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I call this THE LADY TREE
In Salzburg, we walked around and visited places. We went to Mozart’s house and did an audio tour then walked around a bit. We ended up in a garden. There were labyrinths and statues from the 15th century. I thought the most interesting picture was this tree. I call this THE LADY TREE!!! <snicker!>
Looking for a picture book of the Yukon in French
Hi Yukoners (those who live there, and those who don’t), My parents are looking for a picture book of the Yukon IN FRENCH! They visited me in Switzerland in September and wanted to offer a thank you gift to my beau parents. We are looking for a calendar, a picture book, something commemorating the Yukon …
Salzburg (sometime in April)
In April, we went to visit one of Ludo’s friends in Salzburg. We call him Dr. Wiki. Dr.—because he spent some time at a design firm in Italy and everyone who has a degree is called a Dr. We call him Wiki because he knows the most minute details about most things—mainly subjects he is …
Mum! Dad! Look what I found!!!
I found it in bulk! At that Aligro store we bought your knife sharpener at. BULK! I guess I’m set for a year or so. I once asked somebody who commutes from London to bring some to Switzerland. He pooh-poohed my request: “HP sauce! HP sauce! That’s what peasants put on their chips!” I don’t …
Playlist for Karen
My friend Karen mentioned one day that she wouldn’t mind some French music-but she didn’t know where to start. She said she’d heard that you can learn a lot about the language by learning the lyrics of songs. I said she could start with MTV France and the very popular Taratata. Regardless, here are a …
Wine tasting at Midi 20 Wine Bar and Oenothèque
We held our first event on Monday 13 May 2013 at the Midi 20 Wine Bar and Oenotheque in Lausanne. We had such a great experience. Thank you to everyone who came out. Thank you to Sofiane and his staff for their lovely and knowledgeable service. Thank you to Olivier Dufrenne from La table d’Olivier …
Spicy shrimp pasta
I should have a picture, but I don’t this time. I will take one next time. It’s pretty colourful. It’s colourful, tasty, and pretty low fat too (I think). spaghetti for two (see side of package for measurments) one (or two) cloves of garlic 1 tsp oil 250 g (about 1 lb) of prawns chili …
“If you can read, you can do anything.”
I don’t know who this quote is attributed to, but I firmly believe it. Last night, my sister Skyped me. “Can you help me set up my email on my computer? I want my knightimeproductions.ca email in my Microsoft mail program.” We futzed and farted around for a bit. We read the help files. We …