Another bright and early day! I’m getting good at this earlier riser thing. Unfortunately today it didn’t pay off as planned. I tried to make it out to the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou but no such luck. It doesn’t open until noon and since I have to start working at 1:30pm, I missed out. So I made my way to Le Defence. The last stop on the one line, a 35 minute metro trek. My friend Angel advised me that it would be well worth the journey.
It was nothing like anything I’ve seen so far. Immediately exiting the metro, I surmised that it was an entirely different breed of people. All business people in snazzy suits. The entire area was full of marvelous modern buildings with amazing architectural design. Just as promised. The main building of the center aligns perfectly with the Arc de Triumph. One of the buildings CNIT, if I remember correctly, housed a beautifully designed mall. An extra awesome dome lite tramway lead back to the metro. It alternated colors. A sight most definitely worth seeing. Having a bit of time left and equipped with my handy Louvre speed pass, I was able to get right in. Today the museum was slam packed. Crazy that it would be busier today than on Sunday. I spent the entire time enjoying 2 stories of Greek and Egyptian art and sculptures. My cousin Gianni inspired the journey. The star today was the Venus de Milo. The crowds formed for her just as big as the Mona Lisa. I was glad to see that Mona wasn’t the only broad getting all the credit.
At lunch time I head to the mecca of groceries, Monoprix. It was like a Macy’s, Whole foods and CVS all in one. Like the fanciest Target you’ve ever seen. It was here that I realized exactly why the French are soooo skinny. Food is wicked expensive!! 2 oranges…$3, 1/2 lb of turkey…$7….all the meat came in containers no larger than 1 lb and all at top dollar. About the only thing that is inexpensive is cheese, bread and wine, hence my latest diet. Pretty much there are no overweight people because in order to be you would have to be rich! There are no gyms because in order to intake enough food to run a mile you’d have to take a second mortgage and we all know they aren’t give any of those out these days. I also here that getting your license costs $2,000 and that’s assuming that you have enough money to park it. No one has parking. So pretty much they walk everywhere, hardly eat and smoke cigs. That’ll get you svelte in a minute. Not to mention the fact that only the ritzy buildings have elevators which will also keep you from loading up at the grocer and keep your buns in line. Skinny is in for sure in. Most of the people on television seem to be a meal away from an IV. I’m not complaining…we all want to be slender and the Frenchie’s have figured out exactly how.
In case you all are wondering, I am in fact here, since I have not snapped a single photo of myself. I’ve had a couple complaints. Truth is, I hate to ask strangers to take my picture and I have a person problem with the arm out self portrait. And so….here is my proof of life photo. More live action pics to come, promise.Sweet Dreams :)
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