We’ve returned a day early from the Provence. Thierry had to return to work a day early so it didn’t feel right that we stay another day. Although, we were so welcomed by his family it really wouldn’t have been a big deal. Even his mom started to cry when we said our goodbyes -she’s so beautiful and sentimental.
Our vacation in one word: peaceful. Especially the last 4 days -no machines of any kind rumbling in the back ground. I will give mini reports in the following days. I’m not sure how I will group it. Alex and I took over 140 pictures and I also dabbled with the video camera. I’ve got in my mind some kind of video collage with music in the back ground. Anyone got any suggestions on video editing software I should use? Freeware is preferred :help:
The things that surprised me:
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France and the U.S are quite similar:
- Recycling is hit or miss, I was disappointed that we threw away the plastic drinking bottles on our vacation
- Drivers leisurely use turn signals or will final turn them off, especially the left blinker, 20 minutes later.
- I encountered my first stand up toilet at a French reststop. Yes it was the ladies room, and no I didn’t use it.
- The bread is better in the Provence, but the croissants were less than our expectations. Actually, Alex’s expectations.
- My tolerance for alcohol has increased 5 fold.
- After all the winding roads, I believe I’ve gotten over motion sickness. I was able to read 100 pages of John Irvin’s “Widow for a year” in the car ride home.
For now, it’s back to the sounds of city life. I actually missed it a little.
It sounds wonderful! I want to see the pics and hear more.
I love the European bread! Since New Hampshire is a very French state we have french bakeries where we can get really good french bread.
We now send to Toronto to get Bauernbrot. I get 12 pounds at a time and freeze it.
Enough about bread!:D
I missed ya! I kept coming back to your site, checking to see when you got back.
I’m glad you and Alex had a peaceful time.
From reading dozens of reviews, I checked out Sony Vegas Movie Studio. There is a free 30 day trial download.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/download/step2.asp?DID=613
I loved it. There are 4 tracks on top of each other, and you drag and drop the video clips onto 1 track, music clip onto another, etc. You can see the overlap. And add transitions.
yes, a guard is strongly recommended. he’ll develop stress cracks in his teeth – but they may or may not crack later.
i would love to make him one, but unfortunately, we havent covered that in lab yet. and to get it done at Nova, would take too long. Need 1 appointment for data/xrays, etc.
they sell some mouth cusions online for about 85 bucks. i tried the wax-you-heat-at-home and it sucked.
if he gets tension headaches, wearing a guard will also help his muscle tightness. i love mine