to/from school

I wanted to document my path that I take to/from school.

First, there is Picard, it only sells frozen food.

Then I pass this street, that is La Defense in the background:

and then I come to this huge round about, two things to note (1) the sky is absolutely brilliant today, it almost looks fake and (2) I drive in this round about when I take Aude to ice skating:

there is La Defense:

and now I have crossed the street:

then I pass the boucherie (butcher shop)....

where my mouth waters over the window....

and the smells of rotisserie chicken and beef......

mmmmm nom nom nom

then I cross a smaller round about, where I pass a presse stand, these are everywhere in Paris, they sell magazines, newspapers, crossword puzzle books, postcards, cigarettes, etc.

here is the mini round about and a SmartCar!

then I pass la Maison du Fromage and again my mouth waters....

cheeeeeeeese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  here is the local bus:

check out that sky!!!
just beyond the man-rolling-a-ball-up-an-inclined-ledge statue, is the Arc de Triomphe.

the glorious fountain + La Defense

Diane looooooovesssss meeeeeee. She does though. (also, you go girl! work that purple!!!)

Avenue de Madrid

notre boulangerie, our bakery:

miam!!!!!!

all day, every day.

I am salivating over my keyboard right now....

perfection.

our street!

dar un paseo

We took a stroll down to the main plaza in Alcala de Henares.

They were having some craft fair so we checked it out, there are no people because it is (1) siesta and (2) sunday. Oh Spain.

Jess + rose bushes!

Baby girls.

Hola Don Quijote + Cervantes

so pretty!

Fun fact: Calle Mayor in Alcala is the longest and oldest pedestrian main street in Spain!

And Jessie used to live on it! Here is her old piso!

Some other plaza:

Me and a building:

Here we are:

Fact #1= I have long lanky arms

Fact #2 = my wingspan is longer than my height (yes, I've measured)

This is what Spaniards looks like when they dan el paseo (take a stroll)

Here is the main plaza:

walking around the 20eme

Here are some things I saw today in the 20eme: