The Chou Crew

Yesterday we went to Mont-St.-Michel, a really cool site that Bill and I successfully visited back in 2009. Here's my advice to anyone considering this particular destination: Under no circumstances should you go there in the summer. Possibly not even in May or September. Not unless you plan to show up at 6 am (as a local recommended we do if we ever gird ourselves for this ordeal again). Yes, it's beautiful. But oh my gracious me the crowds were HORRENDOUS. Worse than anything I've ever experienced. Here's what happens: You arrive, and you're ushered into a parking lot, which doesn't look too terribly full, so you're moderately optimistic. Of course, what you don't know is just how many parking lots there are, all somewhat screened from each other by trees and shrubs. You learn that there are free shuttles. Great! And off you go. At this point you realize that you would like to find a bathroom, but surely you'll come across one soon. You see the lin...

  L'Exposition LEGO      So there were all these posters around Paris about a lego exposition celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Lego company and we decided to go there and check it out. And we did just that-we went to the third arrondissement or district and took about 300 photos. Or, I took about 300 photos.     * Well, It was the most legos I had ever seen in my life. Here, Look at this LIFE-SIZE tree below(well, not life size leaves) and the incredible amount of detail that has gone into it! And this is not a set! Someone(probably many people) just sat down with tens of thousands of pieces and built it!* *This paragraph is optional* Tree Woodpecker Metro Minifigures Squirrel Titanic AT-AT The starry night (Pelham fifth graders might recognize this) Castle Castle Gollum Castle City More city Model Lego City 30,000 pieces and 12 people City Rocket Observatory Moon base Big Y(oda) Star Wars Scenes Harry potter scenes Harry Potter And the Non-Lego Sila...