moving!

November 1, 2008 (All Saints Day here in France)

Well, it's official.  I am moving to Marseille, probably within about a month or so.  I've known for about two weeks, but wasn't allowed to make the news public until today.  Sue-Wee left right around the time I found out, and so I went straight into exit mode as she was packing up and figuring out what things she wanted to do one last time/make sure to see before leaving Paris.

As I prepare to leave the city that has been my home for the last two years, expect several lists to pop up on the blog.  I love me some lists!  I feel like my leaving is a little different than hers, because (a) I'll still be in France and (b) I figure I'll be back to Paris many times for the rest of my life...so I don't feel compelled to do everything that I haven't gotten to do yet.  Save some for future trips...

So, here's the current list of things I still want to go do/see.  

1.  Museum of the Middle Ages (with audio guide)

2.  Jacquemart-Andre Museum (with audio guide) I'll get both of these done tomorrow, since it's free Sunday at the museums!

3.  Jewish Art and History Museum

4.  St. Sulpice on a Sunday morning to hear the organ concert

5.  Petit Palais (it's free!)

6.  View from Hotel Concorde-Lafayette (it's free!)

7.  Photograph the Porte Dauphine Metro

8.  #92 Champs-Elysees (Thomas Jefferson lived here!)

9.  Visit a store called 2 Mille et 1 Nuit on #13 Rue des Francs Bourgeois

10.  Climb the dome of Sacre Coeur

11.  Cafe le Procope at #13 rue de l'Ancienne Comedie

12.  Cafe Vagenande on St. Germain (for the Art Nouveau)

13.  Take a Fat Tire Bike Tour

14.  Go to Chartres

15.  Chateau de Fountainbleau

16.  La Defense

17.  Go to a ballet at the Opera Garnier

18.  Visit some of the award-winning bakeries (I have a list of about 15!)

19.  There are a few sculptures I want to go find

--of Les Halles in St. Eustache

--of the giant on rue de la Tombe-Issoire

--of people behind a wall on rue Quincampoix

20.  Compare the macaroons at Pierre Herme to Laduree's

--72 rue Bonaparte (6th)

21.  Eat at the Creperie Beauborg on the corner of Brisemiche and St.-Meri

22.  Buy some bagels at the Jewish bakery 

(Also--the list included going to the Catacombs, but I did that yesterday, on Halloween, and a video will be coming soon to show that little escapade!)