Gwyneth Paltrow has a blog called goop.com, which is great. I was on it today and she was giving a list of great French beauty secrets that you can find at the local French pharmacy. So Lucy and I decided to check it out and here is what we've found. The first product is called NUXE Huile Prodigeuse. This is an oil, which we were skeptical about because we thought it would be well for lack of a better word too oily. But if Gwyneth recommended it we're going ...

I think I told you in a blog that my mom and dad came over to visit me and Lucy in September. We had the best time! My dad was confused on the language and was speaking half Spanish half Italian and a smidge of French. When they arrived in Paris they rented a car and it took them 3 hours plus to just get out of Paris center. Needless to say by the time they arrived in Loches the first stop we made was to the pub. The days they were here were great. We spent tim...

Lucy and I are becoming quite seasoned travelers. To get to Lake Annecy we took 3 trains, 2 buses, 2 trams, and one rental car. Don't get me wrong we don't claim to be anything like Katie Yohe, but for your average Joe we are doing pretty well! Lake Annecy is 50 minutes from the Geneva airport, 3 1/2 hours by train to Paris, and close to the Italian border. It is unbelievably gorgeous spot. It is the second largest lake in France and the cleanest lake due to env...

I had no photo to go along with this blog so I put the beer sign because that is what I feel like I need right now. It's cold and rainy here today and no mall to head to, no movie theatre, well there is one but the movies are in french, so I'm feeling a little stir crazy. I decide maybe slice and bake cookies are just what the doctor ordered on this drizzly day so I head to the grocery store. Slice and bake cookies do not exist here, and yes I could make them fro...

The kindness of strangers: Well I told you in a previous blog that the water wasn't working properly for about 5 days. We could get a trickle out, but no showers. And I told you that I went across the street to the neighbor who was very kind and called a repairman for me on Friday. Friday night the woman and her husband ring our doorbell and say "we have something for you." So we leave our door cracked and follow them across the street. They have bought the...