Postcards and Paintings

So yesterday Julia, Chessa, and I went out to get lost... Only not really. I still didn't really understand how to navigate the metro so I was in charge of getting us places. I still mess up, but I understand what's going on now! :)





Love the color accent feature :)



Graffiti is everywhere...



We climbed all these stairs... And more... My legs were putty afterwards



Wouldn't it be awesome to live here???



I can't get enough of the artwork - it's everywhere! :)



Salsa lady



Postcards and paintings



Sunflowers! :)



Look at the detail in this painting....



Old men playing chess in the painters' area :) (notice the tree behind the one guy - it's a painting in the knot!)



You would not believe the yummy-ness inside :)



Scrumptious!



Oh my goodness...



I had to get one! (tarte au fraises)



Eating outside Sacre Coeur and listening to music



Look at the marshmallow man this child is eating! :)



I want to ride this carousel so badly! I will when it gets warmer :)



We went to a ton of fabric stores



This one had miniature mannequins displaying possible outfits you could make with the fabric



Tons of thread



Mom suggested I make a collage of metro pictures when I get back so I've been making sure that I take tons of pictures :)



Each stop has a cool color or theme



This girl was like a little doll - even with heals she couldn't have been more than 4'10"



As stated earlier, love the color accent feature :)



The stop at Concorde had words in tile on the ceiling!



Oh boy!



I liked it a lot :)



Bluuuuuuuuuuuue



Lived in some more...



Really lived in some more... :-D

Can I just call you Louis?

Ok, so I put up the pictures in reverse order again... Start from the bottom and work your way up :)




One of the stops where you can connect to a ton of other metros



Pretty artwork in the station



I finally figured out how to do the color thing on my own! :) I really love seeing each new metro stop - they each have different colors.



I love purses! :)



Alex never seems to look at the camera...



Me and the (almost) birthday boy!



I'll have a pint of your best ale... ;-)



My end of the table



The other end...



There was gorgeous tilework on the ceiling of one stop at the metro



Everybody in one shot :)



Yummy yummy Indian food - I don't remember the names of everything but you can bet I'm going back...



Mat got a huge chicken leg as his appetizer...



A restaurant we considered - tarts and quiches :)



Notre Dame at night



After getting my ashes



Le Pere (sorry, don't know how to do the accent mark)



Famous stained glass window



A shrine?



Sun setting over statue



The entrance



Look at the intense stone work!



These guys were just kickin it in front of Notre Dame, sipping their champagne out of plastic cups...



Julia, me, and Chessa



So excited!



This made me think of a scene from a movie... An old man feeding the birds outside of Notre Dame...



Our Lady - so beautiful!



The dryers here don't work. I had to use ever available space to hang them up to dry. :(



For Dad - this is what a heater looks like. Water runs down the metal and heats the room somehow...




Some videos I took while in Notre Dame...