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Paris - Day 1 - Getting There
... My appointment was at 1pm so I took a half day of leave.
The plan was to leave as soon as my appointment was over. It couldn't take more than 2 hours, so I would be home by 3:00 and out the door by 3:30. It's a 5 hour drive to Paris from here, so we would arrive around 9pm or so. This way we could get a good night's rest and be up, bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start a day of sight seeing. There were four things on my list that ...
The market is closed, but the castle awaits
... market actually shuts down by 1:30pm each day.
I was already quite far out from the apartment and Paris-main so I decided to head to a larger park which I had on my list as a possibility if I had some spare time. It was outside the Paris ring and I hadn't been able to find any concrete evaluations online about its worth.
I eventually stepped off the trains and was confronted by the "chateau", which in reality is a perfect depiction of ...
Daily Life in Vincennes
... our regular place, but it is conveniently located on the way home from the metro station and has good hours. For our regular grocery shopping, we usually go to Monoprix in the center of town.
The Chateau de Vincennes is located across the street from our metro stop. It is free to walk around the grounds. There is wonderful large park next to the castle. It is called "Parc Floral" and it is free to visit on most days of the week.
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Shrimp Salad Surprise
... creatures. I showed him how to hold the body and then rip off the head. He tried to copy my motions but ended up having brown goo ooze onto his fingers as he pinched off the head a little too high up.
"Eeew! What's that? Mom, you better do this. And I don't like how they're all looking at me!"
"Ok, ok. I'll do it. Don't worry. They ...
Let us eat cake!
... world of insanity. It was unlikely I was ever going to be a Marie Antoinette fan with my political persuasions and Sofia Coppola's movie, Marie Antoinette, did little to ingratiate her any further (mind you, the film made me despise Sofia Coppola more than her eponymous heroine who she clearly identifies with as a poor little rich girl so extraordinarily privileged that no one can possibly afford to understand her and thinks that everyone should ...
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