FYI: Michelada: a mexican import beer mixed with Clamato juice (a clam and tomato juice mix) topped with tons of fresh squeezed lime juice, worchesister sauce, tabasco, and ice. MUCHO BUENO!!!

written by  daniellebachan on March 7, 2008 from San Antonio, United States
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We had a wonderful dinner tonight as well since the parents came back from the south... Agathe and I cooked for 2.5 hours and the dinner was amazing... I found out why she wanted such an extravagant dinner... she had over drafted her account by 1,000 euros... WOW and in the words of her father... "come on Agathe"....

More to come tomorrow after the days events...

written by  daniellebachan on August 30, 2007 from Paris, France
from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007
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the inside of the musee d-orsay

After the museum we went to the Les Invalides, the wounded and disabled war veterans hospital built by Napoleon... The building is phenomenal on the inside... The lines were too long to go and see Napoleans grave site, he is buried there because he believed that he should be with those who lost their lives fighting for the country they both loved... Kind of a nice gesture... We went into his personal chapel St. Louis and it is almost 75% covered in gold... It was almost more amazing than Notre Dame cathedral... Mostly because this was for him and only him to worship in,... The walls have all of the flags of the enemies that he defeated in the chapel... It is strange to me to have your enemies flags in a place of worship but, to each his own... This was where we went before he went off to battle to pray... there is one spot where jesus' tomb is recreated in marble where he would pray but, that area is obviously blocked off for us common folks... lol The most amazing thing to me is that the floors we were walking on are the same floors that Napoleon himself walked on and the others in that time... I think its great that the cracks and problems in the floors and cobblestone driveways have not been replaced because that is so neat to me that we can walk on the exact same floors... That is something we don't have at home because nothing is even close to that old in the us but we tend to replace old things in which it in reality is the most amazing part in my opinion to share that.... I tried my best to get a picture inside the chaple but without a flash its hard...

the inside of napoleans personal chapel st. louis

We also went shopping all day almost yesterday in Les Gallaries Lafayette it looks like a cathedral inside... sure puts Saks in NYC to complete shame... We didn't buy anything partly because its all galleria in Houston prices but it sure is fun to look around the 6 story department store...

the department store gallaries lafayette

Tomorrow we are goign to Notre Dame Cathedral, The Moulin Rouge and The Pigall.... Plans migt change but as of now at 1am thats the plan...

written by  daniellebachan on August 29, 2007 from Paris, France
from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007
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All of the wives cooked all day and came around with snacks and water about every thirty min so that gave us some extra energy and fuel to keep on cutting... We had lunch for 2 hours of mussles and boiled shrimp during the hottest part of the day... The rest was well deserved as well as needed...

The harvest and cutting of the grapes...

After the lunch we went back out until sun set when the harvest is over... whatever was not cut that day would not be included into the bottle... The vengange is more for the best of all of the wines... the 150$ bottle grapes are hand picked and thats why it is so good as well as expensive...

The vineyard logo and ennty...

Me cutting grapes

After the party began in which the 6 course dinner was served and 2 lambs were roasted as well as about everything French you could imagine was served... The party had a live band and servers... talk about a party too bad we all were covered in dirt and grape juice and smelled awful...lol The party lasted until 3am... The rest of the weekend we rested and continued to eat and drink in celebration of a great harvest and past season... The wine was featured in 6 books with 4 out of 5 stars in each... So the sales for the next year will be excellent due to the ratings...

Gerlandin and I at the harvest party

On Monday before I left we got to go to the beach it was a bit freezing but, it was fun because its pretty dark blue water and with the weather this past week this was a nice change...

The beach at the mediteranean

geraldine and I at the beach

We went to a dinner party at one of Agathe's friends house... She is in film school and speaks English very well... Its unreal how all of her friends feel like they don't speak English well but it is almost perfect... The royalty was not at the party but the others were very very intelligent... asking about my views on stem cell research, gun laws in the US, Hillary and obama, voting stats in the US, religion differences, why I like GWBush, smoking laws in LA, and drinking laws in the US.... That is all I can remember now that we spoke about but keep in mind this is ALL in English, they preferred to speak in English to practice... One of the best speakers who is 24 said he learned English slang and other words we use from playing vidio games online where you have a live connection to other players and you speak and also from watching TV shows in english like law and order and friends... How cool is that? I could not even begin to watch French TV and start to speak... It was good to have intellectual conversation with young adults because that rarely happens in the us... I tried to explain that we do not have dinner parties we have keg parties but it was difficult.. lol

Some of the Group at the Dinner Party

I learned some fun phrases... like if you are the one to pour the last of the wine bottle the phrase is " get married or kill yourself" in one year lol... Also when you cheers someone you ahve to look them in the eye or it is bad luck and you must cheers everyone... not like us lazy people from across the room... the other fun thing is you ahve to do the 2 kisses on both cheeks to EVERYONE... it took about 20 min to do it at the party because there were about 20 people there... wow again I could not imagine... The students at the party said they admire me for being so different from other Americans because I have an opinion and I also know when to say it and when not to, that is the French peoples biggest problem with American students...

After the party the metro was closed at 2am so we had to call a taxi and wait in the rain it was fun because the taxi that picked us up was a Bently... never in the US you almost need to clorox your body after a taxi in the US... this was wonderful but it should have been after the 40$ price...

I will be in the south for the weekend doing the vineyard harvest so i will update with pictures and stories after I return on Monday...

This is of before the rain started I LOVE this picture...

Eiffel Tower glittering

written by  daniellebachan on August 22, 2007 from Paris, France
from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007
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