The Paris bus and train strike that started last week almost derailed (pun intended) our plans to visit Paris over the weekend. We ended up cancelling our train tickets and instead drove the 525km trip from Geneva to Paris. The drive itself was fairly easy with the TomTom GPS system and the outstanding toll roads [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Neither Snow nor Paris Train Strike
Posted in Trips, Vacation, tagged Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, Orsay, Paris, Romance, Train Strike, Travel on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Diwali Get Together
Posted in Events, Friends, tagged Diwali, Family, Friends, Holiday, party on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We had a little Diwali dinner on Friday night complete with fireworks for the kids.
50 Places to Visit Before You Die
Posted in Trips, tagged Life, Travel, Trips, Vacation on November 7, 2007 | 5 Comments »
As I was searching the internet for articles on our upcoming trip(s) (more to come on that), I came across this fun article originally published by the BBC. It lists their top 50 places to visit before you die. Interestingly enough, not a single item is in the UK! I am up to 13 with [...]
Dinosaur Dash Tustin 5K 2007
Posted in Cross Country, tagged 5K, Cross Country, Dinosaur Dash, Tustin on November 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Today was the 5K Dino Dash in Tustin. Nikhil and I both ran. No good pictures since we were both running and I couldn’t stop for pics. We both ran hard and Nikhil finished at 26:39 minutes and I finished at 27:19 minutes. This is his second 5K and looks like it is about a [...]
Halloween Booty
Posted in Kids, tagged Candy, Halloween, Link, Nintendo, Zelda on November 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This past Wednesday night was Halloween, a time for trick or treating and getting as much candy from the neighbors as possible. The kids did not disappoint! First, the costumes. Nikhil and Vikram dressed up as characters from their favorite Nintendo game, the Legend of Zelda. See if you can find the resemblance. This is [...]