Hotel Campanile Plaisir

... more than one, all this while the French people at this time could hardly afford a piece of bread no wonder they overthrew the government. After touring the palace, we went into the gardens, which were very impressive, massive stretching seemingly 4 miles out of the back of the palace, with several fountains adorned with lavish fountains. There was a maze of tree lined forests, with canals, perfectly trimmed hedges and flowers. Versailles ...

... sounds a little naughty but it was all above the belt. Later on we met up with Frederique's boyfriend Cyril, who then joined us at the Centre Pompidou which is a modern art museum/exhibition hall. We saw a very interesting photographic exhibition by a Czech guy, Miroslav Tichy who had built his own cameras in the 50's constructed out of old camera bits, cardboard and basically anything he could get his hands on. His work considering the tools was best described as intriguing as ...

... and I love being in Paris. Today, I went up to the top of centre pompidou where i saw a beautiful view of the city and I took a walk through the center of most of the city. Today, I wenr up to the top of centre pompidou where I saw a beautiful ...

... that was, looking back to the traffic in Vancouver, It was nothing. Four days ago, I thought Paris was a peaceful and laid-back city. That was an understatement. Drivers will go at any opportunity, even if they only have half a second to rev it across the street. They even honk at you if you're driving too slow. My lord. I'm just happy to be back in Switzerland. Back to training.

... has made me appreciate art a lot more, but that wouldn't have been difficult as I don't think I've stepped foot into an art gallery since I was in primary school.. Funny that.. What makes someone come across the other side of the world to pay money to see paintings and sculptures? What's even more ironic is that Adelaide is the so called 'City of Churches', and I haven't even set foot inside (or out on the steps for that matter) of St. Peter's Church ...

... be the one closest to the hostel. Also no escalator at this station, going up or down, so now I lugged the two suitcases up several flights of stairs. There was a Macca's at the top of the stairs so we decided to determine if John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega, had been telling the truth about a Quarter Pounder with Cheese being called a Royal with cheese in France. Turns out he was almost right, there is no 'the' in the name, it is simply a ...

... and wore expensive, classy clothes, they drove renaults or rode vespa scooters and ate from fancy cafe's that charged a riduculous 10-15 euros (AU$15-$20) for a small meal. It was actually the first time i've been to the stereotypical "classy paris" and, unsuprisingly, I've never felt quite so classless. The fact that i was holding a few grand worth of camera and had even managed to have a shave and rumage up a ironed, collared t-shirt didn't ...

... re-primed white and has been left unfinished. The walls of the halls in the building are only partially primed, and the elevator doors are painted on only some of the floors. Downstairs in the foyer, where last year we saw the samples of the proposed faux-painting of marble (the committee had penciled notes on the wall which designs they preferred), the walls have been primed again, but for the original faux-painting samples. What ...

... the possible medical situations... I just popped the superglue into the first aid kit on my Dad's advice that it might help stitch up after mauling incident if need be. Aside from the packing, we've been spending the last few days saying our goodbyes - we'll miss you all so much! And by the way, the invite is open for anyone who would like to meet us along the way!! Next stop - ZANZIBAR!!

... you can hit different stores for your various needs - dairy, bread, meat... but I won't be frequenting the meat shop on Montorgueil. The heads and neck feathers are still on their smaller birds and legs/claws remain on the larger ones. Right... Ended up grabbing some groceries in a hole in the wall playing Sinatra. Later Metroed it to the Louve. We were there just over 4 hours but it felt like days and days more were needed. By the end of it I was ...