Douce France...

I going to France this Friday! YEAHOOOOOOOOO! Our plane departs on Friday night and arrives on Saturday afternoon. Just on time to make it for the Easter Vigile. :)
I'm so happy and excited!
First of all I get time off work. Which is relaxing. On top of that we go together, so that means 12 days with Mr. L. and no weird working hours to separate us..
Then of course I get to see my family. We'll re-celebrate our marriage on the 18th so everyone comes to visit us and celebrate with us! Cousins, uncles and families are coming from every where in France, sometimes as much as from a 6 hours road trip!

I was talking with other non-american co-worker and we all noticed this funny double standard: if we are in the US, going on a road trip for just one or two states across is fine. It's just one or two days on the road.
But if we're in our home country a 2 hours drive is SO FAR..
I guess because we see distances with a differente scale.. Also I think the trains are for something in there. If I visit my family in the Alps, I love taking a train. Some can go as fast as 250mph. Or there is the over night train, much slower but I always get a good night of sleep in those. They have cars for lone-women (meaning only women will sleep there, much less snoring, and probably more "security" but all cars seem very secure to me...) Anyway I miss good trains. It would be so useful here: with a TGV you could be from NYC to Boston in just 2h30 etc.. and there are so many "important" cities on the East coast..

Anyway I was talking about going to France. I need that!
I've been so stressed out lately that my body got lost in Phase II (dear NFP friends empathy with me: it's been a month-long phase II already, a shy temp raise showing up, but still very very mucusy).
I don't have expectations over there. Just visiting my parents. I so thankful I can still call it home :) I'll cook with my dad, I bring him some smoke in a bottle, he's gonna love bbq food! And going for a walk with all women and kids. It's a tacite tradition, after big family meals (basically every Sunday lunch if we have guests) the guys fall asleep for their naps, and all ladies gather strollers and toddlers and we go for a walk, with some hard bread to feed the ducks :) I like those little family special times :)

While in Franc eI'll try to post at least a few pictures, but we still have dial up connection so I can't garantee anything..