We have great outdoor restaurants and cafes in town, mostly run by Europeans. Some of the outdoor places overlook
the ocean and are just breathtaking.
Ossobuco, but the inside picture looks very cozy and comfortable, maybe we should eat and drink inside the
restaurant
I agree, Calamity, we should get together inside the restaurant, it does look cozy. After all, Francis will be taking us walking in several places...
I feel like I've heard of Fouquet's, but I suppose I am remembering the historic Fouquet - wasn't that the name of the fellow with one of those lalapaloosa chateaus?
I have some friends who are thinking of buying an apartment in Paris; the one they were thinking of bidding on, which I assume fell through since I haven't heard, was completely devastatingly enviable; it is in the Marais district.
(Sigh, I haven't been to Paris. Yet.)
I haven't been to Paris either Osso, and I think I won't -
aside from a virtual trip - have ever a chance to go.
I've been to the southern coast though many moons ago, to Nice, Cannes and Marseilles.
That's true littlek, but there are other places I'd like
to visit when I have (one day) more time available.
Have you been there?
Never get your mind set on "never." There are too many people in this world that "never" travels - even outside their city limits. Think big; and dream.
cicerone, I have traveled quite a bit in Europe, Asia, North America, and intent to do so in the future. However, before I visit Paris, I'd like to see other places beforehand.
Of course, should I win the lottery, I will stop working and
have more time to visit all the places in the world
I've never been to Paris - or France. I studied french all through school. I'd like to use it somewhere. I have been to Spain, England and Italy. I'd like to visit Ireland and France. But, I'd settle for Quebec.
And I have to deal with my italophilia - I don't really want to go any place else as much as I want to go there one more time, each time. I don't travel all that much, though I love travelling, and have to watch my choices as I don't have limitless chances.
If prince charming came along and wanted to travel with me and, er, help pay for it, I'd be doing more exploring.
Couldn't you tag Italy onto a trip to another european nation?
Yes...
or Boston (I talked to my cousin from Boston tonight...)
Anyway, yes, I do plan to hit Italy with my presence again and hope to meet a2kers either there or somewhere inbetween.
It sounds like I've been to Italy a lot but I just make a lot of noise about it. First time, we landed at JFK and ran ran ran for a plane to Milan.
Second time, we spent two and a half hours, with me sneezing, at Heathrow International's entombed lounge area - I think I sneeze from airport cleaning products.
Third time, I spent about a half hour in Pittsburgh, at a US Air Terminal.
Next time, I plan to stay a bit more time somewhere, whether it is London or wherever. (I've not been to England. Have read about the place, of course.) Hmmm, Dublin... I'd enjoy putting my feet on irish soil. Hmmm, Madrid? Hmmm, Amsterdam?
Or, as I mentioned, Boston, my mother's hometown.
We'll see. Won't be for a while.
osso, If you plan a sojourn to London, bring lot'sa money, cash, greenbacks, or even GBPs.
I don't plan it, exactly, CI, much as I'd love to do it. I'll have to pick one place, which will probably have to do with what is available for flights and if a2kers might be able to meet me wherever. As for money, I travel fairly sparely, with the occasional one-or-two-night at a beloved three star, but mostly one star or off the map type places, small alberghi. I don't eat much and walk a lot. Have been known to go into fancy places for a glass of wine though. I know it's more expensive for us US folk in Europe now, grrrrr, but that's the way the ball bounces.
If it was Boston, I'd stay at least a night with my cousin in Lynnfield, wherever that is, and probably have to ward off cousinlets and plans.
ossobuco wrote:If it was Boston, I'd stay at least a night or two with my cousin in Lynnfield, wherever that is.
Nice town, about 15 miles north of Boston (not far from beautiful
downtown Stoneham).
Let us locals know if you come.
A very good friend of mine lives in Needham. Why do they all have "ham" at the endig?
Need + Ham = Needham. Is it sheep country?
need ham goes with ded ham.
I will, George. My mother was born in Watertown, which I've been to as a child. Other family lived in Malden; I've also been there, for the cousin I mentioned's wedding back in the early fifties (I was supposed to be a flower girl but they didn't let me, quite a relief.) My grandmother was from South Boston.
I took my mother back to Boston for a visit after my father died, in '68, and that was a tormenting trip, my first clue she was coming down with dementia, a word I didn't really know then. Did I rent a car? I think so. I think I got us on some
big road and got us over to Watertown to see the old homestead on Green Street and the one on Mt. Auburn, and then took us to Harvard Square, for me - I was interested in Harvard Square, and then back to the motel, where she didn't want to go meet her friend but I cudjelled her to, a lame meeting of lifelong friends. I had no clue what was wrong, why my mother was acting peculiarly.
Then we went to NYC by Greyhound, as we also used to live there, and it was the same, she was confused and distressed.
She did die of Alzheimer's, in the late seventies, and I hadn't been back to these places myself. Did go to NYC two years ago with much enthusiasm and fun, and would like to do Boston for some of the same complex reasons, though I remember it less from my own life. Mostly I remember good fried clams in Essex.
Is ham pronounced ham or hmm?
hnh?
