Saturday was a great day. I think I made a new friend and she’s actually a bonafied Frenchwoman...born and raised! It was awesome. She has a nine month old and she speaks fabulous English. We conversed in Englench for a while and then she taught me some French in the park as our kids played in the sand. It was very fun and I’m feeling more fluent already!
This afternoon I got out and ran the streets of Paris. It was a great run that turned into a major workout because I got very lost! Once you get in the mix of the city, it is easy to get lost. The streets are running sideways and backwards, nothing is perpendicular, and it isn’t hard to get mixed up in an eight street roundabout! The best part of my confusion was when I did reach daylight from the mess of the city buildings I ran into the Eiffel Tower. Not bad, eh? I can’t complain about getting lost in my strange new city but then running into a totally awesome landmark. Yes, my life in Paris is rough! J
Brian and I ventured out with the ladies tonight for dinner. Brian had learned of the Asian part of town from some friends so we went to check that out. It was a very cool and we found a few different Asian Super Markets as well as one of the best Vietnamese Dinners ever: Pho 14 is a great find. (Aren’t we so French? Vietnamese for dinner…AND it was at 7:00! Tres Mauvais!) But the ladies were well behaved and were awarded a double sucker each from the server. That bought B and I some time to finish our beers! J'adore sucettes!
It was a fabulous day and a great evening! I love getting out into the streets of Paris! This is the life!
I love your postings! French holidays are very plentiful; check the Catholic calendar, too, since most of the holidays revolve around saints and stuff. I looked at your apart video. Way cool, and sorta big.
ReplyDeleteIsn't getting around pretty fun? I adore the trams, but as an adult prefer the metro because it doesn't get stuck in traffic. Glad the the buses are kid friendly.
Awesome reading your blog!
J
August 15 is a Catholic holyday. The feast of the Assumption (when Mary was raised to heaven, body and soul)! If you want to believe that one!!
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Elise is looking like quite the Parisian in her pretty white dress. And Celia is looking ready to start running around any day now.
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled to see you guys discovered one of my favorite things in life - getting lost in an old city. The older, the more chaotic and completely disorienting the better!
It's generally just fun to read about your adventures absorbing this new culture. I had expected this for you two; what hadn't occurred to me is how much this experience is going to benefit the girls. I had assumed that they would be too young to get much out of it, but thinking about the old lady and the stroller story, I realize that they are absorbing more than we can imagine.
Also, I wanted to thank you guys for posting the Utah pictures. I think you did a good job of hitting the highlights. Though, I am a little disappointed that the black demon cow from hell didn't make the cut. Really, how often do you come face-to-face with evil incarnate in bovine form?!?!