Flash Mob Gare du Nord

I am so mad that I missed this!


This was the introduction for the festival "Orchestres en Fête". Maybe next year I will try to go to this!

The Vegetable Orchestra

I do not know how many of you have heard about this orchestra. I stumbled upon them when I was prospecting French national theaters. They are a group from Vienna who will perform in France at the Arsenal Metz in January 2012.

I am really interested  in seeing them in concert and also trying this with vegetables of my own. Particulary by making a flute from a carrot. How cool would that be? I imagine that there will be a flux of new orchestras after lots of people have seen the video. Is there a fruit orchestra in the making???

Check them out! and let me know what you think at the end. Enjoy!

Holidays in Paris

My sister was here for the past few days visiting after studying abroad in Jordan. So here are a few holiday photos I would like to share with you.

a shot of Notre Dame

a shot from the Pantheon

French Debt Calculations

An article that I found today in the Direct Matin just in time for the holidays.

A qui la France doit-elle rembourser sa dette? To whom does France have to repay her debt?

Now, I really didn't read the article! I was more intrigued by the picture that showed how to best represent the 1,700 billon euros of French debt.

Translation : 
in bills - 34 billon bills of 50 euros

in distance - 373 times around the earth basically 4,760,00 km of billets laid next to each other

in surface - 3 times the surface of Paris basically 362 k2

in pounds - 5000 elephants basically 30,600 tons of bills

I am pretty sure if I translated and represented the US debt, it would be like 3-4 times each one of these.

How do you feel about these numbers?

Starbucks à la Française

Coffee Break @ Starbucks

Starbucks in France do not have the same drinks as the ones in the states. This one was a Hazelnut and Caramel latte (Latte Noisette Caramel). It was perfect for my relaxing mental health day.

But the day would have been better if it was Pumpkin Spice or Peppermint Mocha, but sadly France doesn't have these saveurs.

What is your favorite Starbucks drink either American or French ?