Stumbling Around Language Where Shrek Speaks Spanish

Shrek speaks Spanish, you know. We had yet to go to the movies on our trip, and Hannah’s teenage movie yearning took us to see Shrek in 3D the other day. In Spanish, of course. The girls have watched a smattering of TV in various languages we’ve passed through, usually dubbed over familiar ones where [...]

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Nice is Nice

The flower market in Nice, France

Having time to explore the surrounding area of Nice, France this visit, we were able to get a better overview of the area. A long coastline with warm blue water and beaches, thriving small city, and history. Tourists lounging under a sea of umbrellas. Inland are small stone villages [...]

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Wandering Lyon

Lyon France

France, we explored the Rhone river area from where it flows out of Lac Leman past promenades and waterfront shopping and cafes through valleys sprinkled with small villages of stone houses and vineyards between them. And further downstream to the confluence with the Saone in Lyon. In Lyon, we spent several nights, [...]

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Lost in Language

Lyon from the esplanade of Fouviere

Traveling as a family, it is obvious that we are not French. As we walk into someone’s presence, we are usually talking and laughing, giving ourselves away. For many years, I have thought about language. In the game “If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish [...]

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Fog in the Valley

A fog has settled in the Meribel valley, and small flakes of snow hint of winter. Downstairs a little girl and her daddy just caught the ski bus up to Meribel center. She’s wearing her helmet with her favorite cover, the one with stuffed bone ends sticking out both sides. She calls herself “bonehead” [...]

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