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After our picnic by the Eiffel Tower, we geared up for a post-lunch workout.  And by that I mean a session on France’s most scenic stairmaster.  The line to walk is way shorter than the line to go up by lift, plus, the stairs weren’t all that bad!  We learned interesting facts at each level, a new addition to the climb, which Laura and I appreciated since I accidentally grabbed the informational brochure in Greek/Italian. Seriously, I couldn’t have picked a worse one to try and decipher.  I told Laura it was practice for the… Read more >

Have you seen the new nutritional tool for Americans?  The pyramid has been replaced!  [source] I’m a big fan of Michelle Obama’s campaign against obesity…when she added a garden to the White House so soon after moving in, I knew she meant business.  It seems she’s been working overtime to make changes to the old model.  I have to say, this tool has seemed outdated for quite some time, so I’m glad that a new image will take over.  As you can see, it is now a plate, divided into the sections: vegetables, fruit, grains,… Read more >

Sculpture by Rodin. Moves by Jillian. Tower by Eiffel. Happiness by beer.

So me and Paris got off to a great start (hooray for fresh baguettes!). Dinner was less successful. This, my friends, is a falafel gyro.  With cheese.  And fries.  Uhhhh…merci, but no? On the plus side (not the French meaning of the word, because we found out today “plus” means “more” in French as per our phrase book), I did discover I like Greek beer. The title of the post is one of four phrases I know in French.  It’s frightening how pathetic I am at communicating now that I’m not in a Spanish speaking… Read more >