here we go here we go it's three am and my cute host mom is wondering why on earth I'm still up and actually same but last three walks and then never again will I speak of these lol

WALK SEPT: Marais 1: Places des Vosges and Musée Carnavalet

well when I did this there was slight chaos considering the fact that a solid portion of paris is UNDERWATER (don't worry mom I'm taking a bus out of this city first thing in the morning) butttttt I do still love the Marais area in general. couldn't quite picture it as a swamp. but I did seriously love seeing the historical buildings, cause for the ninth time #polisci. lovvved victor hugo's house as well. beautiful and inspiring. and how cool to stand where all these influential people have stood/lived/slept/wrote world changing books? very good, very good.

ps if you want the photos from this (@ professor lebras) feel free to let me know, just having techincal difficulties getting them from my phone to the laptop :(

WALK QUINZE: Saint-Ouen's Labyrinth: Navigating the World's Largest Flea Market

look I'm all for shopping and digging about and finding treasures in flea markets but this was un PEU sketch. very happy that madeline got her leather bag, and that we got to witness dina bartering in arabic to do so but after the 23rd scary man tried to sell me a selfie stick for ten euros i was dooooonnne. still a good experience though. a learning experience. walk fast, do not pause if you have no desire to be swarmed. always keep at least one arabic speaking friend around when navigating flea-market type situations.

WALK VINGt-ET-UN: Get Lost! The Anti-Walk Walk

for sure completed this like 500 times. do not even know where to begin describing this. but probably our most successful "pick a random stop and get off" experience led to the discover of KOI!!!! just a happy japanese restaurant with a really good three-for-eleven-euros menu which insured our return. multiples returns, actually. also found the canadian embassy so #missionbound! (ps found it in belgium this weekend too so yeah).


go team, goodnight. <3