Tee-Hee…don’t worry, I am not going to be that gloaty about it, but man we are excited. Normally our summers consist of long, glorious sun-filled weekends at our family cottage about an hour East of here. Yes, there is BBQing, yes there is 5 a 7-ing (although perhaps it is somewhat elongated on both ends) and yes, there is some boating, albeit not yachting, but this time it will all be in FRENCH! And you can’t argue that everything isn’t better in French; poodles, kissing, toast, fries, bread, quarters…C’est toujours magnifique!
The way this came to be is that we are members of an online house-exchange program called Global Home Exchange that basically posts your home and a few pics of the interior. People can contact you if they think they might want to come to your city or town. While you may not think people want to flock to this conservative little corner of the globe, Ottawa is in fact a bit of a hotbed for the house exchanges because of the Library and Archives and the medical facilities such as the Heart Institute, so there are always a number of professionals looking to spend some time here. (What it is that professionals get up to in this stifling heat and humidity, we do not know). We, on the other hand, will go almost anywhere to escape such professionals and the aforementioned heat, including, as our ad indicates, Europe and the UK at almost any time of the year for almost any length of time.
So there it is! I have great, if not HUGE intentions of documenting every blessed moment of the trip for your reading enjoyment; from the see-through X-ray machine at the airport to the cheese and bread induced constipation, not a single detail will be spared! Attachez vos ceintures, mes ami(e)s!
2 comments:
When do you leave, and for how long will you be there?
We are there from the 10th to the 28th, give or take - could you make it down? Sarah M has also mentioned possibly coming over.
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