Hotel de L'Europe La Roche-Posay

... hundreds of people admiring the beautiful fountains, passing life-size sculptures and strolling the maze of hedges on either side of the walkways.  In the distance, we saw row boats in the lake and I wondered what one would have to do to be able to row here.  As we approached the area, we realized that these were not professional rowers, but small rental boats available at the far end of the garden. What ...

... Its a gorgeous view from both the first and second level. Perfect weather today ... not too windy, a few clouds in the sky to keep it cool. But really, the view isn't what you come for. Just SEEING the Eiffel Tower is the memorable thing. To be at its base, to see its architecture, and ornate designs ... to eat lunch in the park. A wonderful and relaxing experience. The birds here are the bravest I've ever seen. As we ate lunch, Samuel tossed a small bit of ...

... more shopping. Yeah! My apt is a block away from L'Opera Garnier (the buiding featured in Phantom of the Opera..so beauiful, and just a few blocks from there, is Madeline the church and then Place de Concord, which leads to the Tuleries, which is the garden in front of the Louvre, and points to Les Champs Elysees which is near my destination, Le Grand et Petit Palais. What I'm trying to say, is Paris is small, toute petite, and just by walking you can ...

... lunch. The Cour de Cassation is essentially akin to the Canadian Supreme Court. Although the French have a zillion appeal courts. The final court is like the 6th level and your case pretty much only gets to that level when you die. What's the point....reform. Haha. The Cour de Cassation is on the Ile de la Cite. The ile was actually Paris when Paris first existed. It's crazy to think about how much it's grown, especially over the Belle Epoch and now. We got ...

... Movie World in the Gold Coast, but the only difference is instead of being harnessed in, you're only strapped in with a seatbelt! By around 5pm, the weather had taken a turn for the worse, it was very cold and there were even a few light showers, so Brian and I dressed in our t-shirts and pants were absolutely frozen. We checked out some of the souvenir shops for something to keep us warm, but in the end we were too stingy (or really, there wasn't ...

... heures pendant qu'elle se promenait avec l'aspirateur. Donc, Pierre nous a rencontré à la cour St. Émilion. C'était vraiment génial cet endroit. Une foule de boutiques où l'on trouve toutes sortes de choses et il y a des restaurant. Justement, on a rencontré Pierre dans un petit restaurant qui s'appelle chez Pauline. Moi, j'ai pris un croque-monsieur, Pierre et Micheline ont chacun ...

... enjoyed the full plate armour made for the little kids :) One thing I've found out about Paris is that it can be difficult to get a quick (and cheap) bite to eat. The whole city is entirely populated with cafes and restaurants that require you to sit down and order off a menu, most of which are expensive. The sandwich stands, when you can find them, are relatively inexpensive but doesn't really give you a feel for the 'French' food. You can ...

... to finish building. It was rather amazing and very very different. Wayne and I want to come back in 20 years and see it completed. Next we got back on the bus and went to Park Guell which was also designed by Guadi. Again this park with all its mosaic works and weird and wonderful architecture was awesome and it had an amazing view of city. Gem went shopping here as she found the most awesome artistic shirts. Next we ventured back into town and got one last yummy hot chocolate ...

... let's just drag this stuff upstairs real quick. So we did. Several suitcases later we sat atop my old Koffer (German word for suitcase) and took a rest. The platform had been turned into a construction site as well. The faces of people were smoking grimly or joyfully. Some of them scanned the two of us, an unusual couple, traveling with such bags that could have contained an entire house-hold. After some minutes of waiting and mutual scanning, the ...

... Chicago), whom I have no pics of because he turned out to be a player in my book and I ended up smacking him for being a jerk. Hehe! The get together was really lame, but the host was really cool-this guy is from VOORHEES, New Jersey and his name is Steve-weird, huh? What a small world! I really didn't get to know him the first night because I was ****** off at Mark for being a jerk and left early-but that's not all-Missy, Mary and I felt uncomfortable hanging with a whole ...