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[avis_noctis]

Okay. So I just got back from Paris. Besides the pigeon shit and beggers, there was a lot interesting and amusing stuff there. I saw the standard sight-seeing places, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, etc. But I also explored a lot of the banlieu (suburbs, or alteratively, the ghetto) and the backstreets, so that experience was a lot

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[ayoub]

Welcome home :D

And Happy Birthday!

[avis_noctis]

Thanks! It will be good to be back.

[bravest_unsaid]

Bon anniversaire!

And if you're 19, you've been able to buy tobacco for a year now!

Also, one of my fave things about returning to the U.S. from Europe is the fact that there isn't so much damn smoking all over the place!

[avis_noctis]

I'm turning 19 today...I thought you could only buy tobacco at 19 or over. o_O But as I don't smoke I may be off on this.

Yeah, the smoking here has bugged me. I even see people smoking whilst holding their newborns. It's a little weird, in my opinion.

[seraphim_lament]

Hey, happy birthday! :D Be sure to treat yourself to something nice today. (You know, I had actually forgotten that you're a couple months my junior. I always think of you as being older than me, so the reminder that you aren't pretty much made me go "WHUT--...oh, wait." xD)

Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Britain, and Russia (weirdly enough) are currently the places that I really want to see, but I would totally be on the next flight out if I was given the opportunity to hit France :D I would want to do my exploring the way that you did: see the obligatory tourist stops, but then just go walk the streets and look at...well, everything. I like to wander as I see fit, stop where I feel like it and move on again at my own leisure, rather than confine myself to strict time-tables and tourist attractions. Your Paris trip sounds like exactly the sort of thing I'd want to do, and I bet you ran across some neat stuff that most other visitors don't. Will you be posting any photographs at some point?

[avis_noctis]

Thanks! I had a great day, in fact. I had a raspberry and strawberry tart from the local patisserie down the street.

I would love seeing the rest of Europe. I was going to do so this time, but there just wasn't time, so instead I did a trip around France itself. Next I would like to see Italy, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany.

I have hundreds of photos, which all need to be uploaded onto my server, but I will eventually post some. I have tons of the Louvre especially. That place was amazing. O_O

[featherfire]

Bon anniversaire!

[avis_noctis]

Thanks. :)

[lilblueunicorn]

Happy Birthday, dear!

Sounds like you're having a blast in Paris.. but I do apologize for having to go back to fail internets. D: That's bad.

-§parky

[avis_noctis]

Thanks.

And yeah, it will suck to have dial-up again, but soon they may be offering wireless in our area (we live a bit out of town), so one can hope.