How have N and R already been in Paris for a week??!

Time is passing all to quickly as we are now only 3 weeks away from returning to the real world. Our first week in Paris has been great. In seven days we have not yet seen a single cloud.

Our apartment is in the 14th Arrondissement, in a neighborhood known as Montparnasse. It is a nice neighborhood because it is removed from the tourist central part of paris (about half hour walk to either eiffel tower or notre dame). It is a very friendly neighborhood, and is known among Parisians for two things: movie theaters and crepes. The area is mostly populated with people from the part of france where crepes and galettes (savory crepes made with buckwheat flour) come from, Brittany. So we have been eating alot of very delicious galettes and crepes. Tomorrow I will try my hand at cooking some french cuisine, making galettes with vegetables and herbs i bought at the market today. Our apartment is really nice, and looks like this:

One great thing about our apartment is that, technically, we have a view of the Eiffel Tower! Our view looks like this:

And the street we live on looks like this (when there is no market):

or like this (when there is a market):

Some of the things bought from market look like this:

We have not done all that much sight-seeing yet, since we've been to Paris a few times before now. We've mostly just been enjoying the weather sitting outside at cafes for a drink or coffee, and of course there has been much shopping (mostly R) and much eating great Parisian and french food (mostly me.....there are not a great deal of vegetarian options to be had here). More to come...