Tomorrow marks the Pear’s 3rd blog birthday!  It’s incredible to think about the full circle we’ve made in those 3 years…Texas>France>Maine>Texas>???.  It’s even more amazing to think about all the friends and experiences we’ve made along that journey…and the ones that are awaiting to be made.

Here’s a look back at the priceless moments of 2013…

had a love affair with snow

braved a blizzard named Nemo

unexpected friendships in unexpected places…10,000 ft over New England

fell for a Belgian named Don

discovered a new passion… and launched a new business: elissagabriellaphotography.com

chased the French countryside in search of…

chateaux

local cuisine

dead royals

cognac avec Schweppes

a new place for the French Market Maven to call home

created Chasing French History

chased Marie Antoinette with friend Madeleine 

played farm

made cheese

was awed by the beauty of spring time in Maine

road-tripped through Texas

The Traveling Pear enjoying our weekend ritual. Breakfast at Home Kitchen Cafe in Rockland.

made it to the pages of the Down East Magazine

had a Maine island adventured with true Mainers

was reunited with our Kitty

found our way back home to Texas

became an Orca advocate

And made it another year as a blog!

Thanks for traveling along with us.  We expect 2014 to be epic.  A trip back to Maine, California and Washington state (to chase down our adopted orca name Ocean Sun– yes, you read that correctly..we adopted an orca.) and then a month trek through Spain, France and Italy with the Dollbuckets.   Yeah, you don’t want to miss all that!  Keep the faith…and keep in touch.

xoxo,

TTP

Happy New Year!