Hotel Beaugrenelle Tour Eiffel Paris

... in fact, they did as I understood every 1 in 40 words - and set a meeting in about an hour in the Jardin du Luxemburg. In the meantime I visited the Pantheon and tried to find a tomb of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, which was quite hard since there are no signs inside and you can only guess what you are going to encounter in each room.

We met in the park and for some reason ended up talking about frogs, and I was quite startled to ...

While Farmor and Tyler went shopping, Sue, Evie and Tom went Montmartre for some views and some art. Evie did a drawing for Farmor near the famous artist's square and we had a lovely lunch of Croque Madame and frites. Yum!! Later that afternoon, we went to the highly praised Jardin du Luxembourg ...

... little sarcastically, "He's got SOME pants." Again I just chuckled out loud, took the picture and and she and I have been chortling about that one all day.

So, tomorrow is a "normal" day...cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, blogging etc. Hope I can continue to catch up on the blog. Have more wonderful stories to tell...

Eli
PS: My favorite pieces of art all day:

... have in Southern California, but this place knew what they were doing, kinda. Other then the gaudy Aztec decor and French mariachi band, the food was good and the atmosphere fun. Ross and I both got fajitas, of course but it was nothing compared to home. The next day we went to Pere Lachaise, a cemetary with lots of celebrities. Ross really liked it on his last trip and wanted me to see it too. The sky was very pretty with lots of clouds and the tombs were numerous. We saw ...

... I look at a massive box of chocolates and perfumes I received, but can't help but concentrate on the bitterness that lead to its sending; when you live far away from your close friends and family and you think you're doing them a favor by writing them a letter, think twice about what you write and don't fill it with hatred and venom, venom stings (we all remember Pavlov's dog? of course I'm going to remember the pain ...

... be sitting on wrong side of the bus! While it was entertaining we jumped off the yellow bus and got another route heading to the Museum De Orsaay. Yet again surrounded by small minded septics, there is so many of them in Europe and they are so big in many ways not just physical size. We stopped briefly on the bank of the Seine for our daily bagguette which was sensational as usual then into the museum. The museum is set out in an old train station and like so many of the museums ...

... but one would expect that. Anyways, we returned home on Sunday but because of our procrastination in purchasing train tickets, Naomi and I returned on an earlier train than the guys did. It was nice to get back a bit earlier though, unpack and relax. I start my internship tomorrow, so that should be exciting...

... to the top....then we found the line I had expected!! It probably was at least a two hour wait to get to the top....so we said forget that and walked around the entire cathedral. The back of the building has a really cool architectural design - these supporting joints that jut out of the walls and up to the top. I didn't think I liked Gothic architecture very much - until I saw Notre Dame! It was just so beautiful! The stained glass was all redone in the ...

... settled the the partied the night away. There are many stories to be filled in between the countdown and the time we actually rolled back home, but since my Gramma will be reading this, its probably best if I just leave those details out. All that has to be said is a bottle of Malibu, Jack Daniels, mutiple tequilla shots and champaign glasses later, a great time was had by all....until the next morning with the headaches hit! Hahaha! The rest of the week was spent ...

... the building. Here is a brief summary of the history of the building. "The Villa Savoy culminates Corbusier's early work. Villa Savoy is located in Poissy, France just outside of Paris. This house illustrates Corbusier's 'Five Points of Modern Architecture'. Unlike the confined urban locations of most of Le Corbusier's earlier houses, the openness of the Poissy site permitted a freestanding building and the full realization of his five-point program. Essentially the house ...