Hi Again

Hi all,

Well today I went exploring in the district of Paris that I am in. I am staying in the 18th (of 20) district of Paris. The 18e Arrondissement is home to Montmatre, the Sacre-Coeur and the Moulin Rouge district. I walked through the Moulin Rouge area and then I went to the Montmatre Cemetery where some famous French people are buried including the illegitimate son of Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas fils. I only mention this because my dad is reading The Three Musketeers and I have read it as well as some of Alexandre Dumas' other works and I really enjoyed his writing. Maybe while I am here I will find some of Dumas fils' books and read them. If you go to my photo album you can see some pictures from the cemetery.

After walking around there for a while I got onto the Paris Metro. First of all let me say that I love any city that has better public transportation that LA and that is pretty much all of them. The Paris metro is really easy to navigate and so convenient. I went from the 18e where I am staying to the 12e to go to the pet store. The pet store was located in a little shopping area known as Bercy Place. I will definitely be going there again to hang out. It reminded me of the 3rd Street promenade in many ways. Although there were no street performers and it is was much shorter.

Back to the Metro, on the older tracks there was a lot of graffiti. Not in the stations but on the walls in between the stations. I will try to get a picture of it if I can.

So so far I am really enjoying myself and I am starting to go out and see things. Tomorrow I am going to see the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding areas. I am really excited about that. Where I am in the 18e I feel like there are not a lot of tourists, I expect it to be different tomorrow. After the Eiffel Tower I think that I am going to go to the Arc d'Triumph, Champs Elysees, and the Trocadero. Then tomorrow night I am going to a bar to celebrate Halloween.

I will write again on Wednesday complete with illustrations about my day and night.

Happy Halloween to you all.

Until next time.

Ciao

Vive la France!

Hi,

It is now 6:04 in Paris and I am sitting here in my new "home" relaxing and getting ready to unpack. I have been awake for almost 24 hours and I am going to try and go for at least 30...GO ME!

I know that this is going to be a short blurb, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I am here. Scottie is sniffing around and we are doing well. The apartment is really cute and I know that I am going to like it here.

I will take some pictures tomorrow and upload them so keep your eyes open.

Until next time,

Au revoir

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane, Don't Know When I'll Be Back Again...

Hi all,

Well it is officially the day that I leave to go on my trip to Europe! I am very excited to have this opportunity to travel after being in school for the past 12 years. Before I go any further I would like to thank my Dad for making this journey possible. I love you Daddy!

This blog is my way of keeping touch with all of you at home as I gallivant around the world. Through this I hope to share with you my adventures. I will be posting on here as much as possible, let's hope that it isn't like every other journal that I have kept where I write in it for a few weeks and then let it go for a month. If I start slacking off please feel free to email me and kick my ass (Sorry mom).

BTW, for all of you who are my friends, this blog will be open to everyone so if you have something that you need to say that is not appropriate for certain audiences please email me and I will do the same. Also I promise not to drunk blog (Is there such a thing?).

Thank you all for sharing this adventure with me. I miss you all already.

Until next time...Au revoir et Continuer à combattre!