November 2008

My mom and her partner went to Rome for a week and I offered to dog-sit their cuty doggy they have had since last summer. They got him from a young woman that had offered it to her mother but the last one, sick and already with a dog, did not want to keep it. They are missing a great dog, he is a year and a half and he is great! He jumps all day, he is a genius at stealing things and it pisses us off quite often =) - we think he has been trained by Romanian people lol - he is dynamic, has soft and curly hairs like a sheep and loves when I play with him and is always very happy when he sees me!

But... Sisi and Austin, are not made for leaving with each other so far, she is afraid of everything and shy, he is a hunter and loves to play, so after a first chase, the very first day, I decided they could not be again in the same room. I spent an awful week because of that. Leaving with Sisi OR with Austin is nice but with both of them, kept me at home for 5 days in a row to avoid a catastrophe!

Here are some memories of his stay at home:

Paris (Autumn - Winter)

The Tour Eiffel through the Mur de la Paix (Peace Wall)

Tour Eiffel & Champs de Mars (beautiful day of Nov. 2006)

The National Opera of Paris, Opéra Garnier (1875)

My favorite area in Paris: Saint Lazare (here a pedestrian street and the famous Printemps store)

The perspective from the Tuileries gardens with the Obelisk of La Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe.

Having a typical relaxing time, around the pond, on the chairs of the Jardin des Tuileries, near the Louvre (you can also see the Tour Eiffel behind the naked trees)
Some modern facilities of Paris: here the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy (shortened to POPB), covered with grass indoor arena that holds musical or sport events (1984)

Opéra Bastille (1989) and the Colonne de Juillet (exactly where was the Bastille prison and the famous guillotine, during the Révolution Française in 1789)

The Ministry of Finance, the POPB behind the trees, the Seine and a Péniche
Parc de Bercy (next to the POPB) and a carousel

One of my favorite place: Cour Sain-Emilion - next to the Parc de Bercy - a pedestrian way with restaurants, shops and a multiplex cinema,
The famous Galeries Lafayette, with their Xmas lights
Each Xmas, you can admire the animated shop windows of the Galeries, suitable for the children and the grown-ups!
The Xmas crowd of the Galeries (and it was during the week!)
The lighted up Champs Elysées by night, facing the big wheel of La Concorde

Facing the Arc de Triomphe
Montmartre and its Sacré Coeur (1919)
The famous Moulin Rouge (1889)
Au Chat Noir, a famous cabaret of the 19th century. The Black Cat stayed a strong reference to the old Paris and Montmartre.
The famous painters and portraitists of Montmartre

PARIS

People tend to say it is one of the most beautiful city in the world.

As a French and Parisian person, I would not be objective but I agree with the beauty, I just don't know if we can place it on top.

Anyway, I like it for the numerous possible nice pictures it offers.

I am still working on covering all the City of Lights, I am far from being done yet!

Here is what I can offer you so far.