France Is The Ants Pants

11/12/05

Bonjour mes amis et mes funky chats de maison (friends and funky house cats)…

Well, we received so many gooshy replies after sending our last travel log about the fuzzy furry Tail of the Irish Kitty, that we went back and reread it and… holy cow… we sounded totally gooshy and pathetic… darn those cute furry kitties for turning us into big whiney whiner babies who love to whine…

In any case, after such a sloppy tail, it’s now time to get back to our usual crime fighting adventures

We are currently sitting in an internet cafe in the Latin Quarter of Paris after bumming around France for 2 weeks, and holy cow… We absolutely LOVE France!!!

Initially, we were a bit worried that we wouldn’t be impressed with Paris at all, since all the tourist sights in Paris are so over familiar, but Paris is such a funky place, that we now have to say that if France is totally the ANTS PANTS, then Paris is DEFINITELY the BEES KNEES!!!!

We were lucky that we managed to do all the usual touristy things in the first few days like getting an eyeful at the Eiffel Tower, Moaning at Lisa in the Louvre, combing a cat in the catacombs and hunching our backs at Notre Dame… So that gave us plenty of time to just wander the streets and window shop…

We were so totally impressed with the shopping here, as Parisians seem to love all the geeky things that we love like rollerblading, asian cinema, comics and animation, vibrant art, cutesy toys and design, cats, funky lounge music and CHOCOLATE!!! In fact they take all the geeky stuff and actually make it look stylish and sophisticated. Continue reading