I do try to be positive. Honest. I'm just not very good at it.
Nothing like 5 days in cities to completely destroy any efforts of trying to feel good about my fellow humans. What a bumbling bunch of rude pointless pin heads.
Whew. That felt good. And this time I was not just thinking about the school board, but I am now! So, they dampened my vacation. So what. They have a collapsed school to worry about and how best to put 6th graders into rat infested, broken down gyms. I have to keep in mind they don't have the luxury of worrying about their children in lead painted based asbestos dens while sipping wine in Paris, like moi. So, enough with them and their degenerate proclivities to putting off where to best torture 7th graders during summer break.
And on to London and to Paris. We have been to both cities now with 4 days to split and we have seen next to nothing. It's amazing how little you can see with so many people. But for me and Phyllis- we've seen both and the point of this trip is to be with the kids. We are doing that in spades. We are not just giving them quality time, but quantity time. So much nagging and arguing they will never in their lives feel neglected.
In London, we got to Stomped. Great fun. Loud. I had to scoot out early with Nelson, but all well worth it. We paid way too much to eat way too little at Harrods and just had a blast.
In Paris, we did manage to split out 50 euro museum passes on the Musee D'Orsey, the Louvre and St. Chappelle. I think individually that would have come to 20 Euro. A, c'est la vie.
The Batobus is fantastic in France. It cruises the river and you can buy a multiday pass and just get around via it. The best way to see some of the city, avoid traffic and get places.
We tried the velib. Fantastic idea and it worked great, but the bikes are too big and heavy for Nelson. If he were two years older, this would have been the best way to get around. I recommend it, but you MUST get an amex card with a chip in it to use the things, so plan ahead.
C'est tout pour aujoudi.
