Winter Break Sampler

Seeing as I haven't written for a while, I must explain that last week was winter break. Instead of updating my blog, I decided to head back to Paris with a few friends. We also ventured to Geneva to see what the Swiss were like. In sum, the trip was great. But not having the desire nor patience to type out every single detail, I've decided to give those who are curious a taste of what happened. Alas, in photos to make life easier.

The first day in Paris was Valentine's Day. So what do 3 single ladies do on this special day in the City of Love?

We take photos with random Italian men in front of the Eiffel Tower with roses in our hands.


Then we visit the Catacombs, where thousands of unwanted bones of innocent people rest under the streets of Paris. Translation of the inscription above the portal: "Stop! This here is the empire of the dead."


Afterwards we hop Geneva to play on a playground in the Old Town.


And build a snowman, named Jacques, in the lawn in front of the musée de l'art et l'histoire.


So that small children can admire...and terrorize him.


But they don't terrorize the great Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a man I ought to owe my life to, on his little island on the lake.


Back in Paris, we renew our interest in the dead and return to Père Lachaise. In quest of finding graves of Proust, Molière, and Sarah Berhardt, we learn that map of the cemetary is completely wrong in the Guide Vert.


Yet we found a cat lurking around Ingrès tomb. Bad luck?