oh, yeah, and Paris

So I neglected posting anything about Paris - but can you blame me? We were busy and didn't have time to blog from there - just too much to do. I *did* however post pics to the Picassa link (you know there on the right --->) but let me tell ya what we did:

1) Walked, we walked our arses off and there is just so much to see
2) Drank Cafe Au Lait (well, I did anyway) several times at Le Deux Magots
3) took pictures of Maddie telling me to stop taking pictures
4) Went to the worlds best Museums (D'Orsay and Louvre) and took a ton of pictures of famous art like this:
Not sure why everyone is so short, or killing each other, but gripping none the less.

5) Shopped - take my recommendation and hire a driver/car to take you to the dozens of places to buy ridiculously priced items - on our list: shoes, hand bags, scarves, wine and more shoes. And if you think America knows how to build a mall - *this* is a mall in Paris:

6) Went and looked at still more art - look at the pics in picassa for some of my favs
7) ate - and not hoity toity food but one of the best meals (Le Grand Colbert gets my recommendation) was buying a loaf of bread from the shop next door to the hotel, some butter and some wine.
8) Walked, so I can take pictures of Paris like this, Pont Alexander - note the silver gate under the bridge at the bottom - I kid you not, its a disco at night:

Anyway - we had a great time, can't wait to buy a place in the 6th district (St. Germain Des Pres thank you very much) and if you want to come visit us there - call 6 months in advance, we are out and busy! :-P



PS - yes, we brought home some nice lung issues so we are still coughing our way to recovery - but I don't blame Paris or Dublin, I blame the old airplanes. As my friend Matt says "oh, you mean the Airbus Hantavirus" (referring to the recycled air of a 20 year old plane)

Here's looking forward to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Dublin, for two

I have gone to Dublin almost a dozen times solo (almost, as with most prone to exaggeration on matters of trivial accuracy, so I suppose its more like 9~ish) so here are a few pics of Maddie and I.

Ok so really I am just going to upload some of the more cute pics as I am in a hurry...so this will have to do for now. -Cheers and see ya soon from Paris.

Look at that sweet FAAAAACE!

Maddie and I at Monart Spa and Maddie at the Waterford Crystal Factory