Brown Owl House
Travel Blogs from Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
No Place Like Home for the Holidays
... Those gestures were very very nice and very much appreciated. However, what meant the most to me was that they were there. They were open. They were caring. They were smiling and warm. Perhaps it's because we're a bunch of foreigners, so we've been forced to bond quickly, forced to fill the basic human instinct of creating some sort of family unit: but I feel like this small group of friends I've made are my family here. After four months, I'm already as close to many of them as I ...
I love these girls, but...
... to mind, they try to play Mom and I against each other, and they can be very greedy and ungrateful. I'm also caught up in the middle of their parents' divorce, which I did not ask for. However, I know they didn't either. Also, they can also be nice, sweet, and cute. They can make me smile and laugh. They want to share their interests with me and share in mine. And I have to remind myself - a lot - that they are just children. The former frustrations, coupled with the ...
La Langue Française
... serif; line-height: 14px; ">Tu me le donne. – Give it to me.
Soie sage. – Behave.
On-y-va/Allons-y ! – Let’s go. Usually the trigger phrase to get the girls out of the house.
Laisse. – Leave it. I use this with objects as well a phrase to ...
I'm Gonna Touch the Butt!
... are boats coming and going, ferries departing for the UK, French school children taking sailing lessons. Each boat is unique and has its own bit of charm, and the boats docked in the harbor change daily. It's simply fascinating. You could go there every day and never see the same thing.
I'm thankful that one of my friends here showed me the harbor the first time we met. It's a little ...
More Jersey
... The St Helier end of the island appears to have a lot of modern buildings along with the beautiful old ones in the winding narrow streets of the town. Lots of forts on little islands approached by causeways at low tide. We so enjoyed Tom's company and his sense of fun. An anti clockwise drive round the island, presented us with our first tidal swimming pool at St Clement and both Tom and Paul swam. I got into togs, though only made it to mid calf ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking