Renaming my Blog ...

I just changed the blog name from Antoine in California to just "Antoine". I was wondering if I should name it "Antoine in France" or "Antoine next step" or "Antoine at the farm" (this last one is a reference of a famous french comic that all little girls have read called "Martine at the Farm" and has nothing to do with my original point ...)

The point being that after giving it a thought, the location is not such a big deal. This is the continuation of the journey. Thus this will now on be just Antoine.

I am about to go for 3 days in a business trip in Europe. I will get a chance to see some old friends and that is just perfect. Veronique is on the way to the south of France and we wil meet again for the weekend. Time is flying so fast.

I can't stop reading the blog of Nova. This is such an experience that he is going through this year. Respect Man ! All the best to you and I am sure that we will meet in August. Our trip is shapping really well. I was discussing with Michele yesterday and it seems that we could eventually start by going to la Drome. I want to fly in Laragne but Michele also said that she had found another fantastic site that we must absolutely do... All sounds good.

Back to France

After 12 years. 3 countries and many experiences : here I am back in France. This is a new step in my life a the promise of being a good one looks pretty damn good !!! No pictures yet but already a lot of good things. For the folks visiting from the USA in couple of weeks, I need to tell you about the good things you will have to face : Religieuse au Chocolat, Terrasse de cafe et lunettes noires, Rillettes du mans et cornichons Amora .... Be aware that once you tested this, you are adicted :-)

So far , so good. Tomorrow we go and check the Van for the summer trip as well as enjoy a good lunch at Vero's sister. I hope that my stuff that is supposed to arrive by air will be here soon, otherwise I will be missing couple of things for the trip. But nothing critical since I took my wing with me :-) Vero is super excited about flying with us. We are looking for apartments in Paris and hopefully will find something nice.

More news of the Paris step to come ....

Soon time to leave ...

I finally got a chance to take my N95 with me while flying. For some reason, I always forgot to leave it in an accessible pocket. Maybe because this is one of the only place where I don't want to be disturbed by a phone call.

Anyway, here are few clips and comments (French and English .. some time mixed :-) about flying at Mussel Rock. This was a typical day, with sun but also fog layer above the cliff. What was unusual though, were the two whales that were jumping in the water. Sorry that they appears as little white spots only on the clip, but that was an amazing feeling to see them while flying. Believe me they are big !

So long pals... I promise to put my wing in the plane next time I visit.