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and all i got was this dumb designer bracelet

I thought the highlight of the day would be the Berte Morisot exhibit, but no, it was when Stefan found a Bulgari bracelet in front of Notre Dame.

Or it was when Peter nearly kicked the guy who wouldn't get his feet out of this photo we were trying to take at the star in the very center of Paris. That's why Peter only has one foot in the photo--he was donkey-kicking a guy with the other foot. Also, since when do people put coins in the star?

Grammie walked an insole out her shoe. I think that's proof that we've sufficiently dragged her around Paris. More proof:

Camille and I got lost, but since then (read: wine) I've concluded that an hour lost in the 4th arrondissment is better than knowing where you are for days in some places.

The highlight tomorrow is suppose to be the trip to the Eiffel tower for the boat ride on the Seine, but we'll see.

cerulean could be the new black

What's really funny about this sign is that no A2 highway leads to Constanta. Contrary to this sign's version of reality, the gorgeously paved 4-lane A2 highway to Constanta came to a screeching halt -- and us along with it. We backtracked, on a narrow road through teeny villages where people sell peaches and nectarines from their gardens on the side of the road. They were good, too.

The drive to our house on the Black Sea didn't take three and half hours, as Google tried to trick us into believing, it actually took five. But if it had taken 10 and I was still driving home, it would have been worth it.

When we got to the house we were welcomed by swallows, liden trees, and a wide open view of the sea. Five minutes down the road is the rightly, if cheesily named, Golden Sands beach. I guess they were trying to make up for the very poorly named Black Sea.

I understand Azure Sea or Cerulean Sea might have made them go overbudget. But they should have spent a little more money and not gone with basic Black. I know it's classic, but it sends the wrong message. Maybe they can get a refund and go with a different agency.

Drive through Oregon-sized Romania to the California-sized Black Sea and tell me even Blue Sea wouldn't be a better name.