Jan 22nd, 2008
Greetings from Paris!
Things I’ve learned
- Europeans LOVE Johnny Depp. He’s everywhere. I mean everywhere. You cannot step on the street anywhere without looking ol’ Johnny in the eye somewhere. It’s like God… that whole “He’s everywhere, and is always with you” kind of thing.
- The smoking bans in Europe have made the restaurants MUCH more livable, but has stopped EXACTLY no one from smoking. They just do it outside. How they afford it at almost $13 a pack is completely beyond me.
- Internet is not easy, or cheap to come by in Europe.
- Blogging time is more difficult when you are not traveling alone. For those of you who wanted more frequent updates, I’ll get to it when I can. Or ask me when I get back.
- ADDEDWell, we know what you people are worried about… Send out a link to the Flickr page… neato-pic of the Eiffel Tower, check. No click throughs. Awesome pic of the moon setting rising over the Seine. Check. Two click throughs. Pic of the ring? 13 click throughs. Wow. You people ought to be ashamed
(Let’s be fair… Ames sent out a big spam email, and I’m sure all the click throughs were her girlfriends. Girls don’t know art when they see it. They are blinded by sparkles.) - ADDED I have absolutely no idea why, but the French really do make croissants better than anyone else.
- Like I said last year, the French are not rude, they are, however, sometimes quite insistent that you accept their help, even if you don’t need it at that moment.
- French pronunciation guide: completely remove every third consonant. Slur all other letters as much as humanly possible.
- London children do not go to class. they spend all their time on field trip. Paris children do not go to class, either. They spend all their time at the Louvre.
- The Louvre is hot. Really hot. Like Africa hot.
To those who were wondering
Yes, I did, and yes, she did. See the pictures. Happened at St. Chapelle (the pics with ALL the stained glass, early in the set posted yesterday.)