Europe: Le Timbre

I'd love to tell you how utterly amazing this restaurant is/was, but Emily as already done it for me. Please cruise on over to her blog and read about how great this place is/was. It is/was one of if not the best meals I've ever had. I am/would recommend it to anyone who is/was in Paris.

Emily's Post About Le Timbre

Europe: Arrival In Paris

Hello! Officially my first journal entry since arriving in Europe. I arrived yesterday around 11am and after a two hour adventure trying to make way from the airport to the train station (Chatelet Les Halles) I met up with Emily for the first time in two months and gave her the largest hug the city of Paris has ever known. Seriously, French people surrounded us in awe at the sheer magnitude of this hug. Japanese tourists took many photos. I even heard a rumor that President Sarcozy was on his way to witness the scene but luckily we made it out of the station before he arrived. I can't confirm this rumor, but I'm pretty sure someone told me it's true.

Since then, I've spent most of my time sleeping I think. Jet lag is KILLING me. When I'm not passed out we've done quite a bit of walking around checking out sights and things. I've gotten a brief look at some amazing French sights such as Notre Dame, the Seine river, and the Louvre. I'll be spending a lot more time at both of these places eventually and getting many pictures. For now, it was more of a flyby just to check it out. Emily really knows her way around which is hugely helpful. She also speaks French, which is...yeah. I don't speak any French at all so this has been a bit intimidating so far.

Having grown up on Cape Cod and then moving to laid back Southern California...I'm really not use to their being so many people all walking so fast. Everyone is in a really big hurry and generally not looking where their going. To that, I say "wtf". Normally when I walk I try to be efficient about my path and make sure I'm walking swiftly, which makes up for me generally being a slow ass. However here, I'm constantly dodging people and being bumped into which makes planning a path difficult. Bleh! That'll take some getting use to.

Overall everything is incredible almost to the point of being overwhelming. I don't spend very much outside of my comfort zone, even though I often preach to people that they should try to do that very thing. It's going to take some serious adapting on my part. Life was too easy in SoCal anyway, time to grow up a bit!

Tonight we're off to dinner at Le Timbre and tomorrow we leave for a week in Venice, Italy. More to come as well as some pictures eventually when jet lag frees my brain from zombification.

Europe Trip Countdown - 5 Days

I've still got so much left to do! Tons of packing, gathering various items, tying up loose ends at home, work, all sorts of random things need to be done! I've got a schedule worked out though so it's all good.

I'll be living in Paris with Emily for 3 months.



We've got a couple of trips planned, first Venice, Italy soon after I get there, and then onto Munich, Germany for a week at Christmas time.

I'll keep this blog updated, as well as a Twitter (eww) account I just made.

http://twitter.com/jayonidas

Plenty of facebook updates I'm sure as well.

Blah!

Work is crazy, but I leave for Europe in about a month.

Stay tuned.

"Future Of Food" - Interesting movie about Genetically Altered Food

http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food?c=Food-and-Leisure

This is an interesting video about the history of genetically altered crops and foods and how it has affected our daily life and the food we eat.

Check it out if you're interested. Thanks Emily for the link.

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