Academie Accor Évry

... It's ironic that a woman so hidden from the world through her clothes would stand out so vividly in a crowd. This older woman bulging out of a yellow robe and white headwrap just stood up, raised both arms above her head and started singing something at the top of her lungs. She sounded just like Elmo but I was quickly seeing this wasn't some benign episode of Sesame Street. Next thing I knew she was spinning rapidly while chanting and the ...

... as well. Apparently their media has informed them that Americans don't care enough about other cultures to learn languages or listen to other cultural norms. Of course, by being open like I am, I end up in really deep conversations about 9/11, the war, the economy, oil, and of course, our next presidential election. Wednesday was nice. A friend of mine from school was visiting Paris with her family for a few days and ...

First off Eurostar to Paris. Got to our hostel early evening and realised we had left a bag with our tent poles on the train. Had a recce around the city, had dinner at Place de la Republique and got to sleep quite early as we were knackered. Toured around the next day, saw some real nice architecture ...

... Eiffel Tower and walked down through the park area and took some pictures. There was a national beach volleyball tournament going on, and it was really cool to see for a few minutes. (We made a woman on the metro later that told us her husband was there on the Israel team.) We walked a little bit and then caught a bus to the Louvre. Outside the Louvre, we ate lunch and I bought some really awesome artwork on the street. We then spent a few ...

The second day in Paris was a lot less eventful. I went to Saint Sulpice Cathedral which was very pretty and found the Rose Line! It was very warm out so we sat outside the Cathedral for a while just watching people as they passed. We then walked back down the Sine River passing the street vendors and took the Metro to the ...

... speakers for our ipod....also we had lunch here.... Musee du Louvre= so cool....22km of passages......if you spent 1 minute on every piece of art here it would take 9 months to see everything ....it's that crazy..... Sacre Cour= amazing views from the hill top church in Montmartre....little sketchy area getting back to the metro but well worth the trek up whta seemed and probably was double the amount of steps of the Arc.... At the Louvre we got more ...

I m back in Evry now my french hometown It is so nice to see friends and family but cannot wait to travel again soon I m putting some pics of Evry to give you an idea of where I m from Evry is a ville nouvelle, capital de l essonne.Famous for it modern cathedral I miss you all my friends from canada, please come to visit me some days, I will see you soon again Here are some picas as well of Paula my friend from townville australia, she cames to visit and it was great.

... and had amazing old world charm. The street where narrow and winding, with cafes at every corner. I hope the pictures do it justice. Took the train to Bordeaux (first class!). It was so nice, not to mention very fast. Made it to our hotel which is wonderful. Much better than our place in Paris. We have a little tv, bathroom and a great view. We are smack in the middle of the city centre so are able ...

... because we went in while Sunday mass was on and we got to hear the Organ and singers echo through the vaulted ceilings. We then walked to the Louve and faced thousands of people. It seems everyone else wanted to get in for free as well. We headed straight to the Mona Lisa and did our best to get a good view, as there were tons of people trying to see it as well. They weren´t allowing any pictures to be taken so it was pretty funny watching security dive ...

... De Gaulle in ONE PIECE, together. We had great converstations on the train and exchanged information. He's a business man, and his whole family speaks very good English. He doesn't like George Bush. Live's in Paris, hates it, and prefers his German origins. He thinks French people are the most stuck up people in the world. We got along GREAT. Anyway, so I took the right bus to the wrong terminal, so I had to do a lot of walking to meet mom. I got there on time, but her ...