thelittlemermaid83
<font color=green>My reign will be a super-awesome
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Did you have a look down Kings Road or did you just go to Harrods?
Did you have a look down Kings Road or did you just go to Harrods?
Somehow I missed thatHeather - No modeling. However, I had made that visit to VS before the trip, if you recall (where the young, male store clerk complimented my taste in underthings.
T - Don't you often feel the need to do when you get back from a trip?
Mel - My scanner is not working, and the "redneck scanner" (aka digital camera) is not doing my wedding photos justice. I'll see what I can do.
Sounds like a great day!Tuesday was our day to leave for Paris, and I woke up early, hours before we needed to catch the Eurostar. I begged DH for a return trip to the British Museum, because I wanted to see the Lindow Man, a 2000 year old murder victim that I had read about when I was a librarian. Heres a link on him: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/l/lindow_man.aspx.
DH agreed that we could go to the museum, so we packed up our things and left them at the front desk. When we got to the museum, I asked where Lindow Man was, only to find out he had gone on vacation. Seriously, they had sent him to Manchester for the opening of a museum there. Since we had already made the trip to the museum, we wandered around the mummies for a bit. I guess theyre pretty interesting, but we have a really good Egyptian museum in San Jose, so we didnt get too excited about them. I felt silly for dragging DH out there, but what else were we going to do with our time? (Heather, dont answer that).WHY not, I know exactly what you could have done! Heres a blurry picture of me at the Gloucester Road Tube Station. Im a hippie at heart, so I think this pretty well describes me :
We went back to the hotel, got our things, took a taxi, and boarded the Eurostar for Paris. This was part of the package we had booked, so our trip was first class. Woo hoo! That meant eats, and French eats at that! I had chicken that was something like chicken parmesan, and DH had mushroom risotto. Both were really delicious, and the raspberry tart may have been the best non-chocolate dessert Ive ever had.
The train goes up to 186 miles per hour, and goes through a tunnel under the English Channel, which freaked me out a little bit beforehand, but between the food and the speed, I hardly noticed the Chunnel.
BTW, my fears are not totally unreasonable. I used to take BART, the San Francisco Bay Area underground railway, regularly when I was in college, and once when we were going under S.F. Bay, THE POWER WENT OUT! Thats right, the train stopped moving, and the lights went out. I thought I was going to pass out. They put on some emergency lights, then we had to evacuate to the other side of the tunnel, and catch another train back to Berkeley. So I think Im pretty brave to still get on trains that go through underwater tunnels. Heck, the only way I can stand to ride the submarines at DL is to tell myself that if I stand up, my head will be above the water level. But enough of my neuroses (at least for now).
The first thing I wanted to do in Paris was visit the Eiffel Tower. That is exactly what we did. We didnt go all the way to the top, but we rode the elevator to the second level, then walked back down. It was trés romantique, but if there hadnt been an American high school tour group up there, with a teacher pointing out all the sights, I would have been clueless as to what we were seeing. Here are some pictures.
The base of the Tower.
Duh!
Us on the Tower. It was breezy up there; hence, the sweater.
Looking down on the Ecole Militaire, the military school that trained Napoleon, among others. That black tower in the distance is the Montparnasse Tower. Our hotel was right across the street from it.
Looking out over Paris. The building on the right with the gold dome is called Les Invalides. Louis XIV had it built as a hospital and home for injured or sick soldiers starting in 1670. It is still functioning. It is also the burial place of Napoleon. Ill have some pictures of the inside a little further on in the story.
In the foreground is the Seine. On the hill in the distance is Sacre Coeur Church. It will also figure later in the story.
Dwheatl you act like you spent a day with my kids or something Beautiful pictures.. The one of you and DH is still one of my favs..
I would have freaked if I was on a train and had the power go out. Shoot I freaked when the bus broke down and DW and I had to switch. Once again another great post!
I am on board as well I am so excited to read all about your awesome trip and to see all your pictures
It was so awesome to meet you it was a fun day you are very sweet,and a fun lady,,, i will have to post the jumping on the bed pictures and thanks for the spongie plush and keychain love it !!!
sorry our time was so short Poor Norah was tired and threw up on the way home so i am glad we left when we did ...Dinner plus jumping on a bed Not such a good idea
But it was FUNNNNNNN