Lana + Erin arrive!

And now, the moment we have all been waiting for, Lana and Erin's arrival in Paris. Look there they are in line!!! 

False. This is not them. I was fooled by these outrageous identical dopplegangers. I stood at the glass yelling, whistling, waving like a mad women trying to get there attention. Whoops. 

Here we are near my apartment, Lana is equal parts thrilled to be in France and flabbergasted by the French parking rules. 

smorgasbord mini diana roll

view of the Seine from the terrace of Institut de Monde Arabe

Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 

Parc de la Villette, Paris. 

building / picnique avec Madison

building / picnique avec Madison

Fritz Kola, Greg, Bremen.

Fritz Kola, Greg, Bremen.

Greg, Bremen, Germany. 

Tree, Bremen, Germany. 

red rain jacket, Greg, Bremen. 

Brunch, Vouzeron, France

hedges of Chateau Chenonceau / Nature Capitale

Tour Eiffel, Champs Elysses, Nature Capitale. 

sunbathers at Esplanade de La Defense

sunbathers at Esplanade de La Defense

building, water, reflections. 

walking around the 20eme, Paris

walking around the 20eme, Paris

Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain.

McDo

Don't judge me. Or judge me, I don't care. I had just landed and it was going to take me 1.5 hours to get home and I was hungry so.....yes, I ate McDonald's. I was curious to be honest, whenever I've eaten McDonald's outside of the US it's so much better! They used fresher ingredients and better meats. I swear!

I mean just look at the hamburger, on a cibatta roll, with fresh tomatoes + crisp lettuce. It wasn't bad.

zona fumadora

People chain smoke here like it's their job. Plus they are still allowed to smoke inside cafes + bars + restaurants. Here is a smoker zone in the airport, but since there is no door it completely defeats the purpose. The entire floor smelled like smoke. Joke.

elephante

An upside down elephant doing acrobatics. KHORN!!!!!

museo thyssen

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza offers art from 13th century to 20th century. It's a fine museum and I don't know why it doesn't get as much hype as Museo del Prado or la Reina Sofia.

Rory, that's you.

some art:

some art + Jess, being such a trooper on euro crutches:

we loved these ones:

check out the details!

!

we also liked this one:

and these little guys:

mmmm stilllife:

lovely

nice colors

the inside of the museum:

holler, Paris!

I forget this artists' name but we used to have some images of hers hanging up in the Upham bathroom!

holller, Paris.

Rory, that's also you.

A portrait of George Washington's cook! RAD!

interesting.

beautiful.

modern.

appreciating.

i like this.

this is alright.

learning.

This is one of my favorite Dali paintings. The title of the painting is: Dream caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking up. (heaaa!)

a nice sketch:

Jess:

This reminded my of our friend Kyle Wilhelm's artwork:

I really like this one!

the modern art room:

the outside: