New and Improved plus
Hi. A reward for all the faithful who are still reading along despite the long gaps between entries: photos are up on most of my past entries now!
Take a look if you want because they were a pain to put up.
Also, family, make note that now there are photos of Noah and Zoe on the Devon entry in the April archive.
I'm pretty sure I'm taking a 4-day trip out of Bordeaux to Paris on Thursday, so expect a new blog after that!
Tonight I went to see Marie Antoinette, which was interesting to see in a French theatre. They're making a big deal of it here. The early reviews were all about how trite Sofia Copolla's treatment of French history was and how it would likely be a lemon but then at the Cannes it was like the movie that all the French actresses went to support.
I didn't really like it though. It was pretty boring and dumb.
The previews at French theatres take so long! I counted 11...11 advertisements!! Not for other films. I would actually have found that enjoyable. But for products. It sucked! One advertised an espresso machine and George Clooney was in it. Then after those 12 commercials there were 2 previews.
Also, one other small anecdote that is one of those small things that I will likely forget unless I write it down: only in France do guys hit on you by saying...no kidding...bon appetite! If you're walking down the street eating a bag of chips or something, that's what they'll all say.
posted by alanastravelblog | 3:04 PM
4 Comments:
yay! nice to see some pics (my run of pic posting has come to an end...boo). I went to the theater in Hamburh and there for I swear about 75 advertisements...it went on for half an hour...which is annoying when you're not expecting it. I saw the Clooney ad. God. He is so annoying in his smugness as sex object. Also there were a bunch of cigarette ads because you can smoke everywhere in germany and people do. I had one person say bon appetit to me while walking and eating too! He must have been french....weird.
how did I make so many spelling mistakes in that post?!?
me again...in response to your post on my site...no pics of film director...I only had temporary access to photo uploading and the pics of him are stored away...boo...have to wait till I get home...but he's hot. haha.
Funny obnoxious French guy story - I was in Paris, in 2002, and I was walking outside the Louvre with a decidedly NOT-unattractive Australian backpacker from my hostel. This French guy came up to us and said to her, no lie, "Hey baby, you have a beautiful ass! Just five minutes! All I need is five minutes!"
Imagine that said in an accent vaguely approximating Pepe le Peu, and that's my image of the French pickup artist.
Excellent photos, by the way. And hi, Juli! Not to hijack Alana's blog, but are you still traveling as well?
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