Random Paris memories...
- the "Mickey" breads at Disneyland Paris... no pretzels or ice cream bars, but lovely brioche...
- the candy seller near the Metro station... never managed to buy candy from him, but the display was spectacular
- the fancy fire extinguisher store... who knew there was a market for fancy fire extinguishers?!?
- the gold ring scam. Bless.
- the denizens of the Pharmacy nightclub beneath our flat
- Gustav Eiffel wrapped in protective plastic... looking somewhere between a Christo work and Katherine Helmond in "Brazil"...
- singing la Marseillaise surrounded by thousands of French fans watching France's opening game in the World Cup
I do wish we had gone for a run... or rented a velib bike.... or swam in the Josephine Baker pool. That's my plan for our next trip -- a Parisian triathlon of sorts.
I was surprised at how much Wil enjoyed Paris -- and, through him, I enjoyed it too. So I suspect we'll go back someday. If only we had more vacation!!!!
We got up early on our last morning, dragged our things to the RER and on to the airport, where we queued seemingly forever in a long and winding queue to get "out" of France. We somehow couldn't find anything to buy at the airport. Morocco rearing its ugly head again! It just made me think of Barcelona airport and their amazing shops. Perhaps we got shunted off into a horrible "you're flying to America so you won't buy anything" wing? But we settled happily into our seats on the plane... and were even happier to arrive home on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Not sure when our next trip to Europe will be... perhaps Italy in 2012? 2013? Who knows...
But our next "big" trip -- New York for the marathon!
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