Campanile Villeneuve Saint Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

... bien sur en francais! Je voulais qu'ils partagent les moments les plus riches and pourquoi. So many of them had especially enjoyed the company of their correspondent's family or excursions to other museums (!). They're definitely growing up into sophisticated, worldly and altogether wonderful young adults. In the morning we took up a ride on the #4 metro line direct to L'Ile de la Cite. For half an hour we ...

... north we were travelling the cooler it was getting and now that summer was officially over and we moved into autumn we had to dig the layers out from the bottom of our bags. Paris and even France have far surpassed my expectations and I found it hard not to fall in love with quality of life. We'll miss the romantic parks and waterways where couples are always seen kissing or in an embrace, we'll miss the beautiful French language that we sadly learnt so little of, we'll miss ...

... around from bar to bar eating. So good and something that should definitely come to the US!! One of the ways you pick a good pintxos place is to look at how messy the floor is, since people toss the napkins and toothpicks on the floor. The messier the floor, the more popular the place, and therefore you know its good. Strange, but its true. I love the pintxos!! Ok, moving on.... Birthday - 7/28/08 Unfortunately for us (Andrew ...

Things I like about Paris: · The perfect weather · The beautiful architecture · Narrow, cobbled streets · The ridiculously efficient Métro · Cheap, delicious, creamy, 1 euro brie ...

... What was even more interesting was that as we were leaving, there is a guard at the exit checking bags.. Apparently some people do try to take home a souvenir or two! As we were walking back to the metro station, I spotted a crepe stand, so we decided to fill up on this delectable dessert. The last and only one we had while in Paris was near the Notre Dam and they just reheated pre-made crepes, so I was kinda disappointed with that. However, this one ...

... but navigating in a large city is extremely difficult especially if you have never been there before. I have hit one of those moments in my life where I appreciate you guys for yet another thing...and just wanted to let you know that you guys rock :) After turning the map around a few times (thinking that this would help!) we finally figured out a direction in which to head...and we followed it. A couple blocks from the train station, we found a hotel that we thought might be ...

... is impressive but the inside is just magnificant. There's a massive painting on the roof of jesus and the architecture is just awesome. For my money it was heaps better than notre dame, if not quite as big. 25th July Mag and I went to some place called Le Marais today. It's paris's Jewish and gay squares which are right next door to each other. It was a really, really, really, ridiculously classy place. Everyone was really really good ...

... Bürhle. After the war, Irene found it on a list of works stolen by the Germans and was able to recover it, but as she had always disliked the painting, she put it up for sale. It was sold in a Paris gallery, to none other than Georg Bürhle, and hangs today in the Swiss Foundation Bürhle. As the only surviving blood relative, Irene inherited her daughter and son-in-law's wealth after WWII, and as in true dilletante fashion, blew it away.

... have made accommodations to travel to Rome tomorrow night and will be in Rome for July 24-27. I will come back through Paris after Amsterdam on route to Ireland. I want to experience this city but not where I am right now. I do suggest if you come to Paris, save a bit more money and stay in the heart of the city, it is worth it and makes a big difference! Love you, on to Notre Dame and St. Chappelle.

2 January - "The best laid plans... hey, they worked!" Today's plan was to head down to the "buffet breakfast." After 7 minutes outside the elevator, we gave up and headed down 5 flights of stairs to the breakfast room to find all sorts of croissants, cheeses, and jellies. €9.50 seemed a bit excessive for something so meager, so we decided to set off and find something closer to the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately, we didn't have our coats, bags, etc., so it ...