paris ooh lala

It was cold and grey and windy for 4 days in paris.

I had bought a pass for one week to go unlimited on buses and trains .. all the places i went to earlier were all full of tourists got sick of loud americans and japanese perpetually taking pictures and complaining about costs  so i decided to take local buses all over town.. so each day i would go on buses for at least four hours and i think i saw most of paris with regular parissianes.///all the monuments, panteon, opera, arch of triumph called etoile, various museums and squares......one part called la defence was full of tall new buildings made of glass which reflected all the buildings around in shimirring images.... nice after all the old buildings all over. these old buildings are so big covering almost a km it seems each side .. it can get tiresome/

yes; went under the bridges of paris...... its lined with all these big monuments.....

Spent a day at the Lovre saw mona lisa with all people taking photos of themselves...i think digital cameras make people take photos not see  the ouvre is sooooo large that you walk walk walk and most of the pictures are old old old.. meaning like 1600 and mainly dark portraits of christ and or nobility.... there are various rooms on different civilisations which i was hearing about for the first time..... got tired andfrankly bored of seeing so many pics with so many people around... feet were paining so much just went home to put them up

the next day went to the museum of modern art ...... mattise and andre breton.it was museum nite so all the museums were open for the nite... there was a music concert in one went to it but it was formal chamber music... saw the eiffel tower all with lights coming on and off

paris is actually a beutiful city wherever you go .. there are statues or monuments all over .. i think the environment around a city gives a certain mood to the place.. parissianes seem very alive, the cafes are full outside with people having coffee wine beer .. they talk with a lot of rhythm and making a lot of gestures uch hugging and kissing lots of babies and kids

the dogs are the cutest. Most of them are small and many are not on a leash. u can take them in the busses and the metroes.. the person comes to the door of the bus; slaps his her hand on the thigh calling out the name and the dog jumps on the hand and gets carried into the bus... and they are lways lookign around very actively.

Went to famous bastille and there was an open air market .. full of very gayly coloured clothes hats from all parts of the world<;;; there were stalls from india too..... one kashmiri ofcourse; another pondicherry .......you just cant get away from them can you?

paris has this cute scooter which has two wheels in the front...... damn cute.

was alone almost all the time in paris but it was fine since i had my own place. it was light till 10 at nite so would come home have wine soup and sandwich and go to bed... all channels on TV in french and got one one day where there was a discussion on legalisation of marijuana..... 

sunday took the train to quimper in brittany where am going for gurus saptah a clebration. lawrences house is in a village with a view of the sea..it is cold but today the sun has come out but still very windy. over 50 people are expected and there are already § people here .from france india germany UK italy... its ovely talking singng bhajans ..... here till next monday..

okay have to go for bath there are ( OF US IN THE HOUSE AND IT TAKES 15 MIN FOR WATER TO HEAT UP..

really got too many clothes..and what shoud have included is Moov or balm; corn caps cotton and bandages .for sashas future reference....but thks for the really gud packing