Wednesday, 24 September 2008

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  Don't worry, I'm back!

  So I made it back safe from Paris and Germany.  It was FANTABULOUS!!!
  
  So let's start out this post with a reasoning of why I was there.  My mommy had to go over there for this "Automachanica" show.  Basically, its an auto show--- go figure.  But it also involves part makers and industrial developers as well.  This is a freaking huge show.  There are 10 segments, each segment has 3 floors, and each floor has probably 50-100 different stalls.  And the better majority of the stalls are giving away free stuff- and as a poor college student I am all about this "free stuff".  They give away anything from food to bags to pens to ipods.  I managed to wander through most of the floors... and collect so much stuff that we (me and my mommy) had to go through it all and decide what was awesome and what could be trashed. 
  
  Now, lets go into the Paris trip.  One word--- WOW.  Paris is pretty, however the better majority of the people were rather rude.  There were the select group of nice people, who spoke english and willing helped us out when we got lost--- but that was a very select group.  We were in Paris for 2 full days, and walked at least 30,000 steps a day- no exaggeration.  I saw some pretty amazing stuff.  (Warning: My dorky side is about to come out) At one point we were in the Pantheon.  In the bottom of this HUGE building is a crypt.  Two amazing writers are lucky enough to have their corpses in this building- Voltaire and Goethe.  Talk about exciting.  I seriously stood infront of their tombs for a good 15 minutes taking in the awe of it.  But I also saw some other cool things- like Versailles.  Talk about a huge dusty house, but the gardens are beautiful.  Behind Versailles (like 2000 miles behind) is Marie Antoinette's house- which I thought was more beautiful than Versailles, and a lot less dusty.  Funny story: We (me, mom, and this guy mom works with Greg) were behind Marie Antoinette's house at the gardens.  Mom wanted to sit down for a minute, so I told her I was going to walk around the gardens.  I pointed in the direction, and she followed me about 20 steps, then went to sit down.  I mosied for a time then went back to where my mom was supposed to be.  And she was gone!  I saw Greg, walked up to him and said "Mom's freaking out isn't she"--- which I was right, I could just tell.  Then I went to the front of Marie's house, and stood there waiting for mom to come out of the house.  She came running out, saw me, hugged me, then ran back in.  Turns out she had told the Parisian officers she lost her daughter, and they were all looking for me.  But then she would let me get more than two feet away from her... I was surprised she didn't get me a leash :)
  
  Well. I have to get to Storytelling class.  I'll have to continue on my tales of Germany later. 
  

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