We had a cozy month in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Below is a list of the things that we recommend most from our stay from the town and nearby.
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Books Set in France (that I read in France)
Paris: The Novel, by Edward Rutherford
I’ve read many Rutherfurd novels, and this one was probably my favorite thus far. As usual, he weaves together the lives of several families through many generations. Unlike many of his novels, though, this one jumps back and forth through time. While it would sometimes take me a moment to orient myself, I loved how his departure from strict chronological order let me see an event and then later discover the family histories that sparked it. Plot-wise, my favorite story was at the end, set during World War II.
While reading this book in the Les jardins du Palais Royal, I realized that I was serendipitously reading about the building of the Palais Royal.
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Birds, Butterflies, and (Big, Big!) Sharks
Dolac Market
Zagreb has an amazing daily market with produce, cheese, meat, pasta, baked goods, pickled foods, and even specialty items like tofu and seitan.
Unexpected Food Distributing Machines Thus Far
Pasta: Florence, Italy
Milk: Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb Puppet Theater
We’re never quite sure how experiences that require lots of sitting will go with our two year old. This one went well. Even though the hour-long performance of Bambi was entirely in Croatian, Theo was still asking for more at the end.
Snow
Since we’re headed to somewhat warmer climates for the rest of the winter (Turkey and then Cyprus), we were excited to get a dose of snow before we left Croatia, even if it has made exploring Zagreb a bit more shivery.
Meta Graffiti
Happy New Year!
Last night, to avoid having to stay up until midnight, we celebrated Mecca’s New Year at 10 pm. However, I woke up again at the Croatian midnight to the sound of fireworks and cheers.
We’ve been traveling for almost five months now, and it somehow feels both like we just left California and like we’ve always been traveling. Zagreb has been a lovely place to finish up 2014, and we’re looking forward to a year filled with travel, adventure, and many homes.
Zagreb: What We Enjoyed the Most
We really enjoyed Zagreb, and in my mind it contends with Lyon as the most livable place we’ve stayed thus far: lots of activities within easy walking distances and really good food (and coffee).