W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, July 16, 2025
I can’t believe it’s Wednesday, again. A week ago I was stumbling around on a couple of hours of jet lagged sleep through London. Since then we’ve been around London, traveled by train and car to Swansea and back, taken the second to last train to Paris, and tromped around the French countryside and several iconic places around Paris.
We are having fun and getting a lot of walking in. The weather has been beautiful.
I am usually the early riser in the family, but this morning I awoke to an empty apartment. My wife had gotten the jump on me and gotten out while I slept late, much later than I usually do.
When the body speaks, I should listen.
Last night after a full day of touring, we rode the Metro back to where we are staying. We stopped to sit on one of the benches along the Pont Neuf. It was peaceful even with the traffic below on the river, the busy road connecting the Rive Droite with Rive Gauch, and the pedestrians going home, going out, or simply enjoying a moment outside as the day came to a finish.
It had been a full day.
We’ve done so much since my last post Sunday night. Monday we traveled to the countryside and explored then Tuesday we explored the city. I have so much to share, but I need time to process everything – moments and images.
Today is going to be another full day, I know it and I can feel it. Today could be a million and six times better than yesterday, but I have to jump up, jump in, and seize the day. Making the days COUNT, one day at a time, especially when I am on vacation.
How do you ‘vacation?’ Full throttle, slow and easy, or as it goes?
I’m loving your picture postcards and accompanying observations. No wonder you needed a lie-in this morning!
Margaret, thank you. So much to share, so little time. I may have to finish my posting after I get back. We are seeing to much – yesterday three art museums and of Monet! We are having a grand time, thanks for following along.
Oh yes. Dom’t spend too much time blogging. Maybe jot down some memories in a notebook?
What a grand trip! Thanks for sharing your journal. 🙂
You are welcome. I was talking to my daughter moments ago and she said she’d the post, made me smile. The blog is almost as good as postcards! Thank you for stopping by and keep making your days count.
What a wonderful trip!!! Our travel style depends on where we are. If its some place like Paris we’d be like you. Going full speed trying to see as much as we can. But also remembering to sit on a bench or two to just people watch. Plus we’re getting older so we might people watch a bit more than we used to.
If we’re vacationing at the lake we’re much slower, intent on soaking up quiet time.
Agree and thank you. I slept late this morning and took the morning ‘off’ to write a post while my wife was shopping (not my thing) before heading over to meet her. On the way back to the apartment for lunch we found an amazing bookstore and got the grandies some books. Can’t wait to see them and read them to the boys!