New year, new decade

Bonjour et bonne année 2020.

Well that was an unforgettable month!

We spent a few days in London to celebrate Christmas with my aunt. The Christmas lights looked beautiful along Oxford Street and, with the daylight gone by 4:30, there is plenty of time to see them. The lights show the city in a much more flattering way than we see during the day time.

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We also treated ourselves to a trip to the theatre to see “Come from Away”. Whoever thought up the notion of writing a musical about planes landing in Newfoundland after US airspace was shut down on September 11 must have been on drugs, but we loved it and would recommend to anybody if you get a chance to see it.

Another other item ticked off the bucket list was a visit to the William Morris Gallery, his home during his teenage years. As well as photos of Morris and his family, there were many examples of his work and a small reproduction of his shop in Oxford Street.

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After Christmas, we set out on the ferry to Holland (now rebranded as the Netherlands) to make our way to Amsterdam, then on to Germany.

Then we received the phone call. Lee’s mother, Maureen had been very sick and we received news that she was in a very bad way, so we cancelled our plans and turned around to head back to Cherbourg before catching the next available flight to Melbourne. Sadly we did not arrive before she passed away on 31 December.

Maureen was a huge fan of the French Feed. She loved reading the blog and, if there was nothing new to read, she would go back to older posts. Rather than waiting for notifications, most days she and Jim would have a look to see if there were any updates. And she wasn’t backward in reminding us that it had been a while since we had uploaded a new piece. She was a big motivator in helping us to keep up the effort and it was lovely for us to be able to share our experiences with her. RIP Maureen