As we research our various stops, we have started figuring out what we will most likely do in each port. When we get to France, we plan to take a bus from Le Havre to a nearby fishing town, Honfleur, that looks like a much more interesting place to spend the day. This recently led to the realization that I may actually have to use some of the French that I learned way back in high school. Sacré bleu!
As I mentally tried to at least run through the numbers from 1 to 100, useful for discussing everything from prices to bus routes to bus schedules, I realized that there are a few critical brain cells that are either missing or seriously malfunctioning. I need to do some intense refreshing of my basic vocabulary, so I am looking forward to running through some French with Keenan this weekend. I just have to make sure he does not try to sneak in some Swedish instead!

-TL

Not related to the trip, but a great 1-0 Sounders victory this afternoon over the Colorado Rockies!  The guy who broke Zakuani’s leg two seasons ago got booed every time he touched the ball.  Seattle will remember that for a very long time.

With the trip just a week and a half off, it is starting to feel close.  Today we talked about our biggest goals for our stops in Great Britain.  We agreed on some good fish and chips, a traditional pub, and searching a bookstore for some new British authors.

For France, the goal is a really good croissant.

Tami also says for ANYWHERE, if we can find a soccer game it would be perfect, but if not, at least a good soccer jersey would be great.  A Reykjavik team jersey would be pretty awesome!

MF