monday August 1To remind you, it is 8/5 in late afternoon and I am trying to reconstruct the last few days.
I woke up (this I know for sure) on Monday August 1st and decided to update this blog about my day yesterday. I had taken my computer and my phone out of my shoulder messenger bag last night so I thought I was all set. This bag was very cool, I bought it a few days before I left at REI with atallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-19405991592372135612016-08-05T08:42:00.000-07:002016-08-05T08:51:27.677-07:00Sunday July 31It is now Thursday August 5th at 4:30 in the afternoon. I will try to remember what I have done since I awoke last Sunday morning in Paris through today. Fortunately I have photos, and can also have my friends Didier & Anne to help me remember.
So I woke up at around 8:00am on the Sunday, took my shower and tidied up the airbnb in Boulevard Saint Martin. My metro pass tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-44474226605937383292016-07-30T13:18:00.001-07:002016-07-30T13:18:28.756-07:00Saturday July 30, 2016So it's Saturday morning and I have to hustle to make it on two metro lines to get to the tour beginning point today. I decided since we were going to be outdoors at both Versailles and at Monet's home/gardens in Giverny that I would wear the cool wide brimmed hat I found at Kohls.
I grabbed the leftover baguette from the tasting yesterday and hoped I'd find someplace to grab a coffee and tallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-4743903769151309782016-07-30T12:25:00.000-07:002016-07-30T12:25:14.920-07:00Friday July 29, 2016Be sure to click on the flickr photos link on the right side of my blog (on a pc or laptop anyway) and look for my camera roll if you haven't spotted the 3 million photos I've posted on facebook lol.
Got up around 7:30am and got ready to face the day. I had signed up for two 1/2 day tours through the tourism bureau for Saturday and they required that I print out the vouchers in ordertallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630769718061391718.post-76421271060995982642016-07-28T15:27:00.000-07:002016-07-28T15:27:42.012-07:00Day 2 Paris 7/28/16Good Morning. It was a bit overcast today, and I booked a trip to Giverny and Versailles on Saturday and needed to print out the voucher so I had to go to a Copy Top and have them do it for me. It began to sprinkle as I walked over, and I got a little lost, but with the app I have on my phone with GPS I eventually found it. It's called next stop paris, and you can figure out howtallsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471456754226541368noreply@blogger.com0