Friday, October 24, 2008

SORRY...!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I have been very busy. Paris was fun...but I am already home...!!!!!!!! The plane ride was nice. We sat in business class. There was good movies and food. The seats changed positions so the footrest popped up. You could recline or lay flat so you could sleep. I didn't sleep much. Only 2 or 3 hours. I watched 2 movies. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day and Enchanted. They were good I read 2 whole books because the plane ride was 11 or 12 hours. I read a book called Tuck Everlasting and a book called Zoey Dean's Talent. I am happy to be home and see my little sister!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

My First day in Paris!!!



Paris is a blast!!!!! I went to sleep at 4:00 AM last night and woke up at 12:00 in the after noon! So far I have seen 119 SMART CARS and 8 ANTIQUE CARS just today...WOW!!!!!!! I basically walk or take the METRO everywhere. Last night we walked from the 6th ARRONDISEMENT to the 16th  ARRONDISEMENT we almost walked back but we were too tired to walk all the way back to the 3rd, where our apartment is. Our apartment is very trendy and has 2 bedrooms but I barely use them because it's so hard with the time change. I went to Pizza Pino (barf!) for dinner last night(double barf!). Today we only could find CROISSANTS at Monoprix-pronounced mo-no-pree(which is like the french version on Target) which were gross. Then we went on a carousel...VERY FUN!!!!!!  Then to the LOUVRE which was giant! I probably couldn't find my room if I lived there. We went to Angelina's and had the most amazing hot chocolate and pasteries. after  that we spent 20 minutes at the Luxembourg Gardens before it closed than took the metro(s) right on home! Tonight we at Polidor and I actually ate 4 escargot(snails) and they actually tasted suprisingly good. I had sour cream and apple pie for dessert  which was also suprisingly good!!! Now off to bed!
Au Revoir!
 

    Activities:  Roaming the streets all day

Breakfast at Monoprix

Carousel Ride

Louvre Museum(I saw the Mona Lisa!)

Angelina's for dessert and Hot Chocolate

Luxembourg Gardens for 20 minutes

Polidor for dinner

Metros home


Good brother fact of the day: Does funny dances to crack me up; wiggles his butt in the Metro stop and yells, "HOW DO YOU LIKE DEM APPLES!!!!!!!!" then repeatedly slaps his butt

VOCABULARY:

Smart Cars- a tiny little 2 person french car

Antique Cars- Old cars (they are not beat up piles of junk) they are nice aging cars

Metro- The underground subway that people take everywhere

Arrondisement- The different cities of paris or areas

Croissants-yummy bread for breakfast

Louvre- A giant palace that the king used to live in and is now a museum who houses the Mona Lisa and many other famous paintings.