My brother William visited for the weekend. His arrival was a bit difficult however. He was suppose to take a plane from Philly to Dulles Airport, then fly to France. However, the plane from Philly to Dulles was canceled b/c its landing gear was messed up. Then William's only option was to fly to Chicago of all places, sit in the airport from 11 am to 5 pm, and THEN fly to Paris. That made him be a day later, but he extended his stay a day. He finally got here Thursday morning, but the shuttle company he signed up for was pretty lame. They didn't leave to pick him up until he called them from the airport, and it took about TWO HOURS for them to get to the airport, and he had to sit there and wait. Finally they got there, and then it took about an hour for him to get to my apartment. Needless to say he was pretty exhausted by the time he got here.
Right after he got here we went to an architecture museum and saw the Eiffel tower. Then we came back and William passed out for awhile. Clarice and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner, and it turned out really well! We made mashed potatoes from real potatoes, and we had the cranberry sauce and stuffing that William brought. We had a rotissery chicken and pretended it was turkey. I was a bit homesick, but William being there helped quell the feeling.
The rest of the weekend I took to William to as much sites as possible. He joked about being dragged to so many museums, but I wanted to make his visit worth it! I had another Louvre talk on Friday, and it went well again. William wondered around the museum while I stood in front of my painting. It's so much fun talking to people from around the world! I met several groups of Americans traveling for Thanksgiving. Several French people did rebuke me for only giving my talk to English, lol. Oh well. William and I also went to the Pompidou center (which William liked b/c he thought it looked spacey) Notre Dame, We went up in the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee, and Monmartre (the artists' hangout, with Sacre Coeur). Monmartre is up on a hill, and has a gorgeous view of Paris. Even though I had been I still liked seeing the view again. We just got back from going out to dinner. I got some delicious duck. Yum. I have fallen in love with French duck, I order it all the time.
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