Blog Archives - Escaping the Empty Nest

London Has Been Waiting For Me

12/31/2017

I first visited the UK as a child. My older sister had moved there, and my mother and I went to visit her. Being from Texas, I was raised knowing that I lived in the best place on earth, so it was a shock to go to another country and see that they had interesting people, delicious food, green grass, castles, bookstores, cool accents, and men wearing skirts. It shook me to my core. Then I embraced it, and I was changed.

12 Days of Paris: Day 12

12/24/2017

Notre Dame is without doubt one of my favorite cathedrals.

12 Days of Paris: Day 11

12/23/2017

There are three common types of people on the streets of Paris--shoppers, soldiers, and street people.

12 Days of Paris: Day 10

12/22/2017

Eastern Christians: 2000 Year of History. This exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris features art and artifacts from the Turkey to Iran and traces the history of the part of Christianity that we in the West tend to forget about.

12 Days of Paris: Day 9

12/21/2017

With days growing shorter, Christmas lights bring some welcome mid-winter cheer.

12 Days of Paris: Day 8

12/20/2017

Parisians love to eat outside, even in the dead of winter.

12 Days of Paris: Day 7

12/19/2017

I ate snails at the Paris Christmas market.

12 Days of Paris: Day 6

12/3/2017

There was a big ruckus about Christmas markets this year in Paris.

12 Days of Paris: Day 4

12/3/2017

Paris does not restrict itself to red and green for Christmas decor.

12 Days of Paris: Day 3

12/3/2017

I hate fabric stores. Everybody in my family is really artsy--craftsy, but I missed out on that gene.