yay!!!!! i'm back!!!!!

some random thoughts i had while in paris/athens:

- i mean, seriously... could my bathroom BE any smaller?


- why do they put street names on buildings, and building names on street signs?


- lol... for all the hatred the french have for america, my hotel's e-mail address is hotelermitage@aol.com

- i met this crazy guy who assaulted all the asians he could find with japanese... he walked up to me randomly and yelled "konbanwa!" after we were done with our convo, he crossed the street and yelled the same thing at this other asian lady. she, however, was not as friendly as i and literally ran away from him.

- my oh MY... their trains (subway and commuter rail) run sooooooo smoothly

- they have no american channels on tv, but they DO have a french american idol on which they sing english songs... and guess what? alicia keyes was the guest star on june 3! i watched it from my hotel room!

- man, these europeans... i got frisked for the first time in the french airport... i mean, do i LOOK like a terrorist? (don't answer that... and no, they did NOT do a cavity search, just fyi...)

- french painters... can you find the odd woman out?



- and the ULTIMATE, BEST PAINTING IN FRANCE!!!


- and apparently in athens, a solid white line by the side of the road means "drive the middle of your vehicle over this line..." that's also why they have wide road shoulders...

but i still had fun!!!