Every Friday I watch Emma and Charlotte and we talk in english and do lessons and such. More like I talk in English and they pick up on little things. Well they get this magazine every week and it has the news from the states or England in it for kids. That week it was about Mandela dying and how Obama won't be able to be president without his hero. It was interesting to see what they are teaching these kids about our culture.
On Saturday the 14th, I went out to La Defense which is two things. One its the business sector of Paris and two its an arc built on the same road as the Arc de Triomphe just on the outskirts of the city aka the picture. It is the only spot in Paris that skyscrapers are allowed to be built. Every year they have christmas markets and I'd have to say they were much better than the ones on the Champs Elysées. There was a lot more local goods and hand made items from different sections of France as well as other countries. It was aimed more towards Parisians who can't get out of the city and not really for tourists i.e. there were no stands that sold Paris purses or scarves with the Eiffel tower on them.
All the white tents are the markets.
Right in La Defense is a mall so I wandered through it and found some funny stores like the one above is labeled the fighting rooster.
This one is an Italian home store but they had a lot of things printed with multi colored kittens. Not really sure why Italians like kittens.
Of course in the center of the mall was a park.
This is a Japanese restaurant that serves you food on a conveyor belt. So when the dish passes you by at your table you can pick it up or wait for the next dish to come by.
This is back outside at the markets. This food stand made a dish called Tartiflette which was potatoes, onions, sausage, cheese and cream. IT was SO delicious!!!! It was like a warm potato salad. Its a regional dish from Savoy which is on the south east side of the country by the Alps.
This is what it looked like.
Here's the sign explaining whats in it.
An overview of what the markets look like from the steps of La Defense. In the far distance you can see the Arc de Triomphe.
All around La Defense were these art sculptures some are cool and some are strange.
A view of the underside of La Defense
Like this is a sculpture I found, its a thumb… Don't ask me why its there because I have no idea.
This is a view of La Defense as you walk down the park away from the building.
Its a rainbow waterfall!
Not sure what these are or what they symbolize but they have benches/picnic tables associated with them so maybe they are there to give those who eat a meal there something to look at.
The christmas markets at night!
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