Category: France
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Sunday at the Abbey
An abbey, a concert, a tasting of Pablo's beers, and a vegetable tart for dinner — last day in France before packing for Barcelona.
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Friday in Senlis, Saturday in Coye-la-Forêt
Friday at the Senlis market (and a fancy tea shop where the math went sideways), Saturday in the garden with Manou, palettes for Thierry, and Thierry's grilled duck for dinner.
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Another Day In Paris
A slow day in Paris from Manou's — the canal Saint-Martin and its locks, the Lafayette exhibit Thierry illuminated, a croque monsieur lunch, and Italian dinner back in Coye.
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A Day in Amiens
A planned drive to the English Channel that didn't make it out of Amiens — climbing the cathedral towers, the hortillonnages tour, and dinner at L'Improviste before the drive back.
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Out to Coye-la-Forêt
Picking up the rental at the Gare de Lyon (after a Lime-bike detour to Bercy), out to Manou and Thierry's in Coye-la-Forêt — flute and piano, a walk in the woods, and a steak dinner…
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Marathon Sunday
Three Martha-spotting attempts along the Paris Marathon route, breakfast with Amatsia, and dinner in the Latin Quarter.
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Arrival, and a Saturday in Paris
Friday's siesta-and-Sam's-restaurant arrival, then a long Saturday with old friends — Martine in the 16th, cheese and pâté at Celia's AirBnB, a grill in Bastille square, and a canal walk back.