Picture of the Week : The Seine

Every week I am going to post a picture of Paris. Because there are so many amazing things to take pictures of.

Below is a picture of the Seine right next to Notre Dame. The sun and the shadow is so beautiful. 

Where are you summer ?

How many more months til Paris Plage ? I am really looking forward to summer, I need a break now!

Disneyland and it's secrets

Yesterday Yilmaz and I watched a really interesting documentary about Disneyland Paris and it's secrets.

Here is the link if you would like to see it as well en français, no subtitles :

http://www.pluzz.fr/disneyland-et-ses-secrets.html

It's a small world dolls and Pirates are all robots, then dressed with handmade costumes.

There is more than 36000 squared meters of plants in the whole parc. and things that look like rock are really cement than

Each one of the costumes are hand-sewn they related it to haute couture. 

All of the objects are hand painted as well at least twice a year. Also, the castle is painted and each of the gold pieces are covered in 24K gold.

Apparently they go to Native American reservations at least twice a year to audition and hire Native Americans for their Cowboys and Indians show.
 

Nothing is made in China except for maybe the toys in the gift shops!
 

From Paris with love

Here is a video that helps put the Eiffel Tower and it's construction a little bit in perspective. Enjoy !

3 Words that I don't like hearing

"Vous êtes anglaise?" Are you English ? It seems like everywhere I go, I am asked at least three times or more a day this question. And I give them a stare and say rather annoyingly "Non, je suis américaine. No, I'm American". Sometimes it really gets on my nerves because I don't think an American French accent and English French accent sound the same. But maybe in the French's ears it does.

Sometimes, I think it's the fact that I speak good French and they assume an American doesn't know how to speak that well.
Today, I went to get my health insurance figured out, I will write about this later. But the man stopped me halfway through to ask if I was English and I said, no american. He was like but you speak really good French and I replied, I have a Masters in French and I work in France, so I need to speak really good French.

He then said "Très bien" and printed off my paper which proves that I have insurance and I went along with my day.

Feel free to share your stoires.