Every night as we go to sleep and remember the day, it amazes us that where we woke up this morning was really the same day. Each day feels like a week. Orleans ended up being a cute little...
Versailles, Prunelle, Orleans
Monday night we moved in with our second couchsurf host, Prunelle (aka Celine). She was also sweet, though her French was not as good as Justine’s, so making conversation was a bit more difficult. She made us a dinner...
La Cemeterie
Monday, Justine, Michelle and I took a nice, long walk starting off at Le Marais and on up to La Cemeterie de Pere Lachaise, the largest (only? oldest?) cemetery in Paris. The cemetery was amazingly dense, grave stuffed in...
Le Mur Vert
We saw the coolest green wall in Paris on Sunday. Check this out: the whole side of the Musee de Quai Branly is a garden. I’ve wanted to make one of these forever, and even got as far as...
La Nuit Blanc
Our day of art at the Musee d’Orsay on Saturday was delightfully completed by a night of art at La Nuit Blanc, a city-wide, one night free annual arts festival. Justine, Michelle and I had some dinner at Justine’s,...
Musee D’Orsay
Our second day in Paris started a bit slow on account of our first day ending in our first night, which turned out to be wild and late. What a treat, though, to sleep in, slowly wake up to...
Nos Premier Jour et Nuit en Paris
On Friday, we made our way from the Eurostar train through the Metro to Dupleix, a cheerful neighborhood in the Southwest of Paris, just a short walk from the Eiffel Tower (I’m trying to mark all the major spots...
Prime Meridian
Haven’t fully adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time yet. We’re waiting now, groggy, to board the Eurostar train from London to Paris to take us through the Chunnel. We tossed and turned land commiserated about the ticking clock last night...