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Jess Nevins

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Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer. Talks about Mesopotamia & Vikings a lot. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.


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And thanks to the optician at Lissac l'Opticien for her help!

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Thank you to the very helpful saleswoman at BA&SH in Fontainebleau! 10/10, no notes

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Tiny free library

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Fontainebleau marvelous, but exciting the revolutionary within me.

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Kir framboise with lunch. Side eye from waiter. Good Italian here. Property prices comparable to Houston. Tempting, tempting....

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Adventures in pharmacy-going! My bad French and pharmacist's bad English!

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Sorry about the lack of alts for the images

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Lucien obv. hung around Paris a while when Morpheus was busy.

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Selfie!

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Fontainebleau.

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Indeed!

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That probably made a good picture!

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Yeah, I've heard that too. I'm not at that level.

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Paris is beautiful. Have I mentioned that? Also: people here are fine. I haven't seen any of the supposed Parisian contempt for Americans. If you are polite, so are they. This leg of the trip has been difficult, but because of the tour, not because of Parisians.

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London my love!

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Quite likely!

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I'm sorry. Is there anything that acts as a stimulant?

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Maybe it's the Boston driver in me, but I think I could survive driving in Paris. It's not so bad as all that. They follow their own rules, which aren't so different from what I learned growing up.

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Your honor, I was under orders not to let the sun go down on me. And I didn't. The ensuing planetary catastrophe isn't my fault.

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The five espressos all kick in at once.

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I'm positively unnerved at how well I'm sleeping. So unlike my ordinary life.

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I've never slept so well as I have in Paris. 10+ hours like the dead. Slept through alarms yesterday, nearly did so today. Just wheel me into the catacombs; I'm ready.

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Fontainebleau and performance day. But first, a pharmacy.

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Thank you!

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Long, difficult day. I need a drink. (We are in need of ace bandages and the pharmacies are closed.)

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So far, batting .100 when we do that!

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Doing my best, though the tour booked places for us.

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On foot.

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Great!

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Just call me Radagast the Tourist.

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Dove landed on my head, took a step, then leapt off. Is this a good omen?

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Spider web atop Eiffel Tower.

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From the top.

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Near the top of the Tower.

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Real talk: almost everyone is wearing deodorant.

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It's big!

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Eiffel Tower, first stage

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Tony! (Sobs)

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The Evil Tower, if I'm understanding correctly.

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Very much so!

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No one will be seated during the thrilling Paris Traffic sequence. (The Metro was much faster).

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Fat pigeons!

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Rejoined the tour at Montmartre.

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Yep!

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She's rolling her eyes.

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Adventures on the Metro!

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