France

Pictures from our European Tour 2010

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Saturday, 11th September 2010 - 7:38
France
travel
Ireland

We had a fantastic break visiting Reykjavik, Iceland (2 nights); Copenhagen, Denmark (5 nights); Various locations in Brittany (a week), France; and finally a very brief return to Galway, Ireland (2 nights).  The really nice part was meeting up with my two sisters at different occasions in Copenhagen and in France.  We also got to catch up with most of the French family as well as some good old friends in both Copenhagen and Galway!

Twiddling our thumbs in France

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Friday, 11th September 2009 - 6:20
Drupal
themes
France
jQuery
Craig's List

In France for another week - all documents for entering the US have been obtained and we're good to go.  I'm dreading the re-shuffle of things in our bags to ensure that the weight is all within the requirments of Iceland Air. 

For the moment, we're working diligently on minor projects (and in Steph's case major ones as the RDF in Drupal 7.x core does not come lightly).  I've taken the time to update all the websites I have in my keeping with the latest and greatest versions of Drupal and respective modules being used.  I've also re-themed my site to be a little more flexible and to have a cleaner layout.  This was done by combining the images from Theme 008 with the functionality of Blog Grail. I'm also tinkering with jQuery and css to teach myself more about how they can used.

Tilling the soil, the old-fashioned way!

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Tuesday, 11th August 2009 - 13:28
France
travel
Brittany
farming

Today we got to experience watching the all-France champion farmer tilling the soil in one of the fields with his prize thoroughbred Breton plowing horses (They're so fat and stocky!). In other news, it was a beautiful day in Brittany!

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We made it into the local paper!

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Tuesday, 11th August 2009 - 8:25
France
travel
So here are some pictures of the little chapel of Kernoues. We were there in the morning for the Pardon (see newspaper photograph) where I got to carry the flag. Steph is behind carrying a flag. You can only see our backs but it's cool that we made it into the newspaper.

Road trip to Loire-Atlantic/France and back...

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Sunday, 9th August 2009 - 9:23
France
travel
Brittany

The latest trip was a two day road trip to Beaupreau (East of Nantes) to visit some of Steph's friends (Jon, Caro, Mathew (titi) & James (mimi)). We of course visited Steph's aunt Cecile and family (Xavier, Myriam, Neil, Maxim, & Nat) in their summer campground (Tregunc) and I enjoyed my first french BBQ.

Kersava, France - after travelling for two days

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Monday, 3rd August 2009 - 12:06
France
travel

We left Galway on Friday around 5:30pm (okay, attempted to leave Galway but was stuck in traffic for 1 hour). Left Galway at 6:30pm with the car packed to the brim (my motto: leave nothing behind! which Steph had taken literally) and arrived at the Sunyata Retreat Centre in Clare, 2 hours later. Steph attended an evening meditation session of "Cultivating the Heart" led by Ajahn Thitameda and Ajahn Upekha while I got an early night's sleep.