Paris au Soleil!

Well, after nearly a month in Paris, I experienced my first full blown sunny day. Just like any city - it's completely different when it's sunny. The energy in Paris today was incredible.

Look, they made a real life sized version of those flashing things you buy in the souvenir shops in Paris!

Here's a photo (self portrait) I took today at Le Palais Royal. You can see (if you look real hard) that I am slowly becoming Parisienne. I now own "une écharpe" (scarf, which is standard issue in Paris), and some fancy stylin shoes (the second pair I've bought since coming to Paris. When did I become such a fashion whore?) The Paris "soldes" are amazing. With prices so low, they make China Town look like 5th Avenue. I have to wonder though; what was the little child's name who made my new shoes? Because I should send him a thank you card or something. He did such a nice job.

On the plans front - finally starting to figure out what I'm doing in March. Looks like I'll be heading down to Marseille to climb with Victor (Canadian living in Paris - climbers, you'll remember Victor as Ian Lee's friend whom he climbed the Nose with). Then I'm gonna travel the coast for a few days, then head up to Grenoble in the Alps to meet up with an old friend Jakob Verbeek. I'll be staying with him for a couple weeks - and we'll be doing some more climbing.

But for now, I just need to figure out what I'm doing for dinner.

à tout à l'heure...

PS. Big up congrats to my cousin Mike and his girlfriend Nadine on their recent engagement!