Abba Montparnasse Paris

... that their students cannot think for themselves…
Then I look through the notebooks of the kids and talk with my friends whose kids are in the French public school system…

In the notebooks, the teacher’s mark is everywhere: always in red pen, criticizing every specific thing, even down to the underlined header. My non-French (primarily Anglophone) friends who are parents affirm that their kids are basically pushed to the brink if they ...

... III. Le Petit Trianon however is a bit more interesting. This is where Marie-Antoinette spent most of her time. There are twelve houses on this property alone. Not to mention countless gardens and The Temple of Love. Apparently, this is where she often held her, Fetes de Nuits, translated as Festivals of Night. If only I knew what they were, I would explain. Kara and I thought that this part of Versailles was more impressive than ...

... like a watermelon. I have done some damage.....so i sat next door in the cafe and drank beer while I stuck my foot in a bucket of ice! Classy I reckon...then I hobbled over to the restaurant 2 metres away called Les Bourgesses and ate a lovely french dinner of Onion Soup, Beau Magnet au Canard avec Fruits de Bois (Duck with berry sauce?), Creme Brulee and a bottle of Bougognes Pinot Noir 2007 (for medicinal purposes only :))

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And just when you start to flag, another treat is in store. At dawn, each district's city hall, local associations and shopkeepers organise breakfasts for those who lasted through the night.



Last year, more than 600,000 night owls came out to play ...

... expected to have a little independence. The thing is that in Paris, I never felt like the French acted horribly toward us. In fact, I found everyone to be very hospitable. It's just that in order to get what you want, you had to ask for it yourself. When we arrived in Paris, we were just spoiled from Madrid and we had just had the happy reunion and Paris paled in comparison. But we were also dreading the big day that we had planned ahead of us. Basically we ...

... left for us to do the next day were climb the Eiffel tower and check out the Louvre. There were about 800 stairs to the second level, I didn't do as bad as I thought I was going to do, mind you we had a good look at the view (rest) on the first level. The view is really good, and for 4 Euros the cheapest way for the panoramic. Now we were going to look at the louvre, but to be honest after walking back to the Latin Quarter, and ...

American Football or Baseball is nothing compared to the brouhaha in Europe over soccer and rugby. Paris is hosting a quarter of the 48 play-off games this month, and the city has gone nuts. Every bar is decked out in flags, banners, posters or balloons, the Hotel de Ville has been hosting wide-screen public viewing of games..but word is the venue is changing to the Champ des Mars near the Eiffel Tower to handle even larger crowds expected ...

... since there was no let up of the rain by 4:30 we left, planing to return since it was only about 20 minutes from our hotel by metro. We hung out at the old site of the reunion til we met up with Judy who had been at a museum all day. Since the rain had stopped and there was still plenty of daylight we returned to Roland Garros, but as we were walking in everybody else was leaving and all activity for the day was over. It could ...

... desserts-I had a tarte tatin, which was rather like caramel apple cider with whipped cream, except in a solid. Mmmm fall. After we said goodbye, I returned to the apartment to meet up with Ali, and we went on a long walk through Montmartre. We went up to, and into, le Sacre Coeur, and then wandered the streets. I snapped numerous photos. There's nothing wrong with being a tourist, I think. I want people to have these kinds of memories and experiences-why begrudge ...

... Dame. These latter two, of course, are free if you don't take the optional walks to the top. So there's 29.50 Euros already. Yes, the pass will allow you to bypass long ticket lineups, but you can get around that problem. Go to the Musee D'Orsay early (it opens at 9:30 a.m.) and see it first. When you go to the Louvre, go via Metro. When you come out of the Metro, you'll see a sign for a little Tabac shop off in a corner which will ...