C'est Noël!

Winter break at...

On a trouvé des chapeaux de noël.

Et un petit père noël himself!

And on christmas day...

And of course the traditions: presents at midnight, 13 desserts, a buche de noël, the crêche... ooh la la!

Rien du tout...

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What did I even do this week??

School, for one thing.

CareOdance with Camille (for the next fête where they play Spice Girls).

Les Galeries Lafayette at night.

L'anniv' de Lucie- 22!

Waiting for sandwiches at La Dolce... Justin, Cécile, et Cam.

And then I did something absolutely forbidden and took a picture at school!

And then another one, with Monsieur Lamanie. Je vous ai dit que je le mettrais sur mon blog!!

Otherwise, I/we found and gave christmas presents (c'est ta taille Raf?), baked cookies, and studied the knights of the Round Table!

Joyeuses Fêtes to anyone who reads this! I think I said that in the last post, and I still mean it.

Papa est à Paris!

Thursday afternoon: Dad's flight arrives in Paris. I go to school until lunch time, then take a train to Paris. Lo siento Madame LaMache! At least an hour late (Metro ticket problems/walking halfway across Paris) I am at the Hotel Elysa! Up a spiral staircase and down the hallway to room 103. Knock on the door... and there is Dad!

And guess what else? It is christmas, sort of. Here is the first photo with my new camera (thank you thank you thank you!!!):

That evening we ate at a Lebanese restaurant, then visited Notre Dame, Shakespeare & Co., and bought gloves to protect against the Mistral! Or that's what it seemed like thursday and friday.

Friday: A continental breakfast at the hotel reminded me that the french really don't eat like americans! Afterwards, a walk to Beaubourg, which wasn't open yet. So I bought Les Misérables (the original, all three volumes and in french!) at a librairie, then we took a coffee just across from the museum. A long line began queing outside, so we finished and joined it. Then I finally went to Beaubourg!

Dad's first crêpe. A sort of holy light came into his eyes...

That night we went out to Le Potager du Marais, a petit restaurant near Beaubourg. Inside there is a row of tables, which the waiter pulls out so you can sit down an the booth. The waiter is charming and the food is wonderful.

Kind of like the pictures with suits of armor...

On se prépare avant le concert de Cam...

Tous les trois!

Dad's first french cheese sandwich, lovingly prepared.

We found a friperie in the Marais where we bought berets.

At the gare...

Leaving on the train, shrouded by cigarette smoke.

Thank you so much for coming Dad- I hope you had a really good time!

And thank you everyone for all of the christmas presents-

Joyeux Noël!

Disneyland Paris

6:30 am: wake up, breakfast, 1 1/2 hour drive to Disneyland.

8:30 am: arrive in Disney parking lot. Walk through the drizzle and wind to get to the entrance.

9 am: Disneyland Paris!

Karina (l'australienne) and Delphine (sa correpondante).

Space Mountain. Going to Cedar Point kind of takes the fun out of any other roller coasters...

Proof that people with moustaches can work at Disney (not me, the statue).

It's a small world after all...

(For Vicky).

On a acheté des grosses sucettes.

Happy to go home where it is warm and dry.