Ok, so let me bring you up to speed as to where I am. Our time in Paris was a whirlwind. We went to a ton of beautiful churches, the Orsay Museum, the Rodin Museum, Versailles, the Arc de Triumphe, the Eiffel Tower, and Monet's gardens. Here are some highlights:
- I'm not sure if I have ever seen a Van Gough in real life. If i have, I wasn't paying attention. His heavy and bold use of paint reaches out from the canvas and grabs you. Amazing.
- Versailles is beautiful and ridiculous. It is 7,600 acres of what happens when you have too much time, $, and power. The most shocking part of the trip was that in each 18th century decorated room there was a giant metallic balloon animal. Except for one room that contained a ceramic statue of Michael Jackson and his monkey. I'm serious. Google Jeff Koontz Versailles. I can't imagine that any of the Loui's would be happy about that. Who's bad?
- Water lilies are stunning.
- Dictators get stuff done. Not to make light of the pain they cause, but between Versailles and the Arc de Triumphe you really can't argue the fact that they are doers. If we could get a temporary moderate green thumbed dictator with a dislike for greedy investment bankers, I really think things would bet cleaned up quickly. Maybe we could even get that Sept. 11th memorial started.
- My dad is a fantastic tour guide, but he keeps trying to get me to wear his sweaters. Vests and full sleeved. I don't know if we should pick up some new glasses or if I should lay off the crepes.
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