Antony Massy

... hill on Rue Lepic. One of my favorite films is a French movie called Amelie. Along Rue Lepic is the restaurant where the main character worked. I did the tourist thing and took a picture there. Further up the hill, on Passage des Abesses is the grocers where Amelie bought her food. It was closed but I still took a picture there. My friend and I then wandered around. I again had Greek for lunch; the pita was incredible. I asked her to take my picture in front of Sacre Coeur. Some ...

... going shopping for lunch and dinner, having lunch at home, and then going out for the afternoon--doing whatever pleases us. I like walking places too, even though it's tiresome sometimes. It's nice to not rely on transportation--except that of our own legs and feet. Of course, that isn't always the case, up to this point, it's been nice. When DH called, it was nice to hear his voice. I was glad he had started his journey to ...

... the National Museum of the Middle Ages), waiting for my boss to arrive to show me my work quarters. The Cluny museum building is incredible. It has a winding staircase inside, a wooden ceiling and an incredible view of the neighborhood from where I work. It was originally the residence of the Cluny abbots and cannot be more perfect for housing Medieval artifacts. According to a museum brochure, "Built at the end of the 15th century for Abbot Jacques d'Amboise ...

... we boarded a hop-on-hop-off bus and headed out to explore the city from the top of a yellow double decker tour bus. We road around Paris for a bit and listened to the lovely commentary the bus provided. Our first stop, much to my surprise was the Louvre. We crossed under the entrance of the Louvre Museum and....boom....we were standing right in front of the LOUVRE!!!! I was in complete wonder at what my eyes were beholding. The once French palace for kings and queens ...

... Paris. C'est plus sécuritaire, mais à Hearst çà ferait tapette. Je vais y penser. Quand je suis arrivé, j'ai été très impressionné par le système de barrures de la porte d'entrée. Non seulement tu as toutes les barrures, mais la porte a été recouverte d'une plaque de métal sur toute la surface de la porte. Pour défoncer ici, il faut de la dynamite. Bon, je vais retourner m'allonger à côté de mon petit moteur qui ronronne. la vie est belle. Gilles\papa\papi

... but this is actually one store where you can. I needed to get some supplies for the slideshow of pictures I am working on and the girls needed to get supplies for projects they were working on. By the time we took the bus to the store and shopped around we didn't end up getting home until after 10pm. I just got ready and went to bed this evening.

... that we drive it most of the time on the continent)...anyway we managed to get it booked in for Thursday so he could do the work, get the TAX done and we will still be able to get back to France on Friday night. On the way home we stopped into a big "Asda" supermarket to stock up on some food so Wayne can make Mike some "Aussie" hamburgers...he has been craving them since he went to Australia 13 years ago!!! They were awesome!!! Day 339 - Wednesday 31st January - Sandgate Gem went ...

In Paris we got to stay with Wells's family friend Densie. She is fun loving, easy going and a very chic mom. Hanging out with her was like hanging out with a close friend. Denise's sister in law, Julie, came to visit the same day that we did. She was from California and was a lot of fun to hang out with. The first night we went out to a super fancy dinner ...

... that I went up to an information desk and asked if I should have my passport stamped somewhere. The person said no, so great! So there I was, in the middle of Paris, and I had no idea whatsoever what to do. I literally spent the next 10 minutes just walking around the station wondering what on earth to do. Whilst walking around staring into space, this girl walked up to and waved a flyer advertising a hostel nearby. She assured me it was just 10 minutes away by ...