The day before I left Aix (and France) Vanessa took me around downtown Aix. It was a nice little “city” and I bought a few things for my family. Aix was slightly more expensive than I was expecting. I might even say it was worse (price-wise) than Stockholm!

Here’s a picture of the main road in [...]

There’s a small village called Vauvenargues close to Vanessa’s place. She wanted to show me a typical village in the south. I really should have taken more pictures but it was WAAY too hot! I think it was like 40 degrees or so. Anyhow, here’s what I got:

The first picture is the house where Picasso [...]

On July 1st, after I finished up in Paris, I headed over to see my friend Vanessa D in Aix en Provence in the south of France. Vanessa was on this year’s human resources team for the commerce games (that’s how we met). Her family was kind enough to let me stay with them; it [...]

Given that the Louvre Museum is the biggest art collection in the world (I haven’t verified this, but let’s assume it’s true), if you end up in Paris this is definitely a MUST SEE!

Here are some pics of the entrance and then some of the hallways inside.

The famous Venus de Milo in the first pic. [...]

We had lunch in a small park close to the Luxembourg palace and walked over to check it out.

The first pic is the Fontaine de Medicis which is pretty wild. It’s a face in the water! Next 2 pics are the palace and the gardens in front of it.

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After the basilica we walked around the Montmartre area and I got a few pictures:

There were some apartment buildings and then I came across this guy sticking out of a wall. I liked it because it appeared to be completely random!

Last picture is the Moulin Rouge. I was seriously disappointed. I expected it to be [...]

After the Notre Dame Cathedral we headed over to Sacre Coeur which has a beautiful lookout over Paris. The area close to the basilica was pretty shady. When we came out of the subway a bunch of people were trying to sell us cigarettes and other random things on the street. We walked up a [...]

The following day, we started early and went to visit a few sites. We started off with the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral.

A few pictures in front of the cathedral.

Here are a few inside!

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I arrived at the Beauvais airport the morning of June 28th and headed over to my friend Jen’s place. She was staying in Paris with her boyfriend Shaun who, according to his business card, is a gentleman and a scholar! Yes, I liked that! lol They were staying in a very convenient central location close [...]