I never know whether to put up a final blog post when I get home.... to those around me I'm obviously home, but for you further away folks, I figured it was good to fill you in on the final leg of the trip (for me).
Maren and I had a fantastic last few days in Paris. We continued to walk more than we've ever walked before... along an artsy little street called Belleville, around various sites from the movie Amelie, to the Eiffel Tower, up the Eiffel tower, away from the Eiffel Tower, and back to the Eiffel Tower at night to get amazing photos, through Musee D'Orsay, and eventually, to the train station, to catch a train north to Thionville and my dear old friend Jess, who I met long ago as an au pair in Australia. She hosted us for the weekend, fed us cheese fondue, did our laundry, and let us sleep until noon. Last Monday we all took a train to Luxembourg. Jess went to work, I said a sad goodbye to Maren, and got on a bus that took me to Germany, another bus that took me to the Frankfurt airport, then a sky train to the international terminal, followed by a bus to the correct plane. After landing in Vancouver 12 hours later, I came very close to kissing the sweet North American airport carpet. It is strange and wonderful to be home; the sun is shining everyday. Maren ventured from Jess' today to a little French town called Nurlu, and will go on to see Belgium and Germany before coming back for Thanksgiving dinner. She is missed.
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| Maren being Maren. |
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| Nothing quite as good as an enormous old cemetery in autumn. |
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| Artsy Fartsy. |
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| A sweet old French lady offered to take this if I held onto her dog. I tried to get the dog into the picture it was not very cooperative. |
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| Classic tourist shot. |
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| Maren having an "Amelie special" in the cafe from the movie. (Right after this a French guy told us we should go try a frappacino from the Starbucks around the corner. What???) |
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| Bam. |
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| Strange things in the endless aisles of cheese at the grocery store. |
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| Eating Raclette (cheese fondue) with Jess, her boyfriend, sister, and chatty cousin. |
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| Along the River Moselle, in Luxembourg. |
That's all for now. Love to each of you.
