tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43332259369915078452024-03-05T10:01:05.936+01:00The Girl Who Went To Paris...LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-69844586180429960052018-12-24T07:49:00.000+01:002018-12-24T07:49:53.113+01:00The Creekpaum Family Christmas Letter 2018 - The Year of the Traveling TulsansDear Friends and Family,<br />
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Spoiler Alert: This is the first year that we have not had a major move, pregnancy, or birth announced in our annual Christmas letter since we were married! 2018 was the year to catch our breath, be a family, and make a home...well, maybe we took a couple of "little" trips to feed our travel bug.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Climbing Lisbon in June</td></tr>
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Although we had no major announcements this year, life is anything but slow and boring.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Riding the log ride at the Jardin d'Acclimatation (Paris) in August</td></tr>
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Sicily turned 1 at the start of the year and hasn't looked back.<br />
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She insists that she is 19, which I am beginning to think might be true. She can belt out more songs than Mother Goose, and can tell more potty jokes than a 4th grader.<br />
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Sicily is our nurturer and is constantl<span style="background-color: white;">y playing doctor, handi</span>ng us "some checkups" and providing us with "new bones". She is truly concerned if anyone is sick or hurt and tells us she loves us (or doesn't like us at all) many times a day.<br />
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Sicily follows closely on or often in the heels of her sister, Zella. The duo might be ready to perform a duet of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" for our next Christmas letter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Climbing on the wall at Les Berges in Paris</td></tr>
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Sicily would like to do school, ballet, and piano just like her big sister, and she somehow already weaseled her way into a 5-minute violin lesson each week from Zella's violin teacher.<br />
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Z<span style="background-color: white;">ella is our little sponge. She turned the big four in June with a rainbow pool party in Tulsa, followed by a tr</span>ip to Portugal!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">A giant rainbow cake to start the summer!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Celebrating her birthday in Lisbon, Portugal</td></tr>
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Her biggest achievements this year were learning to read and climbing to the top of the rope tower at the park.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Zella received an "I can read" pin from school</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Zella a</span>lso gained enough confidence in her French abilities to order a pain au chocolat every day this summer. She became an expert scooter rider in Paris and shakes her head at the newbies learning to ride the new electric scooters in downtown Tulsa.<br />
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Kyden and Zella share a special moment every week as Zella started taking piano lessons from Kyden's first piano teacher. Zella continues to perfect her violin skills and ballet twirls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">May 2018 at the Tulsa Ballet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">February at ORU in Tulsa with a special accompanist</td></tr>
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Zel<span style="background-color: white;">la worked ver</span>y hard on this year's Christmas letter and diagrams, and I am wondering how Santa is going to deliver a Jack-in-the-box that pops out with a princess, two fairies, two unicorns and fairy dust that will magically take her into the Paw Patrol realm...maybe he should go with the second option, a flying sleigh ride on Christmas Eve... Good luck with that Santa!<br />
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Kyden has been enjoying his new job, and home town.<br />
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He is also getting a big kick being the Oklahoma-expert to his know-it-all wife. "What in the world is Bedlam?" (To be fair, the Bedlam cupcakes for sale at Target were RED and Orange...) "Honey, it's La Fortune Park not the French pronunciation of La Fortoon!"<br />
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Kyden's new piano was delivered in January and he has been testing it out with a few concerts and parties.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Looks of terror and excitement as Daddy's new piano is being unloaded.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Breaking in the new piano with some Christmas carols in December</td></tr>
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Kyden enjoyed a few work trips abroad to South America and Asia while his wife thought it would be an excellent idea to plan a quick trip to San Diego before spending the summer in Europe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Paris in June</td></tr>
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After spending one day in Paris for the Summer Music Festival (Fete de la Musique), we flew off to Lisbon, Portugal for a week of family adventure or what I like to call the family boot camp. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a week of carrying two children up and down many flights of stairs, hills and mountains. A restaurant two streets over on a map might actually be up 200 stairs or one wrong turn, and we might have to hike up a mountain to get to the next castle. <br />
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Sicily's favorite part of Portugal were the peacocks at the park and the sky ride, Zella could not eat enough Pastel de Natas (Portuguese pastries) <span style="background-color: white;">and she loved the science museum, a</span>nd Mommy and Daddy loved the ceviche, trams and site-seeing of course. Lisbon and Sintra are wonderful family destinations and a few lost calories were a bonus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Toy Tram 28 at a park in Lisbon</td></tr>
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Once the jet lag faded, we returned to Paris, and Zella started "French Camp" (all day French immersion summer school). After the first day, she scooted straight to the boulangerie and ordered herself a baguette and a pastry and her confidence only grew from there. She loved every moment of her camp and spent August going up to random kids and the park and asking them in French if they wanted to play with her (unfortunately for her, there are only about 2 kids left in Paris in August and they aren't French).<br />
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Poor Sicily feared the weekly marionette shows and quickly learned how to say "no puppet show" when she heard the bell ringing in the park to signal the start of another show. Sicily quickly caught on to what I call French kids park language "Pas a toi!" (not yours!) "Attention au caca!" (Watch out for the poopoo!)<br />
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While we were in town for Bastille Day, I was able to get Zella to open one eye and see one firework before falling back to sleep. She now claims that she "celebrated" Bastille Day and "watched" the fireworks show by the Eiffel Tower. We were also in Paris for the exciting Soccer World Cup win! Sicily and Zella cheered with the rest of France shouting "Allez les Bleus" (Let's go blue!) from our balcony.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">I just noticed that Zella is actually holding this soldier's hand! lol!</td></tr>
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As the French fled Pari<span style="background-color: white;">s for the August vacation season, Kyden fle</span>w back into town just in time for our friends' wedding in a picturesque village in the French countryside. It took us about five hours to leave Paris but only an hour and forty-five minutes to drive back into the hot and deserted August streets of Paris. Kyden made sure to overlap with Mimi's arrival so that Mommy and Daddy could squeeze in a few date nights but unfortunately for him made it home before we had a chance to recruit him into taking the girls to Disneyland Paris. At the end of August, the girls and I said goodbye to our dearest Paris friends and headed home...(In case you were wondering, the flights alone were not exactly a piece of cake, but it was worth it and many kind Delta personnel and strangers made it manageable. I am so thankful for those extra hands and kind words!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Zella's first day of Pre-K 4 in September</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Fun at The Gathering Place in September</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In one year, we transformed from a family of three in a nice little row house in DC into a family of four in our dream home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I often feel like the year just began when I sit down to write our Christmas letter, but this year is different. So much has been squeezed into one year that it feels like I haven't written in ten!</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet baby Sicily on our way home from the hospital in January</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The echoes of New Year bells could still be heard as our little Baby New Year, Sicily, clamored into our lives and our hearts as fast as she could, not wanting to miss another minute of this year.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We snuggled in for the month of January while getting used to our new family of four.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">However in February, with no snow in sight in DC, we took Sicily on her first flight to Arizona in search of a proper place to make a snowman. Sicily met her uncles and her Gigi (Great Grandma Lela) and Zella hit the slopes for the first time!</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learning to play chess in our cozy mountain cabin in Pinetop, AZ</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We made the big decision to head to Oklahoma. Although his goodbyes with Hughes Hubbard and Reed were bittersweet, Kyden found a most incredible landing place at Frederick Dorwart Lawyers in Tulsa. It could not have been a more perfect match. We quickly found our perfect home and packed up our lives and headed out West...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We spent the summer traveling through Japan,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We spent a special weekend in December picking out a new piano at the Steinway factory in New York. We were even treated to a beautiful snow storm and a visit from Mimi.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Our year has been full but a wonder"full". We hope you enjoyed this year's Creekpaum Family Christmas letter and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!</b></span><br />
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-4423890164273363142017-05-21T05:12:00.002+02:002017-05-21T05:21:36.825+02:00Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain...<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So I was planning to do a one month post for Sicily...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">a post on her first plane trip to Arizona...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A post about our bucket list trip to Sesame Place...</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Look out Oklahoma! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">After almost a decade in France and a little sigh of welcome back to America in D.C., we are now heading back to our roots, to a place we both adore even after all our travels, to a place where our kids can be kids, where we can see our family often, where we will know our neighbors (hopefully!) and have exciting and wonderful adventures in our own country (road trips!), watch angry clouds swirl in our direction, and see new developments, old friends, and drive...a....car.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So welcome us home if you are in Oklahoma and wish us well if you are not. Come visit for an afternoon, a day, or a week at our new home where the wind comes sweeping' down the plain!</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last night in Paris - Dec. 20, 2015. We took one last carrousel ride and stroll to the Eiffel Tower. It was also our four year anniversary!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We hurried back again to DC just in time to watch the cherry blossoms and our little Zella bloom in their own beautiful ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April's showers lasted just long enough to create beautiful rainbows on our vacation to Hawaii with Grandma and Grandpa Creekpaum in honor of their 70th and 80th birthdays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We spent our days snorkeling with the sea turtles, learning to fly kites, and celebrating sunsets with conk shells, tiki torches, and long shadows that only the ocean sunset can make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We spent May, June, and July, at all of our favorite Parisian hang outs. The big highlight was Zella's second birthday in June! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We even squeezed in a hot summer trip </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to Austria and Germany with Mimi. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hey Zella, can you look at me for a picture?"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br clear="none" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" />October sent Zella and LaShawn pumpkin hunting in Arizona, while Kyden traveled to Paris and the Middle East. Kyden was sure to make a quick stop in DC just in time for Halloween to take his little blue fish swimming door to door. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella and cousin Clara wearing their new Austrian dresses to the pumpkin patch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in DC at the historic Frager's Hardware store. "I want this one, and this one, and this one, and..."</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br clear="none" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;" />Thankfully, November brought Kyden home just in time for us to take one last airplane ride as a family of three to celebrare Thanksgiving in Oklahoma, but not before Grandpa Snider snuck in a trip to spoil his girls while Kyden was away.</span><br />
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Zella's favorite part of December was meeting the big red guy - ELMO!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(She wanted him to read Petit Ours Brun in French...We talked her into having him sign her copy of Twas the Night Before Christmas. She did ask if he spoke French, and he thankfully responded "oui"!)</td></tr>
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Santa brought Kyden and Zella a pair of kittens. (I got Kyden a pair of fish for our first anniversary. Since our 5th anniversary popped up on December 20th, I surprised him with two snowy white kittens named Cluny and Iena - the metro stops that we lived at in Paris when we first met. I wonder what animals I will give hime at 10 years...)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-40201502957132453702016-09-15T22:10:00.000+02:002016-09-15T22:11:32.411+02:00The Big Reveal - Big Sister, Little ... <div>
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LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-37655208811105856602016-08-20T17:53:00.000+02:002016-08-20T17:56:04.206+02:00Two...Zella is two!<br />
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Zella has always insisted on having two of everything- balls, maracas, spoons - so it was no surprise that she was so excited to be turning two!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She told me she really wanted pink cupcakes so Mama made some at 5 am!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was so excited to see her party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Signing "thank you" (one of the only signs we still remember!)</td></tr>
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She has blossomed so much this year from a beautiful, babbling baby into gorgeous, gabby, girl! I could fill pages and pages with what she can do and what she likes and dislikes.<br />
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She is our trivia queen! She can correctly locate many countries and cities on a map as well as tell you some fun facts about them such as "Dubai has a mall" or "The Eiffel Tower is in Paris" or "India has cheesy bread" (google cheese naan to understand that one").<br />
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She can name about every character she has ever come across and loves to quote lines or sing songs by heart from books or youtube clips. (The first time she exclaimed "Long Live the King!" or "Abracadabra!" we were like "huh?" until she explained to us that it was from a book.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying her first kite with Daddy on the Lanikai Beach, O'ahu</td></tr>
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Her favorite character is Mary Poppins (although she had never seen the film, just some music clips) and she requests to listen to the music almost daily and even specifically requests the Broadway version of "Step in Time." The first song she sang all the words to by heart was "Let's Go Fly a Kite".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First carrousel ride on a horse at 12 months! (Antique carrousel used in the movie "Midnight in Paris")</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running through the Galerie VĂ©ro-Dodat at 19 months</td></tr>
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Daddy told Zella, "Let's leave that book here at home while we go to the park." Zella, as she continued to place the book in her stroller, said "Actually, there is a bench at the park, Daddy." <br />
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Most recently as Zella and Daddy were sitting on the floor together. "Daddy, can you get the Humpty Dumpty book?" Zella asked. Daddy replied, "Why don't you get it? You are closer." Zella immediately replied back, "Why don't you get it Daddy? You are taller!"<br />
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She is so sweetly sensitive. I sang her "On Top of Spaghetti" and she started bawling when I got to the part where it turns into mush. I asked her if she didn't like that song, and she replied "I like it, I like it."<br />
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She has an adorable fascination with clocks, especially the clock outside of the It's a Small World ride. Clock was one of her first words!<br />
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She loves to tell jokes! The other night, she interrupted story time to say "My eyes are peeled" and paused and we leaned in to see what she was looking for...then the punchline came "of oranges!"<br />
She was whining on the metro the other day when it was way past nap time says " I need a banana, I need a banana." She suddenly stopped and smiled and said "I need a bana-nap!"<br />
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Mama and Daddy are not always right. Daddy: "Hey, look at that yellow flower, car, etc...!" Zella: "Actually, it's orange."<br />
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While we waited to take the elevator up the Eiffel Tower, Zella found a place to sit on the concrete base of the tower. I exclaimed "Look you are sitting on the Eiffel Tower!" While craning her neck up to see the top and following it down with her eyes to where she is sitting, Zella said matter-of-factly " Sort of...".<br />
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Here are a few fun travel facts from her second year of life.<br />
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Year 2 Totals<br />
Flight time in Year 2: 98 hours 13 minutes<br />
Train time (not including intercity): 23 hours 14 minutes from 10 trains<br />
Boat Cruising Time: 5 hours and 30 minutes<br />
She has her own frequent flyer number; and, if you count a home as living in a place for one month or more, she has lived in six different homes this year.<br />
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We have a running list of her lifetime totals as well.<br />
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Zella's Lifetime Travel Totals:<br />
Countries Visited: 13<br />
Number of Flights: 36 flights<br />
Flight Time: 156 hours and 36 minutes<br />
Number of Trains: 14 trains<br />
Train Time: 33 hours and 20 minutes<br />
Number of Boats: 4 boats<br />
Boat Time: 8 hours and 30 minutes<br />
Total Travel Time: 198 hours and 26 minutes or 8 1/4 days!<br />
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Zella amazes us everyday and we feel so lucky to be able to watch her transform into such an incredible little girl!<br />
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<b>Since two is her favorite number, Zella is thrilled to announce that Baby #2 will be joining us sometime in January!</b><br />
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-24380018709238973862015-12-15T22:43:00.000+01:002015-12-15T22:43:12.042+01:00The Creekpaum Christmas Letter 2015 - Home for the Holidays!<div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Once again this year was one of those crazy, unforgettable
rides as we watched our baby turn one and bounce and gibber gabber her way into
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling a little seasick on the way to Santorini. Daddy's shirt will never be the same.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I like it here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LaShawn's favorite travel photo of the year</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>W</b><b>e jumped on over to Istanbul in June for some new foods to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing at the Topkapi Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Zella and the Blue Mosque</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare family travel photo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to blend in...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella and Ece, Best Friends Forever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chocolate Train!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First chocolate. Such a big moment. Zella may have enjoyed it a little too much!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tasting cheese at the Gruyere cheese factory. Zella is also a huge fan of cheese too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13 months!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last day in Dubai and still too hot to spend more than a few minutes outside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arabic coffee and dates are free in the hotel lobby and were a huge hit with us!</td></tr>
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<b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Zella's favorite place was the aquarium located
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally enjoying the outdoors in Tulsa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud Grandpa holding Zella and Daddy Mike with his new baby Clara</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella's favorite place to play is Grandpa's red car</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Z</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">ella trick-or-treated her way into November and perfected
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella's first pet, a fish named "Uh-Oh"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skyping with Daddy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella at 17 months</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy at last!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zella holding on tight to Daddy with Cousin Randi waiting for the Metro "train"</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We squeezed in one last November trip to Stuttgart to ring
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Esslingen Christmas market, our favorite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esslingen, Germany</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini-train at the Stuttgart Christmas market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nighttime fun in Ludwigsburg, Germany</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Train talk time with Daddy</td></tr>
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<b><b><br /></b></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">n December, we dashed off on one last European adventure to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skansen Christmas market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uto Island, Sweden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat-time Stories</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas tree shopping in Paris</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">After eight magical years in Paris for LaShawn and almost as
long for Kyden and an amazing beginning for our little Parisian, Zella, we are
making the big leap back across the pond! </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">After a stop for the holidays in
Arizona, we are headed to DC in January to (hopefully) unpack our crate a few
short weeks later, and Kyden will dust off his name plaque and desk in the DC
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">ur last day in Paris will ironically be our fourth
anniversary. We plan to spend it in the best way we could imagine by walking
the streets of Paris and reminiscing about our wonderful adventure. (We will be
spending the day before that at Disneyland, but that doesn’t quite sound as
romantic.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">We met here, we dated here,
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b><b>o <i>T</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i>he Girl Who Went
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For the past year and a half, I kept thinking I would do a blog post update but this little love said that this year would go by too fast, and I had better enjoy every minute...</div>
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I also planned a Pinterest-worthy photo shoot for every week of her life...but then life got in the way, and so did play and cuddles, oh and SLEEP...</div>
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But I did manage to get in quite a few documented weeks (and my baby-taking photography skills improved as well). Everyone is happy healthy, and baby girl is turning into more of a toddler-teenager everyday! I still plan to post an update on the life and times of the Creekpaums, but a shower and nap while Daddy and baby are at the park sounds like a better idea right now! </div>
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We decided to find out if we were having a girl or boy while we were visiting the States, so that we could celebrate with our families all together...<br />
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with a surprise-filling cake to reveal the exciting news!<br />
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<i>(We had to order both cakes ahead of time, and couldn't let the delicious blueberry go to waste. It was a nice consolation prize for those wanting a boy!)</i></div>
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But Grandma had no doubts... She even dressed for the occasion!<br />
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<i>Cousins keep the best secrets. Lauren was the gender-secret-keeper and was offered at least one bribe from each soon-to-be grandparent!</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can't wait to meet you, baby girl!</span><br />
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-52887206700423320602013-12-17T23:34:00.000+01:002013-12-17T23:34:09.440+01:00The Creekpaum Christmas Letter 2013 - 24 Months Until Christmas Surprise Countdown!<br />
Dear all our friends and family,<br />
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Since we
didn't send out a Christmas card last year, we have lot to tell! We
thought a fitting 24 months before Christmas 2013 countdown would be a
great way to update you on what has been going on chez the Creekpaums.
If you actually make it to the end, you are in for a fun surprise!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">24 months before Christmas - December 2011</span></span></b><br />
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Wedding memories that won't soon be forgotten...<br />
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<i>American Church in Paris December 20, 2011</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>23 months before Christmas - January 2012</b></span></span><br />
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With the family gone,
we headed out on our first mini-moon! We decided not to take a long
honeymoon and instead break it up into many fun weekends in Europe
together (We feel very lucky to be able to do so!). Our first was a
weekend to the snowy alps where we skied and roomed alongside the men's
world skiing champions in Chamonix. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">22 months before Christmas - February 2012</span></span></b><br />
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Kyden traveled on his
own to the ancient Italian town of Arrezo where he was invited to speak
to a class of OU students about international anti-corruption. LaShawn
was busy unpacking and creating a new home together in the 1st
arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Louvre. <br />
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<i>Moving by taxi can have its downsides... </i></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">21 months before Christmas - March 2012 </span></b></span><br />
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We were busy enjoying our new home and neighborhood and just enjoying the newlywed life.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">20 months before Christmas - April 2012</span></b></span><br />
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Our second mini-moon was
(with our friends Dan and Julie) to Provence to smell the fields of
lavender, celebrate Easter in Avignon, and discover the best B&B
castles around!<br />
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<i>The Pont du Gard </i></div>
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<b>19 months before Christmas - May 2012</b></span></span><br />
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LaShawn turned the big 3-0
and we celebrated with another mini-moon to the Dordogne region of
France for markets, castles, and romantic outdoor evenings!<br />
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<i>We just finished up that bag of nuts in November 2013!</i></div>
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We celebrated 6 months of wedded bliss with a fancy lunch at the Tour d'Argent. <br />
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(And we can't forget the historic moment in Paris when Chipotle's opended their first restaurant!)<br />
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17 Months Before Christmas - July 2012</span></b></span><br />
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We began a
whirlwind tour to the States. It was our first time home since we were
married. LaShawn was sworn into the NY Bar, and we had a great wedding
celebration in Tulsa with Kyden's family and friends.<br />
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<i>Officially a New York attorney. Albany, NY.</i></div>
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<i>Wedding Reception in Tulsa</i></div>
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We finished up our tour of the States with a trip to Arizona to see LaShawn's family and soak up the desert sun. <br />
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<i>Bruges, Belgium</i></div>
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<i>Golden Tree Festival</i></div>
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Another mini-moon to
Kansas City's Plaza's twin - Seville, Spain! It was the perfect place to
spend the few last hot flashes of summer.<br />
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<i>The perfect hotel pool!</i></div>
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This month brought some big changes. LaShawn started a
great new job as in-house counsel with the internet company Dailymotion.<br />
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<i>First day of work!</i></div>
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November brought the first breaths of winter, and we embraced
the changes a little harder than most by taking a mini-moon to Finland and Estonia
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<i>Sorry Kiran, but I love this photo!</i></div>
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<i>Talinn, Estonia</i></div>
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We squeezed in one last mini-moon of the year with a trip
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Christmas cheer wherever we went!<br />
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Before heading home for the holidays we couldn't forget to take time out for a special celebration of our one-year anniversary.<br />
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<i>December 2013 - One-year newlyweds!</i></div>
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We ended the month in the States
of course for Christmas with the family in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arizona. All year long, we look
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<i>With LaShawn's cousin Lauren and her now-fiancé James</i></div>
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Back to France!<br />
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After months of practicing, Kyden performed an amazing piano concert live at the
American Church in Paris on a beautiful 19th century Steinway in the very spot where we got married!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">7 Months Before Christmas - May 2013 </span></b></span><br />
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Kyden traveled to Russia for work, and the
season of visitors officially began. Kyden's good friends Derek and Laurie came
for a Parisian tour, and LaShawn's cousin Jason followed through on his European
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<i>Versailles gardens</i></div>
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<i>Jason at Versailles</i></div>
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We also took a quick trip with Jason up to Normandy for a fun day in apple country, ancient
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<i>Reflections at the Notre-Dame-du-Bec Abbey</i></div>
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<i>The port at Le Honfleur</i></div>
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<i>Paris has three arches that line up </i><i><span class="st">(Grande,
Triomphe Etoile, Triomphe Carrousel) from the business district of La
Defense to the Champs Elysees across the obelisk at Concorde and through
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Next up were Kyden's parents who enjoyed the Paris Air
Show before we headed on a grand road trip through the enticing Dordogne and
Cantal regions of France, a perfect summer getaway. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<i>Kyden and his parents in BrantĂ´me.</i></div>
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<i>The Gabares, flat-bottom boats, sailing past La Roque Gageac.</i></div>
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<i>La Rochefoucauld Castle</i></div>
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<i>Breakfast at La Rochefoucauld.</i></div>
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<i>Cows in Cantal (no wonder the cheese is amazing)</i></div>
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Kyden's friend Julie arrived just in time for the 14th of
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<i>Kyden turns 32! </i></div>
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A work trip to the UK for Kyden led to a mini-moon
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The purple and green landscapes drew us
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LaShawn's Mom and Grandma were the next up on the visitor
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<i>LaShawn and her Grandma and Mom in front of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy</i></div>
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<i>Kyden's morning coffee by the pool in Chianti, Italy</i></div>
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<i>Overlooking Florence, Italy</i></div>
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<i>The Badia di Passignano in Chianti (an ancient abbey)</i></div>
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After Kyden took a quick work trip to Ghana,
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<i>The Fontenay Abbey</i></div>
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<i>The Vezelay Abbey</i></div>
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You may or may not know that Kyden and I met at a piano concert in Paris. It was a lovely classical piano concert given by an adorable guy...the one and only...my future hubby!<br />
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This year he performed at the very spot where we said our I do's at the American Church in Paris.<br />
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In case you weren't in town, we made sure to record it so that we could share!<br />
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Long before our weekend in Venice, we strolled over to a hidden gem of a costume store in Paris called <a href="http://www.sommier.fr/index.htm" target="_blank">Sommier </a>which
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We waited until Venice to buy our special masks at the mask shop <a href="http://www.camacana.com/eng/" target="_blank">Ca' Macana</a> where each creation is truly a work of art.<br />
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But after much contemplation, we found just the right fit!<br />
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We decided on slightly smaller (and more breathable!) daytime models bought from the first mask stand outside of our hotel.<br />
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<i>The coldest walking tour....ever.....(actually snowing at this point!)</i></div>
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Like playing a game of reverse Pacman - where getting to the center is an achievement!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">In case you were wondering, these are all costumes at the Venice Carnival 2013! The most amazing costume contest in Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) took place daily in front of the Gran Teatro (Grand Theater) during Carnival...If you are thinking of<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>going to Carinval in Venice, Italy<span style="font-size: large;"> next year,</span> I recommend it! It was the most amazing weekend ever! (FYI- We got married on a Tuesday...Best Tuesday <span style="font-size: large;">E</span>ver!)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span>LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-58166815155118676162013-02-24T23:34:00.001+01:002013-02-24T23:34:09.339+01:00Weekend Away: Venice Unveiled....<br />
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This "weekend away" may be hard to top...ever...<br />
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It may not be every Venetian Blond's (as my French stylist calls my hair color) dream to visit Venice during Carnival.<br />
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Rio or New Orleans might be more your taste, but I have had my costume-loving mind set on Venice.<br />
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Venice in the winter?<br />
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The perfect time of year to visit...<br />
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Extra layers of "clothing"...<br />
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Masks to protect your face from the wind...<br />
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Cozy boat rides...<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Last weekend we celebrated one of my favorite French holidays - Epiphany. It is the celebration of the presentation of Jesus to the world by the visit of the Three Kings and occurs on the first Sunday in January (to avoid adding another vacation day to the already festive French work calendar). <u></u><u></u></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">It is a great way to end the holiday season (and an great excuse to keep the Christmas decorations up a little longer). </span><span lang="EN-US">Plus Christmas wouldn't be complete without a birthday cake fit for a King. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The French celebrate Epiphany by serving a “galette des rois” or King Cake - a delicious pastry-layered cake filled with traditional frangipane or a more modern filling of your choosing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Enjoyed by both children and adults alike... Classroom and office parties abound (including both Kyden's firm and my office).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The fun is found inside…a small “token” is hidden deep within the cake.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"> It is often made of porcelain and can be anything from cartoon characters to geishas. Whoever finds the token in their piece gets to wear a the paper crown (Burger King style) and choose his or her king or queen from the other cake-eaters (pretty easy when there is only two of us!).<u></u><u></u></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">This year, we visited our favorite market <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/04/saturdays-stroll-at-snails-pace.html" target="_blank">street Montorgueil</a> with one special shop in mind…the Stohrer Pastry Shop. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Stohrer’s biggest claim to fame is that it is considered the oldest pastry shop in Paris. When the Princess Marie of Poland came to France to marry King Louis XV, she brought along her father's pastry chef, Nicolas Stohrer, to Versailles. </span><span lang="EN-US">Five years later, he set up shop on rue Montorgueil, introducing his royal delicacy creations to the Parisians. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We usually go for quantity not quality during the month of January... (We could buy five cakes at the grocery store for the price of one at a pastry shop!) but we decided to splurge...just...this...once</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">But Epiphany had only just begun! We finished off our King Cake and bundled up for another "Royal" adventure...</span><br />
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We decided to choose a "sapin" that could hold more than two ornaments this year. <br />
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Most flower shops in Paris sell a few trees for locals in the neighborhood who don't want to try to stuff a tree into the metro.<br />
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And staying true to its title as fashion capital of the world.....all colors!<br />
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Bundled up for a crisp market morning...<br />
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We were lucky to find a great selection on our market street <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/04/saturdays-stroll-at-snails-pace.html" target="_blank">rue Montorgueil</a> and picked out our perfect tree.<br />
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elevator of Paris!</span><br />
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-46283450537575912312012-11-14T22:54:00.000+01:002012-11-14T22:54:54.076+01:00Updates Of Late<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So you may be wondering... "Where is The Girl Who Went To Paris hiding? Will she ever return? I miss those mosaics and fountains!" Or maybe you are just wondering if you will get to hear more sappiness from the newlyweds :)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is a busy job, but a really good one :) I love it so much, but it has taken me a few weeks to get back into the rut of a work routine. <span> </span>Now that my wheels have properly turned a well-grooved path...I can focus on updating the blog again!</span></div>
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-80197869846655033032012-11-11T20:58:00.000+01:002012-11-11T20:58:04.635+01:00Around the States in 44 Days - Cactus Country<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Days 24-44</b></span> - Our final stop on our trip around the States was to the Wild West or better known as Arizona! <br />
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My family migrated westward in the great Sunshine Rush of 2006.<br />
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We now have an excellent place to visit family and soak up our vitamin D. <br />
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Kyden's first trip to the desert was ironically the hottest and stormiest time of year...a perfect welcome to the the Copper State!<br />
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A trip to the local ghost town proved to be quite "ghostly" in the dead of summer...a few too many degrees above one hundred and the tourists scamper to the coastal beaches until the winter warmth returns.<br />
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Continuing from <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/09/around-states-in-44-days-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">here</a>, we made our way deeper into the States, soaking up summer like sponges...</div>
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Our first trip to Kyden’s hometown of Tulsa together started
off with a song. It was Kyden’s birthday after all! What better way to start
off our stay in Kyden’s childhood home then to take a trip down memory lane and
celebrate his birthday! A childish grin swept over Kyden's face as his mom and dad surprised him with an
over-the-top-delicious-and-fancifully-decorated cake from his favorite hometown bakery! Yum! </div>
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Kyden turned 31 but had not been home since turning 30. Turning 30 is a moment of passage into manhood at the Creekpaum household, and Kyden boldly reminded his dad that he is finally old enough to be allowed behind the wheel of daddy's prized automobile!<br />
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After an early morning spin around the neighborhood, we headed out for one of our favorite activities...Marketing! This time we were "marketing" Cherry Street! Zucchini races were in full swing, and we found many enticing specialties that we would never see at the markets in France!<br />
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Kyden was an excellent tour guide...taking care to show me every nook and cranny of Tulsa, past and present...<br />
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Words like "Louvre" and "Orsay" were affectionately replaced with "Philbrook" and "Gilcrease".<br />
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I definitely felt a warm welcome to Kyden's hometown. Thank you Tulsa!<br />
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Of course, our trip was not yet over....we headed west...waaaaay west. Bright lights, big city, traffic-o-plenty......Los Angeles! Home of the big stars also known as the French-Visa-Granters-For-Those-Who-Thought-It-Would-Be-A-Good-Idea-To-Change-Their-Residency-To-Arizona.....<br />
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Tinsel Town sparkled bright (sunglasses anyone?).... <br />
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And sun-seekers and sea-soakers rippled over the beaches... <br />
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The "Stars" of the city granted our wish (a French visa!), and we headed on our way to the wilder west.....Arizona! Stay tuned!<br />
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<br />LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-24183189741089173112012-09-30T01:46:00.002+02:002012-09-30T02:00:14.564+02:00Saturday Strolls - Heritage-olidays Part 3 - Beyond The Sea And Over The Rainbow<br />
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<i>The Val-de-Grâce Church in Paris as seen from the Arago Dome of the Paris Observatory. </i></div>
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After an evening nap and a good night's sleep and another round of morning coffees, we extended our stroll into Sunday. Check out <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturday-strolls-happy-heritage-olidays.html" target="_blank">Part 1 here</a> and <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturday-strolls-happy-heritage-olidays_27.html" target="_blank">Part 2 here</a>. <br />
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The French National Library. <br />
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The French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale
de France) has transformed over the years and hopped around town...A
relatively-new monstrosity of book-like buildings have been stacked up
on the edge of the city to house the ever-growing collection. It was
former President Francois Mitterrand's Egyptian-pyramid legacy. <br />
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old library on the Rue Richelieu still houses many special collections
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<i>Do I see a medieval doodle on the first letter?</i></div>
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The library has been
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With nets over the books, portal windows on the ceiling, and diving-tank heaters...<br />
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We felt as if we were 20,000
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I may have to do some reading in this room in the future!<br />
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We returned to the surface and started to plan our next trip around the world...<br />
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Following
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We navigated our way from the depths of the sea to
the heights of space, climbing up to our next destination...the Paris
Observatory.<br />
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The Paris Observatory has been on my list
for three years, so I was quite excited to finally make it.<br />
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Luckily, we
got one of the last tickets to go up to the dome, or we would have had
to return next year...The wait was worth it!<br />
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The
Paris Observatory was constructed during the reign of King Louis XIV,
and became one of the most important observatories...ever. <br />
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<i>C. Langlois, engineer of the King in Paris in 1730</i></div>
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Construction
began on the observatory during the summer solstice of 1666 when a
group of Parisian mathematicians staked out the building based on the
Paris Meridian line.<br />
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The Paris Meridian was a contender
for the prime meridian, but alas the Greenwich Meridian won out during
an international vote in 1884. French cartographers - as well as
Captain Nemo - used the Paris meridian for over 200 years. Even after
the election to use the Greenwich Meridian, the French continued to use
their own meridian up until World War I. The Paris Meridian is still of important
historical significance, and the cool coin markers in the sidewalks
around the city are fun to discover.<br />
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<br />The Paris
Observatory is nothing less than the Louvre of the Stars.<br />
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"Spacious"
halls are filled with gilded-framed paintings of the heavens. The ceiling fresco looks
straight through the building to a mythical sky of star gazers and charters and heavenly legends.<br />
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The collection of globes, telescopes, and other
instruments is incomparable.<br />
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King Louis XIV enticed the Italian Giovanni Cassini to move to France and become his personal astronomer/astrologer and run the observatory. Cassini made countless contributions to science during his lifetime and created nothing short of a spacial empire.<br />
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He measured the size of France for the very first time. Thinking his kingdom was much larger, King Louis XIV complained that Cassini had taken more land from him than he had won in all of his wars.<br />
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Cassini also discovered four of Saturn's moons, and measured the solar
system for the first time. He was able to measure the distance to Mars (and then to the
rest of the planets) by sending his assistant to make measurements in
the city of Cayenne....in South America! His son and grandson would follow in his footsteps leaving a blazing trail of their research and findings. <br />
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<i>The book detailing the discovery of Saturn's moons by Cassini</i></div>
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A century later, the dome was built by the astronomer and observatory director, François Arago. <br />
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We were one of the lucky few to have a chance to climb the stairs to the top and look out over Paris and beyond.<br />
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The igloo-ish dome blew us to outer space.<br />
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But hiding inside the dome was a real treasure.<br />
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This telescope was installed by Arago.<br />
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It dates back over 150 years!<br />
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<a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturday-strolls-happy-heritage-olidays.html" target="_blank">Our Saturday morning (Part 1 of our Heritage Days Stroll)</a> may have looked a bit exhausting to an outsider, but we truly stayed within a few blocks of our home...a lot of coffee also helped us get back on our feet for round 2.<br />
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We spent our entire Saturday afternoon at only one location, but it covers an entire block, has a metro station named after it and a front row seat to the Eiffel Tower.<br />
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The Ecole Militaire (Military School) watches over the Eiffel Tower from the other end of the Champ de Mars park. It used to be exactly what it sounds like...the French Military School and was founded by King Louis XV in 1750. <br />
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The most famous cadet to battle the books at the Military School was none other than Napoleon Bonaparte.<br />
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It is now mainly used for higher military studies and equestrian training...<br />
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But the campus is still quite impressive...<br />
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And the view is one-of-a-kind!<br />
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The Military School embraced the Heritage Days in a Revolutionary-War-reenactment sort of way..<br />
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The military bands played....<br />
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The military choir sang...<br />
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Tents, costumes, and NO LINES allowed us to appreciate the School in all of its showy glory.<br />
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Such as the history of these books and mirror....<br />
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The Military School was occupied by the Nazi regime during WWII, and the books from the library were stacked against the windows as protection. These bullet holes are actually from French forces during the liberation of Paris in August of 1944.<br />
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Many of the books are treasures in themselves, coming from King Louis XV's own collection.<br />
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Luckily, they have their very own expert bookbinders on hand!<br />
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But that was not the first time that the French had to fire on their own military school...This bullet hole?<br />
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Also from French forces, dating back to 1871 when the Parisians were trying to win back their city from the Paris Commune.<br />
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If only they had known that 18 years later, they would have the best view of the Eiffel Tower then they might not have given up so easily!<br />
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Saturday and Sunday were the annual Heritage Days. Government buildings and other forbidden places warmly welcome droves of visitors through their doors. It is the one weekend when it is easy to blend in with all of the culture-craving French who are the majority of the attendees. <br />
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After letting Kyden choose last year's destination, I got to plan my choices this year....and I will continue to be the one planning until the wait time of my choices adds up to Kyden's choice of a 7+ hour wait to tour the French President's house (the Elysee Palace)!<br />
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This year, we did not have to travel far to see some of our top must-sees. In fact, most were literally in our back (or front) yard!<br />
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We started early...loading up on French bread and coffee to give us the energy we would need to tackle the town....Our early morning target was a 3-in-1 deal-of-the-day at the Palais Royal (Royal Palace). The Royal Palace is a great park to escape the noise and hustle of the city. Hidden inside its walls is a beautiful courtyard garden with benches-a-plenty and tree-lined lanes.<br />
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The building itself was once the Palace of the Cardinal Richelieu and passed over to the King Louis XIII when Richelieu died. It now houses the Constitutional Council, the State Council, and the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The often-guarded doors welcomed us inside to take a peek.<br />
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We uncovered constitutionally-colored rooms and patriotically-patterned offices with a touch a Napoleonic decor added to the mix.<br />
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The President of the Constitutional Council himself warmly opened his office to the curious, and even offered a fine morning monologue clearly showing his devotion to his country and his duty to uphold its constitution and govern elections.<br />
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<i>A collection of Mariannes - the woman who symbolizes France depicting liberty and reason</i></div>
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He kindly led us out of his upper-floor office window/door and onto the roof-top balcony. We admired this rare bird's-eye view and strolled across the roof of the French Comedic Theater and over to the true beating heart of the weekend - the Ministry of Culture and Communication.<br />
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The Ministry of Culture is in charge of "making man's, and above all France's, greatest works, accessible to as many French people as possible, to ensure as wide as possible an audience for our cultural heritage and to encourage the creation of works of art and of intellect that will enrich it."<br />
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I owe a big round of applause to the Ministry of Culture that has shined a bright spotlight on such a fascinating foreign culture
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From history to language to the arts, I have learned so much!<br />
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Not to mention the amazing 16th century colorful plaques that they had on display!<br />
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Almost without realizing it, we had stepped over the threshold and into the Council of State - the government council and highest administrative court in France.<br />
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The head of the Council also spent his early Saturday morning at his office, ready to warmly meet and greet the crowd. (I had already met him once last year while helping to organize a legal conference at which he was a speaker.)<br />
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The Council of State is richly decorated, a hint at its important role in the French government. The many rooms reflect its various duties from advising on internal affairs, finance, public works and social and administrative law to judging matters between the State and individuals.<br />
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The General Assembly room is a real treasure with a carved frieze depicting the first ministerial departments and oil murals by Henri Martin adorning the walls.<br />
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We said our goodbyes and exited through the iron-gate that keeps us out all of the other 364 days of the year...<br />
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Our next stop was at our next-door neighbor's place...the Bank of France (Banque de France).<br />
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Our apartment faces the bank, and we feel extra secure having guards stand watch over our sidewalks throughout the day....Well, we feel a little less secure now-knowing that deep beneath the building is the French version of Fort Knox with around 2,435 tons of gold in its underground vault!<br />
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Once the house of the Secretary of State for King Louis XIII then the Count of Toulouse, it is an appropriate place to hold the wealth of the country.<br />
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I wonder if they count the gold from the Golden Gallery when taking inventory...<br />
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Although we were not invited to stroll through the aisles of gold bars in the basement, they were kind enough to bring up a shiny bar and an ingot to add sparkling reflections in the eyes of its gazers.<br />
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Not wanting our other neighbor to feel a cold shoulder, we strolled behind our apartment to the Bourse de Commerce (the Commodities Exchange) which now houses the Paris Chamber of Commerce.<br />
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This round building was once the wheat market at the <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/03/m-o-s-i-c-m-o-n-d-y-paris-under-knife.html" target="_blank">Halles central food market</a> of Paris.<br />
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It contains a double-helix staircase...the only other staircase like this in France can be found in the historic Chambord Castle. This staircase allowed grain stockers to go up one staircase and down another without ever running into each other.<br />
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When it later became the commodities exchange, it was transformed by a fairy-godmother-like renovation with the addition of a glass ceiling in the middle of the dome and colorful murals depicting scenes of world-wide commerce to inspire those hard-working commodities merchants scurrying below.<br />
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Something else was known to have been scurrying around ....the rats of Paris made their feast on the commodities stored under the trading floor...<br />
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It took 35 years for the rats to realize that their feast would not return...to this day a rat or two can be found scurrying about reminiscing of yesteryear!<br />
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Good thing the original <a href="http://thegirlwhowenttoparis.blogspot.com/2012/04/whimsy-city-reel-or-real.html" target="_blank">Halles exterminator</a> is still in business and only a block away!<br />
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With more sights to see....we decided to stop for a well-deserved lunch...far away from the Bourse de Commerce!<br />
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This Saturday Stroll deserves a Part II! Stay tuned for tales of bullet-riddled books, spectacular views of Paris from the star-gazers sanctuary, and much more... LaShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064630930922199326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333225936991507845.post-52698737198483341392012-09-13T21:30:00.000+02:002012-09-13T21:30:38.532+02:00 Visions of Versailles - A Late-Summer Night's Dream<br />
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A long long time ago, in a land far far away,
Kyden and I had our very first date.<br />
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<i>Me on July 3, 2010</i></div>
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His cute pink shirt and sneakers could
have wooed me alone, but our first-date experience was over-the-top…How could I
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date again and again…sometimes bringing friends or even parents along. It is one of our absolute favorite summertime events. After spending this summer in the States, we barely made it back in time for the final event of this year!<br />
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Where did we go on that fateful date that was so perfect?<br />
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A place with romantic lighting, soothing fountains, beautiful
gardens, classical music, fireworks, torches, a castle, and special effects
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What could possibly be the most romantic thing to do on your next trip to the most
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Only a short "fanciful" RER (regional) train C ride to the suburb of Versailles...<br />
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Our secret (or not so secret) summer ritual is the Fountains Night Show (Grandes Eux Nocturnes) in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles!<br />
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It is the ideal chemistry beaker for experiments of the heart.<br />
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This just might be your ticket to finding your true love!<br />
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As the sun sets over the reflecting lake on Saturdays in the summer, the Palace of Versailles transforms its gardens into a dreamy wonderland. <br />
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How could I not fall for my husband here over and over again!<br />
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1. The ancient plumbing and historic water shortage only allows for a few hours of fun, so be ready for a steady walk to take it all in! <br />
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5. The Fountains Night Show is now closed for the season. Check the <a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/prepare-my-visit-/single/tickets-and-rates/billets-et-tarifs/les-grandes-eaux-1-en" target="_blank">website here</a> for the season opening date likely to be in June next summer. The fountains are still turned on during the day for a few hours each Saturday and Sunday until October 28th. <br />
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6. Be sure to buy a special train ticket to the Versailles - Chateau Rive Gauche (NOT Versailles Chantier) train stop on the RER C. It is a few euros more than a regular metro ticket. The stop is at the end of the line, but be careful and check the train signs for the destination. The RER C splits and may take you to the wrong end stop if you are not careful (The RER C also goes to Versailles in both directions so be extra careful to go the right direction). Confused? Just ask someone before boarding the train! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all had a great summer. We could not have wished for a better vacation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned for Part 2!</span><br />
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