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An introduction to My Adventure to France

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Pages 6-7 Off to the Adventure

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Page 8 London

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Page 9 Expense Accounts

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Page 10 Maison de Brindas

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Page 11 Photo Documentation

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Pages 12-13 Cousins with their Grandpère

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Page 14-16 Learning French

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Page 17 Erica Tackles French for Butterfly

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Page 18- 21 Routine Quotidienne

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Page 22 - 23 Joyeux Anniversaire

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Page 24- 25 Fence Trouble

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Page 26 Mark Remembers

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Page 27 Chicken Dinner

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Page 28-29 Silly Grown Ups

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Page 30 A House of Straw

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Page 31 Mon-Tel-i-Mar

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Page 32- 34 Avignon

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Page 35 Cousin Lucie Remembers

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page 36 Ton Ton Jean et Tane Marguerite

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page 37 Denouement of Criss Crossing the Ocean

When returned to the United States it was to a different state. While we were in France, my father had moved the family to Maryland. The photos taken of our trip were developed in a lab, then placed in an album where our memories were preserved for future recounting.  Over the coming years, we remained connected to our French family. We witnessed our cousins growing up in photographs and stayed connected to their lives through letters and phone calls. In the ensuing decades, it became a tradition to make alternating transatlantic visits to our loved ones.  Even though in the following decades we all made transatlantic visits there were never enough. In 2003 it had been 21 years, since I last visited France. I returned this time with my teenage daughter, Daniella. I regret not making the effort to visit as a young adult for I would have had a better chance of mastering the language and forming stronger bonds.  Retracing my steps down the narrow, winding streets of Avignon in 2012 wi

page 38-41 Various photos

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page 42 The kind of dad he was

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T he following are extracts from a book I wrote about going to France in 1962. This book is available on Amazon ( Provide links)