We got off of the plane a couple of hours ago and we got a taxi to the apartment. The door of the house/apartment is green and leads into a nice, dark entrance and a flight of stairs. There is a small elevator that we haven't gotten around to exploring yet. The house is old and bigger than I had expected. The owner's daughter gave us a nice tour around and I absolutely loved her accent!
Then we ventured down to the grocery store. The store was similar to the store we went to in Florence last year: you go in through the entrance, of course, and make your way into the maze that is not very well organized.
We've noticed a couple of things so far about Paris and the house that are a bit different from Italy and America: they have hardwood floors in the buildings whereas in Italy they have tile floors; they have fire places in almost every room; the toilet is in a separate room from the room with the shower and sink; they have rolled glass windows and differently flavored Fanta!
Tomorrow we're going to tour the Eiffel tower and possibly some of the catacombs.
Mummy can't wait to get to the yarn shop and we can't wait to get the the chocolate shop!
Love you all,
Ashley
I know which shop I would prefer!
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Vovo
Italy was one of the first European countries to run out of wood because the Romans were proficient iron smelters. Italy apparently began using alternate products to wood in non economically essential industries, leaving the wood for ship building and fuel. France lagged in the iron smelting business, but had a ready source of wood from their colonial empire.
ReplyDeleteWood in the centuries leading up to the 19th century was as important as oil is in this century.