Daunou Opera Paris

... but held off. For lunch I got I can't remember the french name I know its popular but basically an open face grilled cheese with ham in the middle. It was super good. I was so happy to have tried all this french food. The only thing I missed out on were quiche and macaroons but I think I did a pretty good job. Flight home went smooth and I was really sad to leave Paris. I need to go back and do a lot more things, and just go on an eating tour there. I loveeeeee the food!!!!

... hours and we went back to the Metro with just one small side track to a Sephora store for Jen. I waited outside as all those smells make me stuffed up. After Sephora we went to our home Metro Stop and went to a different supermarket which was much cleaner and cheaper, bought a roast chicken from a shop that roasts them in an enclosed rotisseries right on the sidewalk and took everything home and ate. That roast chicken was amazing. It tasted so ...

... sculptures, Ancient Greece, Ancient Mesopotamia?? Where do you start? and can could you possibly remember any of it? We spent most of our time in the Renaissance section, I did take an art history class and some names stood out and some paintings as well but could anyone ever understand truly what the artist was trying to say by looking at his 400 year old painting, I'm not sure but they are ...

... take -- did "Nation" mean the train originated or terminated at that stop? It turned out to be the latter. I was surprised that the car had no voice annunciation, which would have seemed to be very helpful since you couldn't always see through the crowds to the station name when you arrived. Doug was surprised to see the cars seemed to have rubber tires, rather than metal! Debarking at the Bir-Hakeim station, we encountered The Wind. It ...

... was very nice on the outside and pretty much everywhere except for our room. Hotel Lutetia is a 5 star hotel but I can say from experience that not all the rooms are 5 star rooms. Our first room (we had 3 in all) was maybe a 2 star room. The bathroom was nice, especially after the tap was fixed by hotel maintenance. Other than that, not so great. Before I sound too much like a spoiled little brat, I have ...

This morning we had some eggs and toast in the apartment and then hopped on the métro to go to the Musée Cognacq-Jay. We were really early though, so we decided to check out Place des Vosges first since that's just a park. Once again, there were a lot of people just hanging out at the park. There were also signs right by the evergreens in the corners of the interior square indicating there was wi-fi in the park. We stayed ...

... a puppy at the pound. My French father Monsieur Delatombe brought me back to the house, where he and his wife had prepared a nice lunch for me and we pulled out the map (as we seem to do all the time) to show them where Colorado is in the United States and later on where Cooper Island is (apparently some French think the Caribbean is near Australia). After settling in to my orange room, I got ready to start my adventure in Paris and to start classes the next day.

... Cemetery (Jim Morrison) but it was ...

We went to Paris with no expectations, mostly because everyone said "Don't have high expectations of Paris - it won't be what you expect." The good part of having no expectations is that you aren't disappointed. We actually had a very nice time. When we arrived from the train we must have looked like a wreck because the hotel manager let the 12 pm check-in rule slide and let us check in at 8 am. We immediately slept for about three hours then ...

5:24am Sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for 6am - its currently 5:24 - should have breakfast soon, and then will go to the courtyard where 'LONDON COFFEE CAFE' is, ready to begin the tour! you know, its crazy, its like 5:30am and some people are in the middle of an exam - there are signs up everywhere asking for ...