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... Paris (after the Sainte Chapelle?), the Musee d'Orsay. It was imperative too that we visit some of the environs in order to appreciate the context. We took the metro (these students---at ease in the urban environment---have taken to this splendid transit system with great ease) up to Les Halles where we discussed the history of the market as the center of trade and commerce in an expanding Medieval city. We walked over to the Centre Pompidou where we ...

... while the announcer was telling us all about Velib. Funnily enough, when watching Radio-Canada news on TV5 last night, I saw that one of the Montreal-based reporters had done a whole report on Velib and had shown this parade down the Champs yesterday afternoon. The announcer then told us that the parade of sponsors was on its way. On TV, they only ever show minor glimpses of that parade, which takes place at every stage in the arrival city or town. The TDF is ALL about ...

... my presentation on that monument in my study abroad orientations. The Pompidou center looked even better in person and was really cool to see the ''inside out'' structure. The next day we did a free Paris tour because it really was the best way for Susie to see as much of the city as possible in such a short amount of time.....but the tour kind of sucked. They pointed things out that were quite far away so after the tour I took Susie and some strays that ...

... killing machine and many, many individuals lost there head at the very square we were starring at. Now this once killing ground is marked with an Egyptian tribute and from first glance one would never guess it was once the exact location where Louie the 14th and Marie Antoinette both lost their heads. That was just a short pit stop on our march to the magnificent Eiffel Tower, the next short little pit stop that was visible on our tour was the Arc de Triumph which ...

... Moulin Rouge. It was definitely interesting. I was surprised how clean the area was considering the things that were in the shop windows. After walking through there the guys bought some French wine and enjoyed in on the streets. An interesting concept. They convinced me to try some and it wasn't too terrible. We continued up to the Sacre Coeur because the view was supposed to be amazing at night. Sacre Coeur looked awesome but it was foggy so you couldn't see the city very ...

... de Triumph, venturing down 12 avenues that radiate from it, and rewarded ourselves with a golf ball sized chocolate truffle. Shops and cafe's of every type were along the Avenue Champs-Elysees and we stopped to take a photo of a hot sports car for Jackson. We were ready to try the famous Paris cuisine and stopped ...

... or Bach. And there were still parts of the old Jewish district where Jews had lived for centuries sadly interrupted by WW2 (Jews were gathered here before being sent off to the camps) but managed to continue thereafter until the present day. We also came across the cloisters that contains a monastery in another part of the Marais. Apart from shopping and exploring the left bank, I got to visit with some friends of Trish's as well on Friday and Sunday and ...

Arrived in Paris early in the morning. Had a hard time looking for e train station. Managed to get to absolute Paris hostel. Not too bad a place since there is free wifi. Decided to walk around the city for the first day since I have not quite decided on my itinerary. To my horror or horrors, the city is huge. The maps just make it look small. I walked and walked for abt an hour before getting to louvre (and it was not before I got lost). As luck would have it, it is closed on Tuesday ...

... We saw some really outstanding play from our team members. It was really fun to play basketball again and to play with a fun team. Lastly, I got suckered into competing in mountain biking after the last basketball game on Sunday because the team needed a girl in order not to be disqualified. I was pretty wiped out at this point, but it was fun to be back on a bike. Pierce particpated in sailing. The team took 1st place. They sailed in really small boats that ...

... lucky sub-segment to have no ladies). I cooked enough to feed 15 guys and had some leftov**s. I made a big mistake though. When Gregorio cooked his Fajitas he used a red spicy pepp** as a substitute for a Jalapeno and I thought he used two (but actually, he used only one); so I figured I could use three for my Spaghetti ...