Back again...

Well, this has been exciting =) (and kinda lonely, cause no-one is commenting...HINT HINT)

We went to notredamn, which was amazing enough to have me planning a new story, damnit :)
and saint chappelle SP. which was soooo pwretty, and i'll attch pictures later.

We've been to the show stopping lourve, where we saw my possibly favorite sculpture of all rime - the winged victory. Then there's michaelangelos slaves, and august rodin's the kiss.

I love marble sculpture- really, really love it.

We also saw a massive Monet exhibition (the biggest in 30 years, they tell me) which was amazing. Saw the Monet classics, like the waterlilly bridge and they haystacks, but his work is amazing!

Then off we headed to gallerie la fayette (Lafayette inenglish - the cram it together) which is a HUGE shopping center. Looked for a leather jacket, only to be freaked out by all the real fur on that floor...gave me nightmares and made my skin prickle! Despitebwearing leather, which is kinda the same, fur seems kinda wrong...hypocritical, I know.

Anyway, after finding the worlds coolest jeans (light blue, skinny and ripped w/ sequins behind some parts, and soft as velvet) which they only had in size 44 and bigger (size 14approx) I got a cool scarf and top.

I kinda feel like a massive dork walking round Paris in jeans, sandshoes and baggie t-shirts with bad jokes in english on them...actually, I look like a complete loser - everyone dresses so well!

Yesterday I finally crumbled and bought a Paris hod die, though made it a uni of paris one rather than I heart Paris. Notbmuch difference, i know, but makes me feel less sad. :D

Yesterday, we also went to montemart, which is kinda the bohemian, artist area of Paris. Thats where the moulin rouge is, as well as where salavador Dali painted. Speaking of whom, we found a little Dali exhibition and went, which was pretty cool. Mum and John don't like his work that much, but I reckon it's pretty amazing. The Black, bold, spidery lines and sketches combined into an amazing linograph with the most beautiful, spectacular and not a little weird watercolor illustrations. His alice in wonderland illustrations are amazing, well worth a Google!

Anyway, at montmarte we climbed the 300 stairs to the top for the amazing, if graffitied view. I really don't see why people feel the need to declare their love for somone in god awful handwriting a lll over the walls of an ancient cathedral...

Anyway, on the steps of the cathedral, there was a sorta reverse busking thing happening. A busier from Africa was singing, then he got people from the audience to come up and he'd do guitar while they sang a song of their choice, then he collected money. Anyway, this lady called Alex from Australia came up and sang hallelujah, and she was AMAZING!

Strolling through the streets of montmarte with fresh crepes and gelatin was amazing.

ANITA! IHAD ORANGINA! (the drink they keep talking about in tapis volant) it's basically just orange juice + mineral water, only not as good.

Not sure if i wrote about Versailles in a previous post, but it was amazingly...OTT. I mean, you understand why they had the French revolution - the entire population was starving,and they use the entire treasury to build a new summer palace, covered in gold leaf.

And the food- not at versailles - thatbwas awful, but everywhere else, has been amaing! Not to make yup jealous (or hungry! :P) but I'll give you a rundown nof the best...

In Paris:
French onion soup - its really good, and they melt massive amounts of delicious cheese into it, over pieces of bread, in a small pot. Yuuuuummmmmm.

Top of the eiffel tower, before we were evacuated for a bomb threat, we finished our entree, which was a chilled pea soup. Greener than elphebas skin, it was amazing, with a tiny bit of cheese, minute silvers of bacon and fresh bread.

Squid (THIS IS NUMBER ONE- THE BEST OF FRANCE, BTW) that was cut into strips like pasta and was so fresh and sweet it was unbelievable. It had the the yolk of a soft-boiled, runny egg in the middle which ran all over the squid when you cracked it. This also had a bit of parmesan like cheese and a bit of bacon. Basicially, It was a reeeeaaaaalllyy fancy carbonara, simplified downnto it's base elements, only instead of pasta it had ribbon thin, centimeter wide strands of squid.

A little goats cheese and tomato tart. I'm a complete sucker for goats cheese, so wows, i was hooked.

A lobster tail risotto- i think this is number two on the best of list - it was tiny pieces of lobster in a thick, almost soupy, creamy, amazing risotto which was both light and really heart at the same time.I just can't quite describe how amazingly the flavors blend together.

A beef stew - I'm not big on meat- most of what i usually order is seafood or vegetarian. But this was rich, hearty, warm, salty, sweet- everything a stew should be. Really - it was Hogwarts worthy.

and no, I didn't eat all that food. Some was mums or johns that I tried and WISHED I'd ordered.

And and and I think I forgot to mention the amazing gargoyles at notredamn. When I find a CPU, I'll attach some.


We're in nice now, and because I haven't been able to post that blog for so man-days, I'll stArt a new post for the south.

Congrats on the dog, Carrie, thigh the fb thing sucks. Good work dancing Debbie and have a great time, em! Everyone else, have a brilliant holiday!

:) j'adore, k