Exploring Paris, and delicious French Food, yay France!

so, i'm not sure exactly where we went today, but i'd say we stayed in the 11th arrondisment 'cause we walked. and walked. and walked. we were walking for a little over 6 hours, but with a break for lunch in there. it was fabulous. i took some pictures that i promise to post someday, but i'm too tired tonight and have to go to bed.

anyway, it was great, just exploring and seeing everything. it's not the paris i remember from my childhood, in fact, it's a lot like the cities i've been to in the south of france. i suspect most of that has to do with the area we're in, although i do wonder how much of it has to do with seeing it through the eyes of an adult and not the eyes of an eight year old.

and then for dinner i had one of my favourite meals, which is always better in france... roast chicken (bought from a butcher with an open store front, you know, the pre-roasted kind), parisian potatoes roasted in the chicken fat (mmmmm, chicken fat *grin*), baguette with cultured butter, and half a cucumber sliced. it was soooooo good. yum yum. anyway, it's always better in france because all the ingredients, which are available at home, are somehow better here. (geeze, i'm talking about food again. apparently paris is all about food for me).

the one funny experience that happened today (other than the declaring myself a prostitute this morning, which i already blogged about) was when we were walking home. a couple guys were on a scooter on the sidewalk and i damn near got run over. but all was forgiven because the driver (very hot driver i might add...) exclaimed "ooh la la" and we all burst out laughing. i'm telling you, a big smile and laughter can get you out of most jams.

so, now i am going to retire to bed and dream of the flea market day ahead of us tomorrow. maybe we'll go to some touristy spots too, we'll see. stay tuned and find out. *grin*