Sunday, June 13, 2010

Discoveries of the Week


Finally found the "fast train" (ie, non-stop) between Versailles and Montparnasse. Efficiency wins a round! Then discovered the editing features in Picasa... set and match, procrastination. And so the normal balance is restored... ~A

A Day with Sharon!


Sharon et moi, nous avons défié les jongles pendant sa visite le dimanche dernier! D’abord les marches aux puces à Clignacourt… et puis la ville de Pontoise au nord-ouest de Paris. (Ne soyez pas dupé par de petits musées et de jolis jardins – ils cachent le vrai danger… quelque part…) Fatiguée par une longue journée excitant, nous avons passé le soir mangeant de la glace Berthillon derrière la Notre Dame.
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During Sharon's visit last Sunday, she and I braved the wild side of Paris! First the famed flea markets of Clignacourt, and then we took the train out to the town of Pontoise. (Don't be fooled by the peaceful gardens and cute museums such as the Tavet-Delacour and its annex Musée Pissarro - they obscure the real danger... somewhere...) Exhausted from day's exertions, we treated ourselves to Berthillon ice cream and rested our weary limbs on the Seine behind Notre Dame. ~A