Happy post-Boxing Day

Sunday 27th December 2009

Yesterday we went in the early evening to the Pantheon, an impressive structure in the Latin Quarter.  The light as fading quickly but with a fast lens and decent camera, many things are possible.

After a relaxing dinner (which became less relaxing at the end as we had to travel across the city to the theatre), we went to see Avatar in 3D.  Excellent digital effects and good solid 3D glasses.  Although the film was in English, the Na'vi subtitles were in French.  I got the gist of it though :)

Today we'll probably go exploring again.  Perhaps the Rodin museum.

Have a great day.
Steve

Merry Christmas to you all

Friday 25th December 2009

After an uneventful overnight flight (Delta - what is that chicken thing you serve?), arrived in Paris to find it slightly busier than Atlanta's airport.  Since the French railways have been spotty of late, I took the excellent Air France bus into the city and walked to the apartment.

Exchanged gifts, had some lunch and went for a nice walk to the park and back via the Arc de Triomphe.  Spending a quiet evening in with some good wine, Christollen, pate, sausage etc. Tomorrow (Boxing Day), we will probably go on an adventure somewhere outside the city.


Pictures for today can be found at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/spbutterworth/sets/72157623068144202/

Have a wonderful Christmas.
Steve & Claudia

Have a wonderful Christmas

Thursday 24th December 2009

A merry Christmas to all.  Tonight I'm leaving for Paris again (sigh :) ) so will get to see the French transportation system on a day when I'm sure there will be challenges.  Looking forward to being with my sweetheart again.  

Have a wonderful Christmas - I am sure I'll be posting some nauseating pictures next week.  Prepare for food and scenery :)

Enjoy!

Steve 

Happy birthday to Claudia

December 5th, 2009 - Paris.




Here we are in Paris again (well, Claudia's been here since September) and today is my wonderful, beautiful wife's birthday.  Today we had a relatively quiet day to ourselves that started with a quiet breakfast and then a trip to the Orangerie Museum in Paris.



This museum is home to many huge Monet panels as well as Renoirs, Matisse, Derain and a host of others.  Worth a visit and since it's close to the Louvre, if you are not suffering from art history poisoning, definitely a place to go.




Dinner tonight is at a local Cameroon restaurant (meat, meat and more meat) - we're looking forward to that. Tomorrow will be relatively quiet (might try to take in a graveyard or two) and I leave on Monday to fly back to sunny Atlanta.

December 15th is the midpoint of Claudia's time in France.  Not that I am counting....