Formule 1 Cergy St Christophe

... here along with her hubby, King Lou the 16th.... both eventually beheaded in Place de la Concorde... one of our stops on the Hop on/Hop off bus the other day.

We're also headed to Marie's estate house.  Not sure what else yet.

... had THE GREATEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD!!!!1!1!!11SHIFT!!!11 *ahem* it was really good for some street place. i had 2 flavors. 2 scoops of pannacotta and 2 scoops of amarena. After having some fun with the view there, we went to dinan and stayed the night at a hotel. i had my own room there. August 26 we left the hotel and drove to dinard. we walked along the cliffs of the emerald coast and had a fantastic view. we went to the le val ...

Paris Plage! Thanks to Mayor Delanoe, summers in Paris now have a beach. All along the boarder of the river where normally cars are racing by,there is SAND! And for the summer season, its a place for people walk, lounge, sun bathe and enjoy the great weather. My friends Philippe and Angelle invited me on a walk this evening. Its also the first time I will see their precious baby Lisa..so beautiful and ...

... the waiter kindly told us what it was in English and that we might want to change our mind. We have had good wine, apple cider, and a distilled cidre called Calvados which will knok your socks off. The French people have been wonderful to us.. even when we stumble murderously with their beautiful language. Now that we have done all the tourist things, tomorrow we plan on having a picnic lunch in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower...with wine, cheese, a ...

... of private security and then the official "SWAT" people there also. We think they may have been protesting Sarkozy? not sure.. thought we'd seen enough of the Paris riot scene so off to our apt. (it was actually very peaceful) Not sure if the following was a result of the previous scene but a little while later we heard some disturbance in our little street. I looked out the window to see 3 guys discussing something very animatedly. Two white ...

... had plenty of English conversations too. Jeremy's friends have all kinds of backgrounds: French (of course), Czech, German, Italian...and then there was me: the English-speaking American stumbling over the pathetic amount of French I know from my library language CDs I've been using over the past five weeks. Only one guy gave me a hard time about forcing the table to converse in English every now and again to accommodate me. He said I should try to only speak French, so I ...

... with Sarkozy as its president, just in terms of his own personal background and agenda. From a World War II standpoint, he's following the Chirac era, a president who made its citizens take ownership of the events of the past and a man who caused the French to feel that guilt in every way, including monetarily. Chirac had a Gaullist memory in that sense. Sarkozy, on the other hand, mentioned in his inaugural address that France ...

... just not ready to make the drastic changes necessary to create a truly free and equitable society. This man knew it and decided to shun it, even if it meant that the rest of the world would shun him. It certainly made me think about my role in life. But for now I'll just remain the naïve student certain that something good can come from working within the system to create social change. It may be useless coffee talk, but hey its what I know, and yes the alternative is scary.

... Don went to the palentology part of the museum. he enjoyed looking at the fossils and other things there. after that we went home and ate at annas favorite restaurant in paris, it was called jet set and seemed to be arabic. we then were able to connect to the internet for some time and she was able to chat with her boyfriend which we both enjoyed very much.

... of privacy. The D'Arras have their bedroom on the other side of the flat, so nobody really disturbs anybody else. They set out teacups and bread for us in the morning, which we don't always use, but it's nice nonetheless. Every Monday night we have dinner together, which is excellent and much needed practice for my French. They are a really lovely couple who have been taking in students for over ten years, so they really know what they're ...