The Secret Life of Baguettes and other stories of Parisian Life

The Secret Life of Baguettes

Born early in the morning and quickly price regulated by the State at .80 euro.

Incubated in his tourist's womb for several hours until the appropriate time.

when he will protect his tourist's honor.

after which he'll be heralded for his bravery by traveling to many great Parisian landmarks

before experiencing a very cruel death, full of cheese, honey, and wine.

The City of Lights

obligatory.

The Sights

Airplane.

auditioning.

So romantic.

we thought it would be safe to cross this roundabout to get to the arc.

we spent two hours watching this kid, his grandfather, and his sailboat. pedophiles.

Welcome to my Home

"hey guys. feel free to enter through my massive gold door, but the bbq is around back."

the view from my room.

they are erecting a statue in my honor. i have to choose a pose: 1) Bobby Jones

or 2) the Thinker.

Art

the scarf makes me feel more like a cultured art enthusiast.

A Christmas Story, anyone?

Van Gogh.

Two cities, two peeing boys. What is this European obsession?

The Mona Lisa: because she's worth her own heading

The crowd

The anticipation is building.

and building.

i couldn't handle it.

FINALLY!

The Eiffel Tower

best snack ever.

Food
French Onion Soup: The only truly Parisian food

French Cookies!


Cheese!


Croques Madam(n)!


Macaroons: most delicious cookie ever!

Nutella and Banana Crepe

Paris: The Fashion Capital

Oh we're climbing the Eiffel Tower today? Darling, let me change into my stilettos.


this is style.

Photo Overload: Brussels, Belgium

Who

Courtney, yours truly, and our host, Aurelia.

The Sights

Potentially a castle, but maybe a museum. We're still not sure.

Alien landing in Brussels.

Look, I tried. Okay.

Why do I have so many pictures of this? Because there is NOTHING to take pictures of in Brussels!

SPRING!

The Wee Baby that Wee-ed.

The original baby: Its like 9 inches...the statue...not...you know.

Patriotic Baby: From a menu... really enticing.

Cheers Baby: "Belgium, where everybody knows his name"

French Fry Baby: Great for late nights when you're pissed (did you see what I did there?)

His penis was distracting tourists from the Mannequin Pis, so they took care of that.

Getting cozy.

Getting Fat

Apparently, the Belgians developed a "double fried" method for making French Fries

Cheesy and delicious.

This guy makes Ronald McDonald look normal.

When in Belgium, eat a waffle...

or two

"No Courtney, I wont eat any more Belgian waffles!"