Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Brussels (Home of the Frozen Toaster Waffle)

This is the Subway we ate at (it was the nicest, largest Subway I have ever been to):


The Nu Skin offices are on the third floor of this building. If you look at the bottom of the picture there is a metal thing that looks a little like a bike rack. This is apparently the best way to "reserve" a parking spot in Brussels (I guess there are many more cars than parking spots):


I took a picture of this street because it is a modern road that is made of paving stones instead of asphalt:


This is the Nu Skin offices:


This is the conference room we spent the day working in:


 This is a cathedral near the main square (grand plaza) in Brussels:




 My co-worker Eric and me:

 The main square:





 Yummy goodness (these are dessert waffles, NOT breakfast waffles :) ):


 The "famous" status of a peeing boy:


An interesting-looking Marriott hotel:


 The Brussels Opera (built in 1856):



We ate at a restaurant called "Drug Opera" (so-named because it was once a drug store and it is around the corner from the opera). The chicken casserole was amazing:

The menu at Drug Opera was available in 6 languages. It was hard to find the language I was looking for!


Monday, August 27, 2012

Paris Videos



Postcard from Paris

 (Above) This is the French poster for the movie "Paranorman." The literal translation of the movie title in French is: "The Strange Power of Norman."


(Below) me in front of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris:



 Notre Dame:


 Notre Dame:


Inside Notre Dame:

Stained glass window:

Statue of Joan of Arc:

We walked from Notre Dame to the Louvre and I took a picture of the streets in Europe. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single truck in the entire country of France:

Me standing in front of the river Seine:

A random tower I saw at the end of an alley:

Another picture of the street:

The Louvre:

Across the street from the Louvre:

A picture of the ceiling (inside the Louvre):

Another picture of the Louvre:

The Louvre courtyard:

Another view of the courtyard:

Inside the Louvre:

A painting on the ceiling of the Louvre:

The Mona Lisa:

A picture of me inside the Louvre (so I can prove I was there :) )

A painting that stood out to me:

An arch in the Louvre courtyard:

The gardens at the Louvre with the Eiffel tower in the background:

The Eiffel tower. It's HUGE:

Me in front of the Eiffel tower:

 Me on the first floor of the Eiffel tower:


The Seine and Paris (as seen from the Eiffel tower):