Paris! Bon Jour and Au Revoir
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 […]
Tag Archives: France
Bordeaux Doubles Success
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 […]
Bordeaux Champion (not Champignon) in Three Sets
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, […]
Wednesday Final
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 […]
Bordeaux Monday, Fast Start
The 8th Annual Villa Primrose ITF Grade A Seniors Tournament began Monday July 16th.
Saturday Success in Spain
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 […]
Jeu de Paume, St. Chapelle, Wandering Paris
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 […]
Paris: Museum & Wandering
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 […]
Biking the Loire, Chartres Cathedral, Dinner in Paris
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 […]
Bicycling Along the Loire to Chambourd
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, […]
Giant Sand Dune, Medieval Church
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. […]
Successful Saturday in Bordeaux
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 […]
Playing into the Night Again!
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 […]
Bordeaux Was Sizzling Today!
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 […]
Presidents’ Cup: USIC vs French IC in La Jolla, California
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 […]
Nantes
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 […]
La Baule, Days 1 and 2: Friday/Saturday
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 […]
Roland Garros
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 […]