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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Sorry friends, it’s going to take me a bit longer to upload pictures.  I have nearly 1700 to sort through so the computer has been acting very slow.

 So like I said, Paris was spectacular!  I guess I expected the Parisians to be rude like you have always heard about and the city to be way to high maintenance, but the people were actually friendly and the city has so much to offer.  Defiantly a place I would consider living for a short time. My first afternoon I hit up the famous Louvre.  Of course the museum  is overwhelmingly huge and if you are really into art you could spend an entire day there.  But I did some research beforehand and went to the sections with pieces I knew I wanted to see.  I focused on Da Vinci paintings, Aphrodite-Goddess of Love, Winged Victory of Samothrace-woman with wings poised on a prow of a ship once stood on a hilltop to commemorate a great naval victory, the famous Mona Lisa which is surprisingly a small painting that sits behind glass in a huge room, works by Michelangelo, and I even hit up the Egyptian section.  Needless to say, this is a must see while in Paris.  [read on]

Spectacular Paris

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Paris was truly wonderful.  I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

I couchsurfed with a nice guy named Norbert.  I know, silly name but he was such a kind gentleman.  The first night he cooked me quiche and the third night he made me cheese fondue.  I made him branch out…instead of just bread and cheese I cooked up some meat and chopped up some veggies.  They do not do this in Europe with fondue!!!  Only bread and cheese.  I do not think the Americans would go for this.  Such a humble person who enjoyed having me. [read on]