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About pianomd

Retired medical doctor; a proud grandmother; have degrees in music, medicine and medical anthropology; love to travel. Live with my husband in New England and Paris. Love music, used to play the piano, and love to think of myself as a writer... but that remains to be seen.

Feb. 1. 2019

Our time is coming to an end here in Paris.   Though we’ve been here for only 7 days it feels much longer as we’ve done so much.  Last night we had a wonderful evening hosted by good friends who … Continue reading

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Paris in the winter. 2019

January. We decided to take a quick trip to Paris despite it being winter and many sane folks are heading south. But here we are and despite the cold temperatures we are having a nice time. After arriving via Iceland … Continue reading

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Settling in… Paris We’ve been following the horrific events at home this past week and trying to deal with what these murders say is happening in our country.  We are deeply saddened and horrified at the racism and anti-Semitism these … Continue reading

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Back to Paris, October 2018

Paris, October 2018 After a whirlwind time in Lincoln, back and forth to the Cape, home and family, we finally boarded our United flights to Newark and then to Paris. I’m not sure we’ll do that again, because Newark is … Continue reading

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Catching up… so much to do in Paris

The days are flying by now and we’ve less than a week left to enjoy our time here.  Much has happened since I last wrote — I’m not sure where to begin.  Probably the best place is what we did … Continue reading

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To the Pompidou!

It is so nice to get  many positive comments and to know friends and family are enjoying these travel blogs of mine.  I almost didn’t include the photos of the playful cakes, because I feel that I’m putting too much … Continue reading

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Back to Paris… another gorgeous day!

The sun shines,  the sky is blue and we’re thoroughly enjoying these days.  After our very leisurely morning coffee and a light breakfast, we decide what to do and where to go if nothing has been planned.  Sunday, we went … Continue reading

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A day outside of Paris

Some months ago we made plans for this Saturday to visit friends of friends who are now also our friends, who live about an hour to the south of Paris.   It was hard to come up with a date because this week … Continue reading

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Round and about — Paris in April

We’re been here just under a week and we finally got on a bus for the first time.  We took the #70 to St. Germain.  Surprisingly in the middle of the day (well — almost — it was 2:00 pm) … Continue reading

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April in Paris 2018

April in Paris is a song written by a man who had never been to Paris and had no idea what the weather in April could be like.  It could be rainy and awful, which it was just after he … Continue reading

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