Experience Paris 2008

Paris has been wonderful. I still can’t believe I’m in Paris and it sort has turned into some sort of normalcy for me to be in Paris, living in Paris, experiencing Paris. Pictures don’t do the beauty of Paris justice, it’s something everyone must experience for themselves at least one time in their lives. I’m happy that I can say I have experienced it somewhat. I feel like I’ve done so much yet have so much to explore at the same time. Of course everyone has to go see the main tourist attractions b/c they are a main part of Paris but the little experiences that either make you shake your head in disbelief, laugh out loud, or make you think “Now this is something I’m going to tell my grand kids one day” is all part of the experience as well. Paris would not be one without the other.

Has anyone given thought to an “All-Star Metro Musician Competition??” Every time I take the metro to go somewhere I can hear the accordion, violin, a band, some musician of some type playing away in the metro. It’s very charming, however I wonder what would happen if all the musicians got together to do a competition….Now that would be something to watch. Here’s one clip I took when coming back to the hotel one day:

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Which brings me to another topic….The Metro. You will probably find more than half of your fun filled Parie experiences from inside the metro stations. Let’s see, after coming back from our 3 course 4 hour dinner (that’s another story in itself) we were trying to get on the metro to go back to La Defense. And it was a little more than crowded….it was packed, people squished, elbow to elbow, people breathing on each other…it was horrible. Well the bell rang in the metro (signaling it was going to close and leave soon) andso all the people behind us just basically pushed us into an already packed train. We were all crammed, andin the process of crunching the people in the train since we had people behind us pushing at the same time. It was a complete mess. There was this one old French lady who accidentally got caught into the crossfire and she got upset, really upset. Poor Ian was in the front and was the first person she saw that was “pushing” her and just went off on him. Started yelling at him in French and when she realized he didn’t speak French she started yelling at him in English, even poked him in the chest, we all just stared at her silently. She then started complaining about him pushing this pregnant woman which wasn’t good for her and taking up so much room (yet she was the one with two huge suitcases on the train). I started cracking up b/c I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I look over at Nancy and she started laughing and that’s all it took for me to get hysterical. It was just so ridiculous.

Another one, a man randomly came onto the metro and made some weird speech in French. I know he started with “Bonjour!” and that was all I remember. But I found it a bit odd.

Then there was the weird American guy looking at us one night……it was very creepy. Jamie and I were trying to hide behind another guys arm……but still weird. Thank goodness we were all in a group :/.

Another thing. Kissing in public?? I swear, I’ve seen almost 5 couple making out in broad daylight in the middle of Paris. Not just a little kiss here or there, but a full on make out session and not one person turned a head (except for us of course). I suppose it’s accepted that way.

1st) Outside of the Shakespearean Bookstore- I was guessing they hadn’t seen each other in a while? P.S. With the picture. I’m not a perv btw lol, the couple was just going at it for about 10 minutes so I thought….hey why not?? lol

2nd, 3rd, and 4th) All in the Metro Stations, and one time they were riding the train.

I’m just thinking, hmmm…..really don’t want to be looking over there but it’s kind of hard not to when it’s right in your face.

Oh the Shakespearean Bookstore. I absolutely loved it. Honestly, I could have stayed in there all day/week just exploring the whole place. It was just so cliche andperfect in there. There had the sweet piano music playing in the background, the old rustic look of a bookshop that you could only imagine in such a great city as Paris. It was something out of an old movie, story, or painting. It was….idk…..charming. Every needs to get the chance to explore this bookstore, it’s really great….makes you want to never leave.

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