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Walking to the biggest dune in Europe
We never made it. I puked mult times in the atlantic to the right
Fatty gross summer huitres
Gujan-mestras/ oyster town/ i will not step foot in a town like this again
got really sick from huitres in aug.
Watch out for the bulls on stilts in Bordeaux.
They'll take your hat.
CC running into the grapevines.
The weather here is mid 70s in the day
And really cool nites. We were the only ones that would sit outside in the cold!
Not happy I'm leaving St. Emillion
The worlds greatest vineyards
CC
Petrus
At 3299 Euro a btl for 2005 here. Unbelievable.
Bordeaux
A fantastivious town.
Smelliott tests himself on wine scents
Clos de Mad
Wild plums in St. Emillion
CC and Penelope reading, sharing wine
Me and the 1903 brandy made from cherry pits
CC and her boss Silvie and her boyfriend
People jump off bridge into dirty canal below at the place de Bastille
They turn the right bank into a beach in late july. Sand, palms, umbrellas, pools, bars, oysters...
The staff trying to act serious at our favorite place down the street.
Hotel de Ville then. Fun, awesome town and short RER and bus away from Paris.
Hotel de Ville now.
Vincent and his brother lay in the cementary right in the middle of fields Van Gogh made famous.
Auvers-sur-Oise. Beautiful town that hasnt changed since Van Gogh painted it.
Maisons Lafitte. The fix was in that day so i left after 2 races.
Sophie at La Grande Arc
Sophie and I went to the La Defense today. It's like another world.
Thats it. A victory lap for CSC and Sastre. An unbelievable summer for Espana.
Once i got there sastre went on the podium
This guy gets the loudest ovations. Last place.
After the leaders Yellow is what everyone watches. The rest is a blur.
Oh yeah watch the race as it goes by and then back into your hotel rooms to watch it on tv.Spoiled!
Leaders of the pack. Everyone wants to go down as a Paris stage winner.
CSC in form with the leader in the rear. A straight away so faster, blurrier.
My first view of a Tour champion
Leaders for lap one
I went across the river and then back over to get to my spot
Huge pot of onions and dawgs
Aussies were out in full effect even tho their brat came in 2nd
Luxembourg fans were out, their tiny country performed really well
Who would've thought next to all the fancy shops that airiran would have front row spot at the tour
Great year for our neighbors
I started from the end and walked down
We met Sophie at l'affriole before it closes for aout.
E, CC, and ET
CC and Sophie
CC and I on the 2nd terrace of ET
Eiffel is blue for 6 months in honor of Paris being EU Capital
Mad and Jim Morrison.
They put a barrier up because too many people were having sex and doing drugs on top of his grave.
houseboat kitty. what a life!
Ouch. Tough job
St. Denis. If you want to see the graves of the Kings and Queens go here. Everyone is here.
From Clovis I to Francois I to all the Henry's and Louis' and the Catherines and the Marie-Antionnettes. All in one church just north of paris.
Pretty day for lunch at our local windmill
CC clogged the toilet again, gotta clear it out.
Sewer tour. Not as stinky as you would think.
Paris has pretty stuff like this all over.
I've seen everything here, everything. This goes down by far as the strangest.
I didnt know forty was in town! lets go get some drinks!
Mmm real Cassoulet. Good not great and pricey. Best glass of wine though
Mad in front of church where the albino finds the roseline and kills the nun
Mad in the streets of the Latin Qtr.
Me rowing, Mad posing in front of the island restaurant in the big park
Girls sunning on our roof
Very random Scarface themed restaurant
Mad air kissing Oscar Wilde's lipstick covered tomb
Moulin Rouge and Mad
Mad and CC
CC trying to make sense of the modern art
There was a dude right outside this pic on his cell pacing like everyone does on the phone
Except his pacing was going up and down the escalator right behind us that takes you to the rooftop rest. Thats how you pace in Paris! Up-down, up-down!
My favorite restaurant in paris
Back at the sun and the moon latin rest. Biggest tamal ever.
Mad and CC and i leaving the Pompidou Restaurant
I went to this show and there was no line. Today it was almost going into the metro station.
Avedon show at Concorde
Outside the Pompidou
At the tres chic bar on top of the Pompidou
Red Rhino and me
Mad and CC going up the outside of the Pompidou
Cowgirl and Indian
Dom P with his overflowing bottle of Champagne
Laser guided train took us around the wine caves underneath the town of Epernay
Chicken Fried Rabbit last nite at Chez Ell's
Epernay town and vineyards from CC's tower.
This is serious stuff, no fooling around.
Where's the tasting room? Huh? Where is it?! Oh here it is.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Grape Inspectator Neal. Gonna be a "2 star" year.
Full of food and champagne the girls took a break while i went exploring.
If you are as serious as i am about champagne, this is how you hold a flute.
Little known in US, this is France's most drank champagne
The tower of CC
Caveman and CC
The biggest winerie in France
Perrier-Jouet CC-Elliott
Cavewomen
CC's ecstatic!
Mad at Moet and Chandon.
I wasnt paying attention and we went past the end of any station! Ive always wanted to see this.
Louvre time. On Wed it is open till 9, 6 euros, and no line, you can't beat it.
The spectacle around the Mona Lisa is better to watch. Pick pocket heaven they say.
Must be warm in there.
KOing some pricey Iberico Jambons at Bellota-Bellota
CC after she cut her foot in our kitchen. Flexible!
CC and Mad on our little street. Not a pretty part tho.
Mad finally a true parisian. Wine in one hand, baguette in the other.
Big Oak that fell during that wind storm around 2000
Ballet show in theatre at Versailles
I wanna orange!
Bahn Mi's we brought from our neighborhood to Versaille
Mad at gardens of Versaille
Versaille. I found this little place in the woods.
Me in humvee on Bastille day. Tanks everywhere along the streets.
Breakers at St. Michel on Bastille day
Great long firework show, but the Eiffel Tower didn't explode like i've seen in pics before. Boo.
After fireworks we went to the little amusement park in front of the Louvre
CC and I were in flying in this.U can see us on the right. She was ill afterward.
Us at the rooftop terrace of the Glenn's hotel
Lowe Country Lawyer chasing his 1st ambulance after dinner. Mad cackling.
The mustard taps at Maille. I wonder when the kegs tap out does it splatter everywhere
Where am i? I mean where the hell am i?!
CC and Mad at the world's largest Flea Market right around the corner from our house
Snack at Fauchon
Madeline in front of Madeleine
Madeline and Opera
Mad Rabbit
Lapin Sale
The girls at Monet's gardens
Famous Waterlillies at Giverny
Mad and CC in front of Notre Dame
Happy Birthdays to Mom and Matt!
And happy birthday to Egg Bowl too. Go Ole Miss. Didnt see MSU there.
Harry's New York Bar
Vertical garden. A living building.
Mad arrives! Looking for me.
In paris there used to be 200 passages, now there about 20 left.
In the 1800s it was the only way to shop, away from the weather and the stinky streets. Now most are falling apart and half empty. Down this one, thru the weed smoke and the people who bang on the windows at you is a good Mauritian joint that has a good Seafood creole on rice. The minty salsa sauce thing is amazing.
Spring, a tiny hotspot restaurant run by an ex-pat. Good that day, not great.
Spring's 1st course. Poached egg with Foie Gras
Sea bass and the tiny shrimp with green tomato.
Chandelier at the best Latin American restaurant in the world.Outside of Lat. America at least.
Pork ribs and sangria at the best latin american restaurant
We thought it was hot enough to fry a quail egg on our roof. Not yet! It rarely breaks 70 here.
P-town is a playground
Long live the Princess
This is an exact replica of the Statue of Liberty's torch. It happens to be right above the tunnel so the Princess Di mourners have adopted as a memorial to her. Seems fitting.
Princess Di tunnel.
I always thought this was miles long and dark and curvy, it's straight and 100 yards long. Doesn't seem like the kind of place for a fatal accident.
Hundreds of computers lined up in an arrow working on making the darkest music in the world.
The artists put the Vader helmets on the microprocessors to create a better visual effect but the exhibit is really about the dark, deafening music coming from the speakers above. At the palais Tokyo
Amazing, incredible!
Me at DDay beaches. This was a manmade port the allies made and didnt clean up well.
Private CC is on the hunt for left over nazis
Me and Van looked for leftover nazi paraphenalia while CC made sure we were ok.
CC and I in and on old nazi bunker
CC, her Uncle Van and Grandmother Phoebe at the wonderful hotel in Bayeaux
Restaurant in Bayeaux
Thousands lined the streets for the parade. We had no idea it was going on til we got there.
The Medieval Monsters. Must have been like the Village back in the day.
Meats by Medivals. Van and i tasted a bunch, we bought some later. He got wild boar, i got mystery.
A cafe to get over a hangover and to get ready to serve the masses.
It was like hogfest in hillborough, i dont think alot of the vendors slept, just drank thru the nite.
Meat on spits cooked by real wood at the Bayeaux Meatival Fest
Mont St. Michel. It was amazing, really big.
CC
Quicksand helped Mont Saint Michel become impossible to attack. Notice i didnt venture out far.
CC and Van walking down the slippery steps. I almost killed myself
Princess CC. It was actually really high. There are peeps on the beach down below you cant even see
Me at Mont St. Michel
Amazing huge full rainbow that led us to Chartres. I never seen a rainbow touch the ground before.
Chatres Cathedral at sunset
Ingrid!Ingrid! I was walkin down a rue and saw hundreds waitin for somethin. it was betancourt.
she was picked at CDG and brought to this palace. even though i missed some of safin/fed it was still kinda exciting. lots of french movie stars and columbian radicals.?big news here, prob was under the radar in the states since that man had that baby.shes bigger than joan of arc here.i have pics of her arriving but they didnt come out
Picture from the Avedon expo. The exhibit is awesome
Dinner at our little local restaurant
We dragged poor Phoebe up a long flight of stairs
Tired we decided not to make it all the way to the top
Goin to see Socre Coeur at nite
Trying to figure out the thingamajigger
Uh oh, here they come!
Cats rule
Swinging in style
They set up a ferris wheel in the Tuileries next to the Louvre
The french strike all the time. They were even striking at Mom's fave bookshop!
They say he modeled his serve after Roddick but he says it's his own. Probably better off
Backhand whip by Monfils.
These are better than the Brussel mussels
CC in Bayonne
It was kinda like New Orleans but we can remember everything.
Beach in Bayonne
Duck parts are good. Esp when they fall into basque sauce and splatter.
Fruits of the sea
Ellwich II. It took an hour to eat it.
You gotta like a sandwich that dwarfs a cuttingboard.
Shredded beef cheeks, mayo and mustard, capers, a sliver of red onion, 2 raw eggs
The ham and cheese part.
Spicy salami finish. the meat is kinda hidden but there's a lot in there.
Now that i think about, 2 fresh basil leafs here wouldn't have hurt a thing
You have to eat the 1st part outside then finish the rest while blogging or something
the beginnings to an epic sandwich
Ellwich I!
You eat from right to left
almost to the second sandwich(you have to experience it first to understand)
the mj of baguettes
sarkozy loves these things
Our little kitty. She finally came into the house tonight. Shes been wantin to for a while
In paris there is this really ugly, tall tower that everyone hates for good reason.
Its taller than everything and has an amazing view and it is open till 1130. Plus no one goes. I went and was above the city in 30 seconds. In an elevator all by myself! Sucks for those lil ants waiting forever at the ET.
I caught the sun sneaking a peek at Socre Coeur. We live behind it.
From here it seems like a long way, but actually i usually walk from home to the left bank all the time. even rosena did it.
Flame for the unknown soldiers.
The only time it has gone out since 1920 is when a drunk mexi peed on it after brazil lost the '98 world cup. true story.
I went looking for a triple decker pastrami. It happened to be near here.
I cant believe they can build these things 500 years ago and it not fall in the river
Gisele and mold. Lots of mold everywhere.
Old Vouvrays. She told me the 1946 vintage was 3500 euros. these gotta be pricey
Pauline was my wine host at one of the vineyards. There she is with the rose named for her
The old town of Tours
Tired we took the train home
Queen CC going to look over her peasant village down below
CC and flags at Chateau Amboise
Crossing the bridge to Amboise with the chateau at the left
CC knocked this woman's door down too. She was even nicer.
She does her own little labeling herself. Small cave.
They only use these for the sweet wines and only for a small time.
1 for 1. She was nice. Tour of her lil cave and tasting for free.
It was sunday but we wanted a taste so we started knockin on doors
Entering the lil village of vouvray
CC at Azay de Rideau
me at azay de rideau
CCs power dessert before riding 25 more miles.
Going out to Villandry from Tours. Biking is def the best way to get around
CC in front of the cathedral in Tours with her new bike for the weekend
Passed by lots of cool old farmhouses
Through villages
And vineyards
Come on babe!
We went over and back across the Loire alot
The towers of Tours. Most of these pics I'm taking while riding but most came out surprisingly good
On our way home for the 1st day
Big beer makes soreness go away. My legs and butt were killing me after day1
sunsetting on river seine
scary stinky cave in the park
The view of the kids from the top. I gave one of the kids 50ct to let me use his racket
And turn around and the view of the grounds with ET in the back left
Can i get a replay?
On your toes baby! I was really trying to slide around, the clay not as slidy as i thought.
The pros must be alot faster than me. one note tho, when i was watching sharapova play while still in the us i thought she was bein a wussy when she had to stop cuz it was so windy. i was wrong. when the wind picks up the clay starts flying everywhere and it gets in your eyes. it is impossible to play
Out! Monfils wins the match.
Wimbledon starting on monday
everyone here says its nadals time, and some say djokovic. probably the same people who counted out sampras over and over again
12 years ago Whitebread made me do a book report on this guy.
Careme
Picnic on the Ile St.Louis behind the Notre Dame
Giggling glenns
I couldnt get my camera to work today so here are some previous pics
this is a park in bercy i walked thru b/w chinatown and lil' 'nam
Dim sum at tricotin 2. was very, very good. what can i say? i'm an absolute sucker for dumplins.
under those egg rolls that were literally egg rolled around something and not so good was a monster Dumpling
Monster dumpling. those are normal size dumplings on the left. what a surprise
CC outside chez r et l.
Lamb for me, steak for her at chez robert et louise. bourdain was right about this place
Les halles the old food market.
les pieds de cochons, the 24hr pig foot restaurant opposite corner. we went, not bad. kinda touristy
Ive decided to not use plates anymore when i cook meat.
I'm off plates baby! the foiegras stuffed hen and the middle sausage was good. the duck tripe thing was too much for me.
opa! the ole broken plates in front of the greek restaurants
pho at dong huong, pho capital of lil'nam. really really good.
i went with the coconut tapioca shake thing instead of beer. really good call, my tongue was extremely thankful
I won yesterday at the track so i treated myself out
I love the idea of a good restaurant that only has bar seating available. you get the best service and the open kitchen is fun to watch
Sweetbreads at L'Atelier. incredible. truly. on par with crooks.
but portion too small, still hungry
still hungry, i walked down the block from l'atelier
got rare lambchops and a cold glass of okay red for 1/2 $ of l'atelier at brasserie. no longer hungry
Good lord is this kid gonna kill this fish or is he riding on it? i need the answers to this stuff
Elephant stuck in front of the musee d'orsey. i think the monkey is trying to help
this baby bought my lunch the next day
neighborhood party. this is almost in our backyard.
we were invited but we had free tix to a horserace we needed to get to.
the I in paris
Beantown and Beantown
Chateau Vincennes
cc loves belgian waffles and rosena can live on sorbet
CC and I at the cafe to end our day in brussels
Rosena loves the chocolate fountains
At the expensive comic museum
Mussels and horse fat fries with the italian girl. they did give us a lot of mussels tho.
Tin Tin and Captain Haddock and CC
Capn cc at the brussels musee
Rosena gagging on cherry chocolate truffle
rosena with monster chocolate bar
cc at one of the many stores that sell manekin replicas.
i kept telling her to do this pic, she wouldnt. i think she was worried id put it on the web
manekin pis. this is the most famous statue in all of belgium. they dress him up everyday. funny
manekin wee wee. good flow!
cool old town that the french burnt down in the 1600s but they built it back to form
my 1st belgian waffle. too sweet
mmm chocolate bottles of beer
Rosena thought this was the funniest thing since the last thing she laughed at uncontrolably
toilet on the street
later that nite, debauchery in the left bank. not really though. pretty tame
long walks. the grounds are huge.
marie antionette's little shack
if only she exposed her left breast like all the other statues
I told them to jump up in the air and tap their toes twice, but they wouldnt
good job getting the statue in beanie
Really cool fountain dedicated to the frogmen
Glenncropolis
the famous hall of mirrors.
Cleo getting bit. one of the thousands of statues at versaille
Beanie and i about to tackle the monstrous gardens of versaille
Rosena and i went to this japonese rest where you get to cook your own food.
She smiles now, but in 2 mins the grill breaks and starts shooting flames at her. It was hilarious! she didnt think so.
Rosena at the top of our hill
ET in the far background
Rosena with baguette in front of our apt.
CC getting into the mood
These billboards were all over. This one is right in front of our apt.
So fancy.
This was the ingrounds where all the picnics and moet drinkin went on
CC before we enter the dark wooded path from the train station to the palace grounds.
Rouge, blanc, rose, whatever.
Palais de Chantilly before the races
A bad pic. For some reason my pix didnt come out of the horses racing in front of it. it was cool.
This is where you check out the horses
Everyone comes to this spot to check the horses demeanor, muscular structure, whatnot.
I liked this guy
He wasnt a fave, so his odds were good, and he had just ran a few good races previously
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!
Yep there's my baby about to win. if you look at the big tv there is a computerized line saying 50 metres to the finish line. we had the best seats. the finish line is just barely to the left.
Where's waldo?
Actually those books are still really popular in france.
We snuck up on the trophy stand
it was actually really rickety and i put my hand on the wall to hold my balance and almost fell through. its just a thin facade. that would have been a much better pic.
Watched RF on this big screen
bar right under it!
Bryan bros upset, these guys never lose
I'm bad luck for the u.s. these guys never lose, and ginepri lost this day too ending it for us players
Serbin'!
serbs were lovin the clay this week. i hate djocovik. he's a clown
France's next great hope
Mignon but she lost
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