Il Niege!

IT'S SNOWING IN PARIS!
how cool is this?!!?

We woke up this morning with some flurries. nothing has stuck, but it's just so neat to walk around with the snow falling!

Today was a busy day for me. Like clockwork i woke up again at 5 am But that's probably because i passed out before 9pm again last night. I think I've finally beaten the jet lag though. I hope!!! No naps today, and I have to go to bed at an "adult" hour!!!

Today's been fun. I went with Amanda down to the market they set up every Thursday by the house she works at. we walked through there and saw everything. There was everything from fresh fish, to books and DVD's to clothes, and rugs! It was neat! Everything's so expensive though! we even met another Canadian girl living here in Paris.

After that we went to pick up Adrien, the boy Amanda nanny's. He's a cute little bugger! We went back to their place and had lunch, then i was off on my way. I decided it was time to adventure!

So I headed off armed with Amanda's map to adventure. First stop on my list: Cimetiere du Montparnasse. Cemetaries are soooooo cool. It was creepy walking through it all alone though! I got some really neat pictures.

The last picture is something I'll TOTALLY remember. I noticed the flowers and walked closer to them. It was a total memorable experience. The smell was overwhelming! It was like you didn't even have to LOOK at the flowers to experience it all! Bah, I donno how to describe it. It was pretty damn cool.

here's a little bit about the cemetary:
The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. It is in the 14 th arrondissement.

Montparnasse cemeteryCreated from three farms in 1824, the Montparnasse cemetery was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud. Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786 due to health concerns. Several new cemeteries outside of the precincts of the capital replaced all the internal Parisian ones in the early 19th century, Cimetière de Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetière Père-Lachaise in the east and Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south. At the heart of the city, and today, sitting in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, is Cimetière de Passy.

Montparnasse Cemetery is the eternal home of many of France's intellectual and artistic elite as well as publishers and others who promoted the works of authors and artists. There are also monuments to police and firefighters killed in the line of duty in the city of Paris.

Because of the many notable people buried there, it is a highly popular tourist attraction.

From there i went to "Jardin du Luxembourg"

now THAT'S a water fountain mom would love to have!
I was walking through there thinking, "Carol-Ann, you won't even walk downtown Vancouver on your own, and here you are walking through PARIS!" I was pretty proud of myself! :D :D :D

here's some info on it:
The Luxembourg Garden (Jardin du Luxembourg, familiar nickname Luco) is a 224,500 m² public park and the largest in the city located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Luxembourg is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace.

The garden is enjoyable for its calm. On the little pond children play with miniature boats. The garden contains various statues and sculptures. Surrounding the pond are a series of statues of former French queens.

I explored all of that and managed to make my way home without getting too terribly lost

Tonight Amanda has to babysit late so i'm invited over there for dinner and a movie, although I haven't had much of an appetite. Hopefully that will pick up!