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love.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_5054.jpgIMG_50542014-11-07T12:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/21/august-21-where-the-milanese-upper-class-go-for-vacation/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4972.jpgIMG_4972https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4971.jpgIMG_4971https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4970.jpgIMG_4970https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4969.jpgIMG_4969https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4966.jpgIMG_4966https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4965.jpgIMG_4965https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4964.jpgIMG_4964https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4963.jpgIMG_4963https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4962.jpgIMG_4962https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4961.jpgIMG_49612014-11-04T11:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/20/august-20-la-vita-bella/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4796.jpgIMG_4796https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4794.jpgIMG_4794https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4793.jpgIMG_4793https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4790.jpgIMG_4790https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4789.jpgIMG_4789https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4784.jpgIMG_4784https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4777.jpgIMG_4777https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4774.jpgIMG_4774https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4772.jpgIMG_4772https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4770.jpgIMG_47702014-10-01T18:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/19/august-19-exploring-in-cinque-terre/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4525.jpgIMG_4525https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4524.jpgIMG_4524https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4523.jpgIMG_4523https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4519.jpgIMG_4519https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4518.jpgIMG_4518https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4517.jpgIMG_4517Rosemary and the aforementioned terraced hillsides.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4516.jpgIMG_4516https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4514.jpgIMG_4514Corniglia is the only village of the five that isn't directly on the water. It took us about 15 minutes to climb down the switchback staircase through the terraced fields and gardens to the train station below.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4505.jpgIMG_4505https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4504.jpgIMG_45042014-10-01T11:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/18/august-18-when-we-almost-didnt-go-to-italy/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4452.jpgIMG_4452https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4451.jpgIMG_4451The view of the sunset over Monterosso's pier and castle from our dinner table https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4450.jpgIMG_4450https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4449.jpgIMG_4449Dinner!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4448.jpgIMG_4448https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4447.jpgIMG_4447https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4446.jpgIMG_4446https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4445.jpgIMG_4445https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4444.jpgIMG_4444https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4443.jpgIMG_4443Obligatory toilet shot...? :-/2014-09-30T11:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/17/august-17-finishing-our-work-at-southwark/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4421.jpgIMG_4421https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4419.jpgIMG_4419https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4418.jpgIMG_4418https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4417.jpgIMG_4417https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4416.jpgIMG_4416https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4414.jpgIMG_4414https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4413.jpgIMG_4413https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4412.jpgIMG_4412https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4411.jpgIMG_4411https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4401.jpgIMG_44012014-09-21T20:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/16/august-16-pushing-our-luck-in-london/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4387.jpgIMG_4387Statue of Prince Albert across from the Hall.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4385.jpgIMG_4385https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4382.jpgIMG_4382And Alison Balsomhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4381.jpgIMG_4381Mike loves him some Verdi Requiem!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4380.jpgIMG_4380Consolation Selfiehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4374.jpgIMG_4374As we nursed our disappointment at being turned away from Royal Albert Hall we realized we were standing right next to the Royal College of Organists. Funny!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4372.jpgIMG_4372So, so, so very close...https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4370.jpgIMG_4370https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4367.jpgIMG_4367At least we saw the outside!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4363.jpgIMG_4363I loved this Garden in the City.2014-09-18T20:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/14/august-14-the-day-we-played-a-recital-in-g-f-handels-church/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4255.jpgIMG_4255https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4239.jpgIMG_4239https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4266.jpgIMG_4266https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4263.jpgIMG_4263https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4216.jpgIMG_4216Mike played a piece he'd learned near the beginning of his master's program, Buxtehude's Toccata in F, BuxWV 156.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4208.jpgIMG_4208https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4207.jpgIMG_4207https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4203.jpgIMG_4203https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4202.jpgIMG_4202https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4199.jpgIMG_41992014-09-18T15:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/15/august-15-our-easy-day-in-london/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4322.jpgIMG_4322https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4320.jpgIMG_4320https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4319.jpgIMG_4319https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4317.jpgIMG_4317https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4316.jpgIMG_4316https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4315.jpgIMG_4315https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4313.jpgIMG_4313https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4311.jpgIMG_4311https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4309.jpgIMG_4309https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4306.jpgIMG_43062014-09-18T15:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/13/august-13-double-date-in-cambridge/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4196.jpgIMG_4196Ashley House Hotel, Cambridgehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4193.jpgIMG_4193The back of our hotel - that second floor window was ours.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4192.jpgIMG_4192https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4190.jpgIMG_4190https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4189.jpgIMG_4189So Kilby was all stoked for us to experience this ash-rinded goat cheese. It was fabulous.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4188.jpgIMG_4188Mmmmm.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4183.jpgIMG_4183https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4181.jpgIMG_4181This is a famous bridge having something to do with math and some famous mathematician, but I wasn't listening carefully I guess. I think I heard the word math and my brain shut off?https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4174.jpgIMG_4174https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4172.jpgIMG_4172This picture is for my sister Rebekah, who from the first days Mike and I were dating, has always been on a quest for awkward eating shots. Also because the background is pretty great.2014-09-15T18:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/12/august-12-westminster-abbey-by-night-nbd/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4031.jpgIMG_4031https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4030.jpgIMG_4030Goodnight, London!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4026.jpgIMG_4026Big Ben and "Leh Moooon."https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4018.jpgIMG_4018https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4017.jpgIMG_4017https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4015.jpgIMG_4015https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4014.jpgIMG_4014https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4013.jpgIMG_4013https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4012.jpgIMG_4012Westminster Abbey by nighthttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4010.jpgIMG_4010Inside Westminster Abbey2014-09-15T11:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/11/august-11-to-london-and-to-work/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3938.jpgIMG_3938https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3937.jpgIMG_3937https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3936.jpgIMG_3936https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3935.jpgIMG_3935https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3934.jpgIMG_3934https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3931.jpgIMG_3931https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3930.jpgIMG_3930https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3929.jpgIMG_3929https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3928.jpgIMG_3928https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3927.jpgIMG_39272014-09-13T00:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/10/september-10-oxford/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/oxford4.jpgoxford4https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/oxford3.jpgoxford3https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/oxford1.jpgoxford1https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3917.jpgIMG_3917https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3916.jpgIMG_3916https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3915.jpgIMG_3915https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3914.jpgIMG_3914https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3913.jpgIMG_3913https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3911.jpgIMG_3911https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3910.jpgIMG_39102014-09-12T02:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/09/august-9-salisbury-to-oxford/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_38181.jpgIMG_3818On High Streethttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_38121.jpgIMG_3812https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_38091.jpgIMG_3809https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_38071.jpgIMG_3807Christ Collegehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_38041.jpgIMG_3804The Talkhouse, where we stayedhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37971.jpgIMG_3797The Kilnshttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37931.jpgIMG_3793The lady on our tour who took this photo shook the camera, but I had to include it anyway: this staircase was built by Lewis when Mrs. Moore lived with him. Her bedroom was adjacent to his and you couldn't access his without walking through hers. So his way of handling the impropriety was to build a fire escape staircase into his room, and there it still stands.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37921.jpgIMG_3792https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37821.jpgIMG_3782https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_37811.jpgIMG_37812014-09-11T12:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/08/august-8-salisbury-or-bust/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3646.jpgIMG_3646https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3634.jpgIMG_3634https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3632.jpgIMG_3632All over England I was stopping mid-stroll to wonder at plantings like this.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3627.jpgIMG_3627This was one of the most safisfying meals I've ever eaten: a thick soup of roasted tomato and red pepper, an irish coffee, and a pita filled with a fried slice of goat cheese. It warmed me up, which I'd begun to think might not be possible, damp and cold and dressed in a short skirt.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3625.jpgIMG_3625Our first glimpse of massive Salisbury Cathedral impressed us beyond our expectations. It's spire is the tallest in the UK.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3619.jpgIMG_3619Arundel Castle's gatehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3613.jpgIMG_3613Arundel Cathedralhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3600.jpgIMG_3600https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3597.jpgIMG_3597Mike did the lion's share of the work on this romantic weekend. He handled the flipped orientation of a manual transmission car - not to mention the flipped orientation of the roads - like a pro. The traffic and the tiny roads and tiny towns were exhausting for him, though.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3589.jpgIMG_3589We had the best of both worlds in seeing these cliffs: Thursday afternoon as the sun was beginning to sink low in the sky we saw them bright-white with the blue water sparkling. Returning on Friday morning in the fog and clouds and mist everything was muted and grey, until the very last moments when the sun began to burn through the morning clouds just enough to cast some strong light. What an incredibly beautiful sight! (Thanks for the tip, Brian & Jordan!)2014-09-09T17:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/07/august-7-south-coast-france-south-coast-england/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3552.jpgIMG_3552https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3551.jpgIMG_3551My happiest happy place.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3550.jpgIMG_3550https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3548.jpgIMG_3548https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3547.jpgIMG_3547https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3540.jpgIMG_3540We really loved Eastbourne and its pace and feel. Seemed like more of a retirement/resort town. A little concerned what that says about us, that we prefer to hang out with the old people...https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3539.jpgIMG_3539Random fact: this pier went up in flames just a week before we were there, completely destroying the inland structure. All that remained was a skeleton.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3538.jpgIMG_3538https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3537.jpgIMG_3537https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3535.jpgIMG_3535The view from our hotel windows2014-09-07T20:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/06/august-6-aix-en-provence/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3473.jpgIMG_3473Bonne nuit!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3472.jpgIMG_3472"Leh Moooon"https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3469.jpgIMG_3469The fountain at the end of Cours Mirabeau at nightfallhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3467.jpgIMG_3467Keepin' it classy.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3464.jpgIMG_3464Picnic. Again.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3461.jpgIMG_3461https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3456.jpgIMG_3456Provence is just cool.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3455.jpgIMG_3455https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3453.jpgIMG_3453These next photos were taken from the city bus we rode at the end of the day after a tightly-timed scavenger hunt to assemble our picnic, including a lot of chocolate from Puyricard, a famous chocolatier in the region.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3444.jpgIMG_3444Salad. On the bread is an olive tapenade and behind it is a big strip of prosciutto.2014-09-13T02:05:35+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/05/august-5-goodbye-paris-hello-provence/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3369.jpgIMG_3369Jason Bourne made a guest appearance on our "honeymoon." Appropriate, if you know that Mike joked that his wedding vows should've read "forsaking all others, except Matt Damon."https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3368.jpgIMG_3368https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3366.jpgIMG_3366My beach cover-up doubled as a picnic blanket throughout our trip.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3365.jpgIMG_3365La Fontaine des Quatres Dauphins. This one was for Cher Bryonie.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3361.jpgIMG_3361https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3360.jpgIMG_3360The view from our hotel room. Loved the old buildings and our close proximity to residential life.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3358.jpgIMG_3358Cours Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, 7:00 p.m. on a perfect summer night.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3356.jpgIMG_3356I wouldn't mind having one of these things poking out of my bag every day...https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3354.jpgIMG_3354The TGV station a few km outside Aix-en-Provencehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3353.jpgIMG_3353The Provence region2014-09-06T04:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/04/august-4-the-eiffel-tower-and-other-glamorous-things/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3136.jpgIMG_3136I don't always read in bed, but when I do I can see the Eiffel Tower with my head on my pillow.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3129.jpgIMG_3129We Skyped the kids right at midnight to show them the Tower's light show, which happens for 5 minutes at the top of every hour. The tower goes from being floodlit to sparkling with millions of little lights. Jacob's explanation: "The Eiffel Tower is Sprinkling!"https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3125.jpgIMG_3125Walking "home" through Paris at midnight was fun.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3124.jpgIMG_3124Champs Elysees is hard to describe, especially at night with all its sparkle. The Arc de Triomphe is at its end. It spans well over a mile, lined on both sides with the most extravagant shopping you can imagine, from indoor luxury car dealerships to the world's largest Louis Vuitton store. Crazy.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3122.jpgIMG_3122Funny story: some brash, loud guy was pestering a sophisticated middle-aged waitress as I was coming out of the ladies' room on my way out to the street to meet Mike after we'd finished dinner. Having finished his conversation with the well-mannered waitress, he stormed away, pushing through a narrow space between himself and me fully aware by the look on his face that he realized he'd just made a lady wait instead of doing the gentlemanly thing (not to mention waiting his turn). I didn't mind and met the waitress's eye with a smile as I walked toward her. The look she gave me, in an instant, almost set me laughing out loud: all her French propriety and dignity was offended on my behalf and she spoke it all with a grin. Hilarious!https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3119.jpgIMG_3119Mike ordered the rum-soaked baba for dessert and a few minutes before they brought out dessert they dropped off this bottle of rum on our table, where it sat for the remainder of the meal. The pictures tells the rest.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3118.jpgIMG_3118https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3117.jpgIMG_3117Chez Andre was a quarter mile off Champs Elysees. We were so thankful to be sitting in a lovely French restaurant against all the odds of the day and the season. Our spirits were so high.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3116.jpgIMG_3116Pretend you don't want to read this menu.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3115.jpgIMG_3115I was too hungry to think of photographing our sumptuous fare until halfway through. This entree was so generous that when they brought it out, split onto two plates, we thought they'd accidentally brought us two. It was marvelous - duck breast with caramelized peaches.2014-09-04T19:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/03/august-3-the-heart-of-paris/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3027.jpgIMG_3027https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3025.jpgIMG_3025https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3008.jpgIMG_3008https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3005.jpgIMG_3005https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2998.jpgIMG_2998https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2991.jpgIMG_2991https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2989.jpgIMG_2989We ate over-priced but delicious gelato from Amorino, the famous gelato chain. While we sat in this hopping little square deep in the ancient Latin Quarter there was a guy playing a banged-up old upright piano in the middle of the street, serenading the diners pouring out of the cafhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2980.jpgIMG_2980https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2972.jpgIMG_2972https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2960.jpgIMG_29602014-09-04T01:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/02/august-2-montmartre/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2912.jpgIMG_2912Hotel de la Tour d'Auvergnehttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2908.jpgIMG_2908Our first bottle of French wine; we split one almost every night.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2906.jpgIMG_2906https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2904.jpgIMG_2904https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2903.jpgIMG_2903https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2902.jpgIMG_2902https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2900.jpgIMG_2900https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2899.jpgIMG_2899The cobbled streets and the walls alive with "city gardens" never ceased to delight me.https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2897.jpgIMG_2897https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2894.jpgIMG_2894The square in front of Renoir's house where we paused to eat our first simple picnic2014-09-02T19:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/09/01/introduction-august-1/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2887.jpgIMG_2887https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2886.jpgIMG_2886https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2867.jpgIMG_2867https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2859.jpgIMG_2859https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2844.jpgIMG_28442014-09-02T02:31:24+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/06/13/the-boy-with-dirt-on-him/2014-06-14T20:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/05/02/remembering-ruth-ferguson/2014-05-03T03:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2014/02/06/2059/https://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/263951_558642080035_5198460_n.jpg263951_558642080035_5198460_nhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/46063_558642169855_2207021_n.jpg46063_558642169855_2207021_nhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/45637_558641491215_2643869_n.jpg45637_558641491215_2643869_nhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/45117_558641890415_2049840_n.jpg45117_558641890415_2049840_nhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/40567_558641341515_3222795_n.jpg40567_558641341515_3222795_n2014-02-06T19:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2013/11/12/road-called-marriage/2013-11-19T17:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2013/10/15/to-wait/2013-10-15T21:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2012/10/06/football-in-babylon/2012-10-06T19:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2012/09/23/on-not-being-the-soloist/2012-09-23T21:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2012/06/24/on-gardens-and-generosity/2012-06-26T14:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.com/2011/11/06/christian-ministry-takes-risks/2011-11-09T11:36:29+00:00monthlyhttps://wednesdaygrace.comdaily1.02023-12-13T19:24:30+00:00