Misery, movies, vacation plans and Paris

I think someone has informed Scotland that we are no longer keeping a rainy day counter. We continue to be inundated with miserable weather. It's not just the fact that it is raining, but it is cold and windy and constantly wet. Combine this with darkness at 4pm and it starts to wear a little thin. We haven't changed our minds about what a great place this is overall, but it is a few more weeks of rain away from sliding a little on the list. I'll give it a little extra time because I don't think we've really helped the situation any. With the move and the myriad of other things we've had going on for the last little while we haven't gotten out and about as much we used to. I think if we get exploring again and enjoy the wonderful scenery and history again, it will help balance out the weather and keep Scotland in the good books.

We had a bit of a pick me up on Sunday afternoon. We went to Cineworld to go see Up. North Americans may chuckle a bit at that, but it has only recently come out here. Fabulous. One of the best animated movies I've ever seen - somewhere in the mix with "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", "Wall-e", "the Incredibles" and "the Emperor's New Groove". Probably the most heartfelt of the bunch, there were not many dry eyes in the theatre during the first 10 minutes. Highly recommended.

Our Cote d'Azur vacation for April of next year is coming together nicely as well. We've booked flights, a car and most of the hotels. The only place we couldn't get in was Cannes - there was some kind of convention in town and the hotels were full and doubly expensive. With each progressively darker day we look more and more forward to the beach at St. Tropez. Whatever gets you through!

We're also off to Paris this weekend. Actually, Fiona is leaving tomorrow and I'm joining her on Thursday night. Friends of ours from Singapore were going to be there for a conference and since it is only an hour and a half away we thought it would be nice to see them again. Fiona will get to see Tara and the kids during the week - Eurodisney is on the agenda - and then we'll all get together in the city on the weekend. Zut alors! C'est tres bon!