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Tag Archives: France

USIC Tennis Presidents’ Cup

September 9, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

The International Club (IC) is a tennis organization originally founded by the United States and Great Britain…today it consists of about 30 countries. It’s a way for mostly high level […]

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France, Normandy, Tennis, Travel, USIC

Beuvron-En-Auge and Seeing Caen

September 6, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Cabourg, Normandy, France, Thursday Morning August 6, 2018 Good morning! Yesterday was a busy one…tennis, sight-seeing, meeting up with IC friends and dinner. It was a drizzly Wednesday, but on […]

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France, Normandy, Tennis, Travel

Cabourg, Normandy, France,

September 4, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Cabourg, Normandy, France, September 4, 2018 It was back to tennis today for Erika and me. We had a long practice session (focusing on serves). I then introduced Erika to […]

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France, Normandy, Tennis, Travel

Paris to Rouen to Cabourg (Normandy)

September 4, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Tuesday September 4, Cabourg, Normandy, France Monday we left Paris after renting a car and buying the obligatory baguette in Paris. First stop was Rouen, a little over an hour […]

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France, Normandy, Rouen, Tennis, Travel

Paris! Bon Jour and Au Revoir

September 2, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Champs d”Elysee ✔️ Eiffel Tower at night ✔️ Notre Dame at sunset ✔️ Arc d’Triomphe 7 Walk to Roland Garros ✔️ Bois de Boulogne ✔️ Moules Frites ✔️ Carrot Salad […]

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France, Paris, Travel

Bordeaux Doubles Success

July 20, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Lyn Mortimer and I played the 2nd seeds in the doubles yesterday and won 61 61, but the match was a bit closer than that score would indicate. We had […]

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Barcelona Grade A 2018, Bordeaux, France, ITF Tournaments, Travel

Bordeaux Champion (not Champignon) in Three Sets

July 18, 2018by Carolyn Nichols 1 Comment

Today was all tennis in Bordeaux (as opposed to other days which were 90% tennis). I played Lyn Mortimer from Australia (whom I played in the Essen final). In France, […]

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beijing, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Grade A, France, ITF Tournaments, Tennis

Wednesday Final

July 17, 2018by Carolyn Nichols 1 Comment

The Bordeaux tournament doesn’t fool around..Lyn Mortimer (Australia) and I are already into the singles final, and afterwards will play doubles together. I played Sylvie from France today. She’s a […]

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux Grade A, France, ITF Tournaments, Tennis, Travel

Bordeaux Monday, Fast Start

July 16, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

The 8th Annual Villa Primrose ITF Grade A Seniors Tournament began Monday July 16th.

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux Grade A, France, ITF Tournaments, Tennis, Travel

Saturday Success in Spain

July 15, 2018by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

The Barcelona tournament came to an end yesterday, with finals played in most divisions followed by an awards ceremony. I won my singles over Carmen Chilleda from Madrid and was […]

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Barcelona, Barcelona Grade A 2018, Bordeaux, France, ITF Tournaments, Spain, Tennis, Travel, Uncategorized

Jeu de Paume, St. Chapelle, Wandering Paris

December 6, 2017by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

I had an earlier start today (which means I made it to breakfast before they stopped serving at 10:30..jet lag is real). Fortified by eggs and pain au chocolat, I […]

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Paris, Travel

Paris: Museum & Wandering

December 6, 2017by Carolyn Nichols 3 Comments

Today I had a plan to go to the Musee d’Orsay and to find a Christmas market. I took the slow way to the museum, getting off the Metro about […]

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Paris, Travel

Biking the Loire, Chartres Cathedral, Dinner in Paris

July 27, 2017by Carolyn Nichols 3 Comments

Tuesday was our last day in France and it was another busy one. We started with breakfast at a patisserie, followed by a bike ride about half as long as […]

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Chambourd, Chartres, Paris, Travel

Bicycling Along the Loire to Chambourd

July 27, 2017by Carolyn Nichols 2 Comments

Monday Erin, Hannah and I planned a bike ride to Chambourd Castle (Chateau de Chambourd, Loire-et-Cher, one of the grandest in France. It was around 20 kilometers to the castle, […]

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blois, Chambourd, Travel

Giant Sand Dune, Medieval Church

July 26, 2017by Carolyn Nichols 2 Comments

Sunday morning, Erin Boynton, her daughter Hannah and I packed up our rental car, thankfully left our nightmare of a rented apartment and took off for the Dune of Pilat. […]

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Dune of Pilat, France, Travel

Successful Saturday in Bordeaux

July 25, 2017by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Saturday I played the 60 final in Bordeaux against Hildegarde Bruggaber from Austria. We played in the semis in Austria last month, so I knew her game pretty well. It […]

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Bordeaux 17, Bordeaux 2016, ITF Tournaments, Travel

Playing into the Night Again!

July 20, 2017by Carolyn Nichols 1 Comment

It was a beautiful day in Bordeaux. We took the bus to the club midday and began a day of waiting to play. I was a “2nd match after a […]

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux 17, ITF Tournaments, Travel

Bordeaux Was Sizzling Today!

July 18, 2017by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Today I played my first round match and our apartment adventures continued. My match was not before 5pm, but due to temps in the high 90s my 5pm match was […]

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux 17, ITF Tournaments, Travel

Presidents’ Cup: USIC vs French IC in La Jolla, California

November 13, 2016by Carolyn Nichols 2 Comments

The USIC stands for the United States International Club. There are 38 members from Argentina to Uruguay to Singapore to South Africa (for a complete list go to ictennis.net). The […]

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USIC

Nantes

June 15, 2015by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Sunday Susan Wright, Kathy Vick, Tracy Houk & I took off for Nantes, the capital of Brittany (Bretagne), though I practiced first with Tracy,  indoors as it was raining. We […]

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2015 ITF Seniors World Championships, France, France, ITF Individual World Championships, ITF Tournaments, La Baule/Pornichet, Nantes, Travel

La Baule, Days 1 and 2: Friday/Saturday

June 6, 2015by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Kathy Vick, Susan Wright and I left Paris early, got a taxi and had an adventure finding our TGV car at the Montparnasse station. We arrived very early to the […]

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Uncategorized

Roland Garros

June 5, 2015by Carolyn Nichols 1 Comment

Tuesday I was lucky to be able to attend Roland Garros via a friend of a friend. It was definitely on my bucket list for many years to go to […]

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