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On the River Seine ~ Part 3

16.9.13

We had our first French meal at a little restaurant in Paris, it was super fun. I did almost laugh out loud though when we were asked if we wanted water with or without gas? Of course he was talking about mineral water but gas normally doesn't come up at the table, especially in a resteraunt!

The last 3 pics are so you guys can get a little bit of an idea what the RER looks like. It's a lot like a subway but it doesn't always travel underground.

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Ikea!

5.9.13

How does a family make their European apartment feel homier? Well they go to Ikea of course! We went to get some rugs and any other necessities that we might find there! It was an adventure to say the least! We saw everything from crazy American hippies to a guy that I swear walked out of Napoleon Dynamite (by the way, I only watched the first 15 minutes of that movie before I shut it off out of pure boredom) . Throw in French and weird music (courtesy of the hippies!) and you have the first half of our day!

I almost fell asleep on the 30 minute bus ride to Ikea, so thankful for sunglasses! Anyway, we got there all in one piece, it was so nice to be in a place that is pretty familiar for the first time in many moons! We enjoyed meatballs and soda at the food court, much to my delight!

To keep it short, we ended up walking out of there with 5 rugs, yep 5! I had serious doubts of how we were gonna get them back home, but as the above pics prove we got 'er done! The one thing about being in a huge city where you don't know anybody is that you can get away with pretty much anything, and there is almost always someone with a odd thing on the train. On our ride into Paris there was a man with a accordion who hopped on and serenaded us for a while. I wanted to get a picture but it wasn't possible, so I'll just leave you to your imagination.

Throw in a trip to Starbucks, trying a macaroon for the first time, knowing that a Body Shop is not too far away, getting stuffed into a train car that already had too many people in it, a bus ride and a walk to get fresh bread and you have a pretty awesome day!

Sound like fun? Come visit and we can show you how to have a pretty awesome day in France, Wheaton style.

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Picture Puke #1

29.8.13

I think I'm just gonna put loads of pics on here and let y'all look through them. There is so much I could tell you guys, I think it would take days. My mind is kinda mush when it comes to meaningful and insightful posts, thus Picture Puke #1. Sorry but that was the first thing that came to mind when I was loading all the pics into this post. I hope you like having an extremely large amount of pictures, I know I do.

So here are the pics of when we went into Paris on Tuesday. We decided to go in for the afternoon just to get a feel for how everything was set up and what bus and RER we needed to take. We saw Le Tour Eiffel, L'Arc de Triumph, Notre Dame and The Louvre. Hopefully this way when we go to Paris to really look at things we know where we are going. If you have any questions just ask, I would love to hear feedback from y'all!

Voila! The pictures: