Aaron left this morning for Copenhagen, so it's just me and Trixie for another weekend. Whatever shall we do?! First I ate some yummy Frenchy smily cookies. One even winked at me.
I then went to Sephora to get some sale items. These cool nail art sets were super cheap so I bought them for my friends back home that I think would enjoy them. Feathers and metal beads! I also bought my sis some cheap geometric shapes that you glue to your nail and then paint over, which seems to go along great with her house music love. Hopefully she likes them.
I've also been trying out all the eau de parfums and eau de toilettes in our apartment. Our host must be obsessed with scents because she has bottles everywhere. I've been using a little spray every day to see which scent I like the most. So far I've tried Coco by Chanel and J'adore by Christian Dior. I prefer Coco. I just learned the difference between parfum and toilette, parfum being more expensive and more concentrated. Even more so is perfume. The least of the 4 types of scents is cologne. Pretty cool. I HAVE noticed that when I spray on some coco parfum vs coco toilette, parfum lasts longer but is spicier smelling.
Remember those macaroons? Yeah, we forgot to eat them last night so I got to enjoy them all on my own looking out the window. They were fabulous!
I then took Trixie to Montmartre to meet up with Andrius to get lost and explore. We had no agenda. Trix was pretty beat from the walk last night but with Swingin' Paris this upcoming weekend, I want her good and tired so she won't require a lot of attention. She climbed all the way up the funicular stairs to get to Sacre Coeur. What an awesome pup!
We found La Maison Rose. I didn't stop in for food or a drink, just walked by. It IS quite pretty but I'm still wondering how it landed on a must see list on buzz feed when all the other items were natural like cliffs, caves, and fields...
We came home, spent some time out of the sun, and then I headed to Quai Saint Bernard where they dance outdoors next to the Seine every Thursday in summer. I showed up and only got to stay for 30 minutes because it started raining. Since it takes place on slippery tiles, it was unsafe to continue. I didn't even get a good picture or even a selfie of me there, OR even sadder, a picture of the Seine with the dancers together.
I wrote Andrius and we decided to catch a movie....Xmen. I had no interest in seeing it before, but the idea of seeing a movie with anyone, any movie really, was exciting. And I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed myself. There was a bit of time travel as well as awesome action scenes and good humor moments. I had skipped 2 xmen movies and from what I've heard I didn't miss much, but this one was definitely a great addition to the franchise.
When we left, we saw tons of police men and cars honking. People running up and down the street, flares, and Algerian flags. I thought "Algeria won their game in the world cup?!" There were even riot police (we were on the Champs Elysees) and everyone was carrying an Algerian flag. It was a little scary being around the police but I was happier with them there in case any ruckus happened. Andrius looked up the score and "no", they had LOST their game, but they had pulled through to the next round, a first for their country.
Since the commotion was bad, we walked to Concorde thinking we could take the subway, but they were closed, so I had to walk all the way from the Arc to Notre Dame where I could then ride a bike the remaining 5 minutes home. My legs are dying! Just looked it up on map my run....over 3 miles, aka 5K!
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