We are about to see London and France, and I am sure we will undoubtedly see someone's underpants somewhere along the way, fashion trends being what they are. It's a children's rhyme, and a silly one at that, but a children's rhyme so pervasive that I woke this morning thinking of Sam Elliott's role as The Stranger in The Big Lebowski, where he drawled out the unforgettable rhyme like this, "'Course I can't say I've seen London, and I ain't never been to France. And I ain't seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says."
Nevertheless, in one week, we're done with school. In two weeks, we're in an airplane, headed to Paris. We'll spend a week there with Cas' mom, his brother and all the folks that come with them. There will be seven of us in all. You may as well get their names straight, here, as they will undoubtedly come up in this blog. Cas' mom is Jeanne, she's married to Dave (we sometimes call him Cas' StepDave, a nickname that he finds amusing). Cas' brother is Chad. Chad's wife is Becky, and their daughter is the 11-year-old Zoey. That's all seven, and that's the crew for a week in Paris. Most of them are working away, learning some basic French on their Duo Lingo phone app. Naturally, Cas is doing great. I deleted the app because the constant pestering from the owl mascot aggravated me. So pretty much what you'd expect. After the rest of the crew hops a plane back to Texas, Cas and I opted to stick around and take an under-the-English-Channel train to London. From there, we'll continue on to Edinburgh for two nights, Glasgow for one, then back to London for a week, using it as a hub for day tours or for sticking to local attractions.So we will, indeed, see London, and we will see the biggest tourist attractions in France. As for the rest, I don't suspect much of this blog will be dedicated to undergarments of any kind. But the countdown is most definitely on. In the meantime, enjoy this lovely AI-generated cartoon of me, Cas and a knock-off of a famous skunk. Fun fact, the AI platforms wouldn't let me name a copyrighted or trademarked character, but they would make a picture with a "romantic male cartoon skunk in the style of a Warner Brothers cartoon who is chasing after a female cat with a white stripe down its back." Go figure. At least it's not the queen in her undies. I don't think AI would kick out that image. So here is a skunk who definitely isn't Pepe Le Pew:
For now, we wrap up the school year, pack our bags and get ready. See you when we're en route, folks!
