I am way overdue for a blog post. It truly not that were sitting around our little apartment watching
cars and people whip by. We are just out and about, savoring each moment with people we love. Jenny and Basti from Marbourg left 4 days ago. Poor Basti had a nasty cold and was coughing and sneezing and probably feeling like death warmed over. If I get his cold I am going to make him feel worse. Ha.
But the cold didn't keep him down and we kept him fueled up with Bordeaux and Beer's. On one of our days, I contacted a retired school teacher to take us on a tour of the Luxembourg gardens and the historic area nearby. Martine was really special but her accent was as thick as a brick. It was English but really sounded more like FinGlish. We did learn about 25 percent of what she said.
On another day we toured the main sightseeing sights, Eiffel Tower, Arch de Triumphe, Notre Dame
and the Sacre Coreur to name a few. I think all of the people and all the rush, rush, was making Basti crazy especially in his cold induced haze. Our last day we spent relaxed walking trip in our favorite park, Parc des Buttes. It is a park that was design to imitate nature. Of course it was built over a mountain of trash, toxic wastes, horse entrails, and it was the ideal spot for local hangings. It's lovely just keep the history in the past.
Walking back from our the parc, we stopped at a Brasserie. Two guys run the place and they were precious. We tried to ask for our bill at the end in nearly perfect french. Our waiter called out to the
bartender that he needed the "Biiiillllll" He was teasing us of course. I asked him if he knew how to speak German. He said he knows "I Love You" and they other one was a curse word. Basti feel he could go far with those two!
Below are just some of our candid moments we spent on our last days walking about.
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