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Ada in Paris at Easter

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As you can see this is my mom Kate and I took a pic of her because he was laughing off her head;) I had said patata popoto (instead of potato/potato or tomato/tomato, you get the idea. I was bored just looking at the prettiness of Paris so  I took some random photos. This car looked like my Dad made it so it looked like junk in the olden days My parents took me to the L'As du Falafelwhich they say is the best falafel restaurant on Earth so I took advantage food selfie. Someone called Lenny Kravitz thinks it is great, whoever he is! We were in the Marais and the walking was very fun but it was so quiet as I am used to lots of honking from living in India. This is me standing out side my Dad's work in Paris. RATP runs the trains in Paris and we travelled on them a lot. As you can see, I got swagger!!!!!!!!! I remembered this park from my last visit to Paris and said to my

Time in Reconnaissance - Burgoyne Rock Climbing

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I was in Paris for work and Kate and the girls joined me for the Easter break.  We planned some French language and history tutoring and Kate was happy to hang out and hit the galleries and Ada was happy to go along. Beautifully presented fresh radishes at Beaune markets “Time in reconnaissance is seldom wasted” so said my instructors at Royal Military College and I have said it often enough in the last 28 years that Kate has taken to using the phrase. It was the Easter long weekend or Paques as it is known in France which gave us the opportunity to head out of the City and explore the countryside.   The market square in Beaune, everthing you could imagine including fresh gluten free bread A climbing partner of mine, Brian (Henry), was very partial to long sports climbing trips to France.  I often recalled him recounting stories of climbing life in Beaune, the main wine town in the Burgoyne or Burgundy as it is known to the