I forgot to mention it on the blog before, but this weekend, I was supposed to head off to Oxford, England for my very last pre-baby nerd fest, also known as the conference about 18th c. choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre. Beate and I were going to hop on the super cheap Ryan Air flight to London and then live it up for 2 days of lectures and lots of English train riding (London is not close to Oxford, ugh). But as you may have heard, a volcano erupted.
Anyway, being stuck in Cologne is not so bad. It's sunny and almost sort of warm. We bought a hiking backpack for me at the flea market and ate a snack at the adorable Argentinian cafe across the street.
And speaking of travel, I think that we will actually plan on taking that little trip to Paris for Jeremy's conference together in July after all. If we book a sort of studio apartment instead of a regular hotel room, I think that would make it much easier. Plus, it's only 4 days, and I can forever afterwards tease the little guy about something wacky that is sure to happen while we are there (poop blow-out on the metro? Insatiable crying in Montmatre?).
OK, time to stop. My weirdly swollen hand is starting to go numb. Blech.
2 comments:
too bad about the trip! I am sweating over here, too, because we have a big trip to Scotland coming up on Saturday! Go away, damned volcanic ash!
we use Ville et Village for general apartment finding in Paris, and also Haven in Paris is good too. good luck!
Sorry you missed your last nerd trip before JP. Glad you are safe in Cologne!
Karen, hope your trip goes well.
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