Dateline France

These are the 30-odd reports I sent to family and friends during my sabbatical at INRIA-Rocquencourt (French national research lab near Paris), during the 1989-90 academic year. They are arranged chronologically, but the dates are the dates they were written. We actually returned to the US at the end of July.

• Early September, 1989: Arrival, Le Vesinet, getting settled
• 19 September 1989: Eating, brocante, science museum
• 2 October 1989: Chartres, Giverny, Musee d'Orsay, technology museum
• 9 October 1989: Work, Versailles, Vaux-le-Vicompte, Luke's school
• 29 October 1989: Apartment flood, Maison de Chocolate, Luxembourg Gardens
• 6 November 1989: Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Loire valley,
• 20 November 1989: Observations, Normandy, D-Day
• 4 December 1989: More observations, Grenoble, Salon de Gastronomie, Paris
• 14 December 1989: Dijon, Marly-le-Roi, Palace of Discovery, Grand Palace
• 9 January 1990: Christmas on Malta
• 5 February 1990: Cartier exhibit, Cousteau's Oceanic Park, Paris, Rambouillet
• 12 February 1990: Christmas on Malta II
• 5 March 1990: Zurich
• 6 March 1990: Berlin, fall of the wall
• 20 March 1990: Second Loire valley trip
• 16 April 1990: Poisson d'Avril, strikes, hypermarches, TV
• 20 April 1990: London
• 4 May 1990: Opera, ballet, Carnavalet, Louvre, Cluny museum, St. Denis, Thoirry
• 14 May 1990: Second trip to Normandy, Marmottan
• 28 May 1990: Italy
• 5 June 1990: St. Chapelle, Southwest France, Dordogne
• 12 June 1990: Rodin museum, Invalides, Picasso museum
• 25 June 1990: French mental health, TV, Museum of French Monuments, Trappes, May Day
• 26 June 1990: Brittany, Mont St. Michel
• 7 July 1990: St. Germaine-en-Laye, ballet, La Villette, Catacombs, Montparnasse
• 14 August 1990: Champagne region, Picardie
• 13 September 1990: Aachen, Berlin
• 22 October 1990: Ecouen, Champ de Ble, Louvre, Lido
• 22 December 1990: Avignon, Arles
• 23 December 1990: Jardin des Plantes, Jardin d'Acclimation, Dropping off the Volvo