Rock Gardens and Mille Feuilles

A faithful reader informed my mother that she loves my blog but I do not have nearly enough food pictures on it...I hoped to remedy this today, and a surprise from our dear Professor Hudson aided me in this endeavor. I entered my culture class today only to be greeted by two boxes filled with Mille Feuille, delectable pastries which are layers of flaky pastery-1000 sheets at least-layered with some creamy mixture which is simply heaven. A real treat, both for the eyes and the taste buds.
The time here has really started to accelerate. I simply do not know where the days go and there is just so much I want to see, and much more I have yet to eat! Yesterday we walked among the myriad of graves of the Pere Lachaise cemetery, certainly the most chock-full place of death second only to the bones of the catacombs. I gave the perfunctory kiss to Oscar Wilde, paid my respects to Moliere and DID NOT follow suit and smoke pot for Jim Morrison. Cemeteries are an interesting place. Monuments to the dead, memories of lives lived and loves lost. So glad to know that death is not the end while walking through this rock garden.

Continued our walk through the many ins and outs of the area around Notre Dame, lots of walking and lots of sun. Ended the day with a picnic in the gardens of St. Germain en Laye, loved it.

Today was school, per usual, but I enjoyed a guided tour through the renaissance architecture of the Marais courtesy of Professor Hudson and made a stop at the Musee Carnavalet, an amazing little museum which has various rooms decorated in a style to reflect each century of French history since the dawn of the middle ages, very cool. Only saw a small portion, I fully expect to return soon. Just finished a sumptuous repas, great except for the endives, a new discovery which does not agree with my taste buds. Another day gone. until tomorrow.