back from paris

just got back from paris this afternoon. it was impossible to find any place to access the internet which was why we didn't update the blog.

paris was fantastic. our first day and a half in paris was very mellow. we were exhausted from italy. in 3 days we covered musee d'orsay, musee orangerie, arc de triomphe, the louvre and versailles. we stayed across the street from the eiffel tower and had a view of it from our room. since we saw it everyday we didn't feel the need to go up. i wish we had spent more time there since there is so much to do. we wished we could have also seen notre dame, st. michele, napoleon's tomb, sacre couer, fontainebleu and many others.

a few thoughts on paris and the French:
we thought the French were very nice, much nicer than the Italians in fact. we never got the French attitude that everyone speaks of. a little bit of french and a smile goes a long way. props to Mauricio for his broken French, Spanish, Italian and English way of communicating. you would have thought that he created his own language.

French food was absolutely delicious. we liked the food in Paris more than Italy. don't get me wrong, Italian food is soooo good. we didn't anticipate that we would like the food in Paris as much as we did. the croissants in paris are the best. the food prices were comparable to that of California.

shocking, i know, but the French have such great style. although some of the women looked like trannys.

i've gotten your emails about not posting pictures. i know, i know. it takes forever to load them and the internet cafes aren't cheap. i promise i will post pics later.