Hotel Acadie Tremblay-En-France

... greeted with about 500 other people who had the same idea. It was very cool to see though because Montmatre sets up on a hill, so you not only look out, but down on most of the city. (see pics) It was great and so was our dinner. The fondue gave us one meat fondue and one cheese fondue along with appetizers. And, the best part was the wine. Not because it was particularly good, but because they serve it to you in baby bottles. Yes, baby bottles – ...

... was the centre of power in Ancien Régime France. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy that Louis XIV espoused. futher reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_ Versailles#History We walked through the gardens.... which are huge! we spent all day there! We went out for dinner this night, in Versailles. And i tried Escargot... snails. They were done in garlic butter and were really yummy.

... the new GI Joe movie (Although they were giving out a fake name). No stars, just stunts, but it was still pretty interesting, and the stunt guy was pretty cute! Another museum I had wanted to see, but missed my last go round was the Orangerie. This is also a pretty "Impressionist" heavy museum, but the main draw is the two circular (somewhat newly remodeled) rooms housing two huge murals by Monet of his famous Giverney "Nympheas" (water lilies). They were a ...

... slower - Tera has returned home to the States, and Susan and Seb have continued on their adventures. We will spend time enjoying the markets, the shops, the food and wine (we have, of course, already been doing that) and the general ambience that is Paris. We are looking forward to joining in to the Bastille day celebrations tomorrow, with a military parade along the Champs Elysee in the morning and fireworks at night. Who could ask for more?

ANYWAY, the next day we spent in Montmatre, which is where the Moulin Rouge is, incidentally. Apparently it was not up to Debra's expectation, which had been encouraged and nourished, courtesy of Hollywood XD. In any case; it was a really quaint area with cobblestone paths - WE FOUND CAFé DES 2 MOULINS!! unfortunately, I think Amélie has Sundays off, so we weren't able to meet her. darn. perhaps next time. We made our way all the way up to Sacre ...

... afternoon towards dusk it gets busier. Be prepared to stand in line. My advice: don't go to the very top of the tower. You have to wait in line much longer for the elevator to get there and it's actually hard to pick out the sights of Paris from so high up. The best views are from the fourth level (about halfway up). You get a whole panoramic sight of the city and you can actually pick out all the places you've been ...

... to have had a reaction to something and her face had blown up! We found a pharmacy and bought some antihistamines, and took a wander to the sacre caur. We had a lovely coffee at the bottom of the hill and then walked up (another charming frenchman yelled out to us"hakuna matatta sexy boom boom" -what can we say?!! we cant help being so beautiful!) at the top we saw an amazing guy making paper shapes of people on the street. He just had a piece of paper and a pair of scissors, he ...

... people getting sick. It was a blast! It was cool seeing the waters raised high on one side and the boat ride the wave down on the other side. Because of the weather conditions we had to stay out to sea for over an hour extra waiting for calm seas to dock. After joking around for awhile most of us took a short nap while others talked. We drove for a short bit before stopping at a rest stop for lunch. Ordering my first meal in ...

My last week in Paris just flew by and it was so nice to catch up with Shauna, Fabrice and Dimitri again. I spent another full day at Disneyland and a few days in Paris. I am still amazed by how much Paris has to offer (including very good shopping!) I have made it home safe and ...

... guns and they just gave me a funny look. Silly me!) I got a few directions to the entry of the Conciergerie (main prison during the french revolution - where marie antoinette was held), and eventually found it after wandering around for an hour or so! Got into the conciergerie and wasn't that impressed - mainly because all the interesting info that i wanted to read was in french! There were basically just signs in front of cells claiming that this may have been ...