I planned a trip to Brussels and all I got was a Holiday in Paris: My 1st Trip Report
Jan 16th, 2008, 10:09 AM
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I'll get there--work is killing me! I am typing this in the 20 minutes I have to suck down a salad quick. Event season = too much work + vacation for some reason = I have to make the time off up. WTF?!? I thought I was paid for 6 weeks of vacation. Whatever.
Next will be art brut, l'esponge, MOPM and more assorted disasters.
Next will be art brut, l'esponge, MOPM and more assorted disasters.
Jan 17th, 2008, 07:47 AM
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At the beginning, you say something about walking on Lille's cobblestones while wearing 4" heels. WHY would you torture your poor feet that way? I wore sandals somewhere in Czech once, not realizing there'd be cobbles of the fairly flat variety & the next day my feet almost mutinied!
Jan 18th, 2008, 06:06 AM
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Hysterical...
"I have the free gene. If something is free, I get excited"
This may be my new favorite saying!
I booked a VERY random trip to Paris 31 days out & have 24 left to go, so I am loving your report!
"I have the free gene. If something is free, I get excited"
This may be my new favorite saying!
I booked a VERY random trip to Paris 31 days out & have 24 left to go, so I am loving your report!
Jan 18th, 2008, 10:26 AM
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I will be back at it this weekend, was hoping to have monday to write--but I have to work--boooo!!!!
Being the smart person I am, I scheduled a meeting on Monday not realizing it was a holiday and can't cxl. At least it is just an 11am and then I leave.
Anyhoo, thanks for the encouragement, I will give full details, including the menu at HK, I am forcefully chewing my salad today rather than sucking it down.
No No--not Lille, it was the 4" heels on the 45 degree cobblestoned inclines of Lisbon and general rough cobble stones all over Portugal that killed me! As soon as I realized Lille was all cobblestoned I nixed that one. I only wear heels. I have one pair of sneakers I haven't worn in years since I had a personal trainer and one pair of flip-flops I wear in the apt (though I do Laundry in heels) and to get a pedicure 1 block from my apt and I only put them on to walk that block home. I do not wear flats. I run a walk (not literally), for work I mean, my event right now is a spring walk and the joke is that I show up on site in heels. People have a question--go see the girl in the high heels. I sprained my knee in the fall and was in a brace, I wore heels and used a cane. I had to sport that look at our gala--I think some people thought the cane was a fashion statement, then I lifted the hem of my dress to reveal a brace. It's how I roll.
As far as the free gene, it used to totally bug the husband, as I am free to the point of talking to men at the bar for a free drink--in front of him. So he asks another friend when we were all at the bar about his opinion as his wife and I just took free drinks from some guy while the husbands were getting us drinks. The husband friend laughs at the husband and says "no dude, think of how much money they are saving us."
Those are my completely un-travel related words of the day.
Being the smart person I am, I scheduled a meeting on Monday not realizing it was a holiday and can't cxl. At least it is just an 11am and then I leave.
Anyhoo, thanks for the encouragement, I will give full details, including the menu at HK, I am forcefully chewing my salad today rather than sucking it down.
No No--not Lille, it was the 4" heels on the 45 degree cobblestoned inclines of Lisbon and general rough cobble stones all over Portugal that killed me! As soon as I realized Lille was all cobblestoned I nixed that one. I only wear heels. I have one pair of sneakers I haven't worn in years since I had a personal trainer and one pair of flip-flops I wear in the apt (though I do Laundry in heels) and to get a pedicure 1 block from my apt and I only put them on to walk that block home. I do not wear flats. I run a walk (not literally), for work I mean, my event right now is a spring walk and the joke is that I show up on site in heels. People have a question--go see the girl in the high heels. I sprained my knee in the fall and was in a brace, I wore heels and used a cane. I had to sport that look at our gala--I think some people thought the cane was a fashion statement, then I lifted the hem of my dress to reveal a brace. It's how I roll.
As far as the free gene, it used to totally bug the husband, as I am free to the point of talking to men at the bar for a free drink--in front of him. So he asks another friend when we were all at the bar about his opinion as his wife and I just took free drinks from some guy while the husbands were getting us drinks. The husband friend laughs at the husband and says "no dude, think of how much money they are saving us."
Those are my completely un-travel related words of the day.
Jan 21st, 2008, 06:29 PM
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cherrybomb , whilst reading I have been trying to visualise you and I am afraid that Gauloise, heels in callipers and postcards of cats in berets do not sit comfortably together , however , I have drawn comfort from the fact that the cards were bought on day 1 after little real rest and as a response to guilt .On the other hand are they any worse than shots of the Eiffel or the like ? Were they posted and received ?
Jan 23rd, 2008, 07:29 PM
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Waiting for the next installment 
Also, I admire your love of high heels. I also have a bit of a thing for stiletto heels but not quite to the degree that you do, though I wish I could wear them all the time!
Also, I admire your love of high heels. I also have a bit of a thing for stiletto heels but not quite to the degree that you do, though I wish I could wear them all the time!
Jan 24th, 2008, 06:54 AM
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Cherrybomb-PLEASE--its Thur the 24th--you can't leave us hangin like this--I am heading to Brussels next week--I need to know if you made it there, and if so, if that portion of your trip lived up to Paris.
