Hotel Arc de Triomphe Etoile
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Tra la la first few days
So, i managed to finally get on a real computer....trying to make entries on the blog on my ipod didnt work at all.
( i want to appologize in advance for any and all grammatical errors or lack of punctuation..this keyboard i am using is completely different, all the letters are in different places as well as the numbers, accents and …
First 3 weeks discovering Paris... Week 2
... many contacts from Digitas and affiliated agencies that I will be working with in my meeting this afternoon. Of course, everyone speaks French except me so there is a bit of conversation, side remarks and other rantings that happen completely outside of my comprehension (perhaps that's for the best). Thankfully the real business of the meetings are conducted in English.
Later in the afternoon I was introduced to key clients in what can only ...
Ahhh Paris
... so much fun walking through the Louvre and taking pictures. The amount of art is unreal. There was so much to see, even the ceilings were decorated with art. So many of the paintings were so large we couldn't fit them in pictures. We were able to see The Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo (Aphrodite). We could have spent all day in there. After that we headed back to get a look at the Eiffel Tower at night since it is less than a five minute walk from our hotel :) We can't wait for ...
Let them eat Berthillon!
... for an open air market. Along the way, Marie pointed out different architectural and cultural factoids. We walked across a bridge and down to "Paris Plage" which means Paris beach. Marie explained that the current mayor is big on cutting down on car usage and traffic, so it was his idea to shut down a major highway that runs along the right bank of the Seine and turn it into a beach every summer. It was only about 10:30 but there were a lot of people already laying out on the beach ...
Good times and riches and son-of-a-bitches
... about so many times. The secret: Always start with ‘bon jour’ and ask in French if they speak English. It worked for us.
One follow-up from our scary wander through the Paris slums a few nights ago: I discussed this journey with a couple of Parisians. Without exception I was told that none of us was ever in any danger. Parisians feel safe in their city, and never feel threatened by other people of any social standing. There is probably lots of crime in Paris ...
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