Winter

It's been raining almost every day, but things are going alright. Over the 10 day vacation I went to Paris and it was wonderful, better than anything I had ever imagined. Sometimes, before the idea of Paris seemed kind of cliché because well, Paris. But it really is as wonderful as everyone says. I came out of the metro station and L'Arc de Triomphe was right in front of me. It took my breath away. When we climbed up to the top and I gazed around the "star" of the huge rond-point, I couldn't believe it was real. The Champs-Elysées is not just something in my text book after all...
I also saw the Eiffel Tour at night, it is soooo tall! and also the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. My favorite was the Venus de Milo, classical art really is amazing when you see it in person. Before the Louvre, we walked around the Pyramid.
The next day, we went to La Defence, which is like a huge modern metropolitan area of Paris. The difference between it and other huge cities though with huge skyscrapers is that there is a lot of space between the buildings, so you really have a perspective of how small you are in comparing the buildings to each other and yourself. Amazing.
In Paris, we stayed with Henri's great aunt Geneviève and her husband, Guy. Yes, I was somewhat named after my great aunt Genevieve and the DuVals and Guys ARE related. Quite ironic, I'd say. They were very nice and loved to have us. We took the metro everywhere and during the day, ate lunch in Paris and had dinner at the house.
So now I'm back to school and it's good to be back in a routine, although Paris was really great.
Tonight, I made guacamole for the entree for dinner. We ate it with tortilla chips.