February 1, 2012

Tales of a France Telecom Survivor

Port-en-Bessin Market

Trying to organize this move has had its moments.

Before we got the keys to our rental house we contacted the usual suspects to alert them of our new abode. EDF and la Poste were easy.
France Telecom, (who has definitively changed their name to Orange...I think I was the last to know), not so much.
They wouldn't let us have a phone number until we had a justificatif de domicile from the rental company. Ok, no problem. A few phone calls and signatures (many, many signatures) at the agent's office took care of that.

Once we attained said document we went straight to the local Orange store in Bayeux and applied for our new phone number and Internet access.
Again, no problem. We had the required documents, they created our dossier and we left with a phone number and were told that after a 10-14 day waiting period, our line would be up and running.

See, that's always when we run into trouble..when we trust that the powers that be (and the people punching the info into their computer) know what their doing.

Lulled into complacency, yet again.


January 22, 2012

Settling In

Domino by chez loulou
Domino, a photo by chez loulou on Flickr.
Loving our new place, just wishing Orange would hurry up and connect us to the Internet!

Until then, we've found ourselves a fantastic little café with free wi-fi in Bayeux to keep us sane.

A bientôt!

January 18, 2012

Les Chaises

Stained Glass Lighting

Café Chairs

les chaises

Along with antiquated doors, weathered shutters, outdoor markets, old stone houses and French windows, I am totally infatuated with empty chairs as a photography subject.

Does anyone else share my fascination?

Paris

Courtyard

Rodez Cathedral

Paris

Snow covered chairs

Les Chaises

January 14, 2012

Just One More Reason I Love France

raw milk salt butter

This is butter.
But it isn't just any old butter.

It is golden beurre de baratte* from Normandy, impregnated with crunchy bits of sea salt and hand molded. Don't you love the cow?
It is rich and rustic, with flavors of caramel and cream.
And it is heaven.

butter label


*butter that is churned rather than blended
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