Domaine Des Aquarelles Domont
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Well, just when I aimed to keep this brief, I’ve rabbited on heaps again. Hope you enjoyed my tale! It was such a great week, although exhausting, it was great hanging out with these kids and my awesome colleagues. But this wouldn’t have happened if Bronnie hadn’t have let me disappear for a week. Thanks heaps Bronnie, and I hope you like the Belgian chokkies, French cheese and Bordeaux wine I brought back!!
Big hugs, ...
Center City
... had a pile of purses, and it wasn't hard to decide what they do for a living. We stayed close together.
The area near our hotel was, unfortunately, the red light district. Most of the seedy places were closed when we passed through. This is not the best of French culture.
It was time to move to our apartment. The hotel arranged a taxi, and off we went. Paris is a vast city, but we soon arrived at the apartment. It is located ...
Sainte Chapelle - not worth the wait
... This building once served as the seat of the Paris Parliament but currently housed the Paris courts, which explained why there were so many military personnel guarding the site.
Around the block, we spotted a few people standing in front of Sainte Chapelle. If we had known that the line would not have moved for over an hour we wouldn't have waited. By the time we reached the ...
Drinking tea at le Stade de France...?!
... of language proficiency. Fi had the food translations down pat while Greg became our resident translator on almost everything else. Stef and Sarah fumbled along in a similar vein to Justin and I, calling on high school french when absolutely necessary. Having a companion who was able to converse with the locals gave us access to those closely guarded local quarters - and completely changed our Parisian experience. An incredible meal on the ...
2 Days in Paris
... to the painting. It looked real. Nikhil quickly sketched it. While he was sketching the Mona Lisa some other tourists were taking pictures of him! Then we went to see the Ancient Greek statues. We liked the statues of the centaur and of Apollo. They looked really cool. Then we went to the Ancient Egyptian stuff. There were lots of things. There was a small brown sphinx that Nikhil liked. Rishi liked the cat sculptures. There ...

