Kyriad Verrieres-le-Buisson - Antony Verrières-le-Buisson

... seen. It's on a hill, so the view is spectacular. It has luscious green grass that you can actually sit on, as opposed to the Luxembourg Gardens where it is only for decoration; if you sit, a kind police officer comes shooing you away. The flowers are impressively well-kept, there's a lake, swans and even a waterfall. The best part is, it's a bit far from the center, so there were no tourists except us! We had a lovely picnic and took a ton of pictures of us posing in ...

... d' Triomphe (which we paid money to climb, endlessly...), and everything in between (including Les Champs-Elysees for shopping)... For lunch we struggled to order a baguette and crepes from the local French vendors. By the end of ...

... and the dessert was an amazing soufflé grand Marnier. Our wine (Luberon ) complemented our meal perfectly. The second day, we climbed la tour Eiffel, walked along the Champs-Elysées , had lunch inside the Palais Tokyo, and took the Metro to explore Montmartres and its surrounding area. We did a tremendous amount of walking this day and I think we wore out our shoes. By 8PM, we were definitely ready for dinner at Chez George, a popular bistro both amongst ...

Today is our last day in Paris as tomorrow we head to Athens on a 620 am flight...cant wait for that. Yesterday Nina and I went to the Louvre which was just incredible. Its just impossible to see everything in huge museum, so we spent a good amount of time in the Italian and French paintings areas. My favorite works to see in person had to be those of the early 19th century painters Gericault and Delacroix. For instance; one cannot truly ...

... internet cafe before the train station. The luggage is weighing me down and my usual internet cafe is not open so I have to shuffle along the streets looking for one that is open. Its only 9am and most places open at 10am, so I grab a hot chocolate and then settle in for an hour or so before my train leaves. My train for Paris is departing at 2pm so I grab a smoked salmon baguette and some Perrier for on the train as the prices on the train are ...

Paris is a million miles away. I woke up early. I packed my things even though my accumulation of perfect finds have put me over the official limit for both Easy Jet and my luggage specifications. I don't care. They were perfect finds and I regret nothing. That is until I almost lost my hand to my luggage, but that story comes later. I'm now pausing to listen for the announcement for my flight. Its now 2 hours delayed and who knows where the plane ...

... to see how the museum develops. If you're interested about tribal art and cultures, this is the musuem for you. Walked all the way back to the apartment along Rue St Dominique and it was nice to check out the various pastry shops and shoe shops. There's also an HSBC ATM there too which makes it very convenient. Day was beautiful - sunny and around 20C. I'm loving the start of my last stop here in Europe already!

... Picasso Museum delving into the immense collection one painting at a time. This was a museum I really enjoyed as I am a fan of old Pablo; however, I will say that I never knew he was such a pervert! Maybe I have seen one too many of his cubist and Guernica paintings to realize it, but he paints a lot of genetalia, both men and women (and it's really detailed!). Anyway, I am not sure if Chad was happy I was enjoying myself or ready to kill me for the childish jokes I was ...

So here I am on my....third day in France. Hard to believe that it has only been three days, i feel like I've seen so much and done so much already. Anyway, you may be wondering what it is exactly that I do here. Well. Basically, I walk. When I first looked at a map of Paris, I thought: oh how lovely, I am pretty central, I'll just walk everywhere. For the past two days I've been trying to make it to Monmartre. Thats where all of the artists used to live. There is also a big ...

... some roller blading police men (wait for the short video coming soon). This morning we went to the musee d'orsay, which is mainly impressionists et al; monet, cezanne, van gogh, toulouse-lautrec etc. Later today we are hitting the shops, in the chatelet du halles which is just around the corner from our apartment. Photos and videos to come. bruno and stephen