Just desserts!!!!

Wahoo!!! Dessert with Harry Waugh tonight!!!!

Angus on neighborhood patrol

Sitting at ArtPool working on getting Marina =C3=BCber connected

Back from grocery shopping. I'm the proud owner of 11kg of assorted pork and chicken, muslix, yogurt, bananas, and misc alcoholic beverages

Taking Angus for an early morning walk :-)

two tires and three inner tubes later the bike takes another step into the blue

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In search of the green fairy :-)

Skype World Plan/Online Phone number - are you using it? What do you think?

Learned that Jack Kerouac died in St Petersburg of chronic
alcoholism. Nice to know I'm in good company! ;-)

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Early morning bike ride today before getting down to the last bit of laundry and then writing. :-)

two margaritas into the afternoon I need something to munch on.... maybe I'll be inspired watching "No Reservations" (TV Show)

Morning chores underway... time to think about lunch... then get to writing. :-)

Unpacked, rested, iPhone updated, ATT plan changed, Cats fed, music on, laundry started, whew a busy morning. Next up a bike ride.

Errands round 2 begins : the search for bike tires and pants!

Espresso coffee soda... have you tried it?

Pastry creation at Mazzaro's Italian Market

Awake unpacked and on the hunt for coffee in St. Petersburg. Gonna
take the scenic path to Mazarros :-)

Over an hour wait to learn that luggage did not make it onto the plane @ Houston. George Bush airport sucks donkey balls

Lightning delays luggage off loading. Still waiting Still.....

Landed in Tampa. Wa-hoo

My impression of Houston TX USA

Landed in Houston. Up next customs

Heading to Charles de Gaul airport to begin the journey back to the
states.

Moulin Rouge, it's kinda like Burning Man.

What better way to conclude Paris than a show at the Moulin Rouge!

The Parisian culinary exploration ends with champagne et tres creme
brûlée

Théatre Comédia.

Umm...... they sell broches

Shopping begins here :-)

Mates on the train.

Loot from my first Parisian shopping excursion. :-)

From the why didn't I think of it column... A Bruxelles gay bar

Bruxelles talk-off

Chiffon, resident cat at Toone Theater, and I sit down for a glass if
Kwak

Departing Gare du Nord, Paris, for a day in Bruxelles.

Bruxelles, greener than you.

View from our hotel in Bruxelles!

Watching "Intervilles" kinda like American Gladiator meets Nickelodian
(for adults) but in wacky costumes like sumo wrestler!!

Free Burrito from Baja Fresh Any on the menu, with beverage purchase
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One version of my new favorite salad -la landaise - duck mmmmmm

and dinner begins....

Sitting at a cafe watching the Parisian rain.

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The bells...

Found that Jim had left the building (so to speak) 72 minutes before I
arrived

The place for boutique shopping and prostitutes :-)

Seen on a t-shirt at Versailles "Truth over faith."

2AM snackage :-)

In London there was a tv channel that had a new twist on the reality
series theme.. People sleeping!!! Wacky Brits :-)

Urban art on the stairs up to Sacré Cœur

Smallest car in Paris.... So far!

Drinks with a fire component cannot be bad. Enjoying absinthe #2 :-)

With the Louvre behind and the Arc de Triomphe in front the
afternoon's adventure begins :-)

Looking toward Sacré Cœur across the Sienne from the Musée d'Orsay

Local bar in Paris. Great beer! :-)

Phyllis buys a tie for 20p!

Most awesome :-)

With music, drink, and festive atmosphere Sacre Coeur is the place to
relax late on a Sunday

A short nap + a change of clothes = time to find good food and wine
for my first dinner in Paris!

Located near the Louvre, this ferris wheel was a great way to see all
of Paris :-)

Ahh Paris... View of the station as I step off the train

One of my favorite sugar delivery methods.. Dearly missed.

Eurostar Train leaving St. Pancras Station for Paris

OMG!!!!! Will Ferrel is teaming up with Bear Grylls for the ultimate
survival show.

Dance dance dance dance dance !!!!! And it was 4 rooms of incredible
house music! Ministry of Sound FTW!!!

Tonight - Ministry of Sound. :-)

There once was a plate of Lamb tikka balti....

What not to do in Kensington Gardens

Want some Snog? Ya me too!

OMG it's so GAY!

The more I explore London the less I want to return to Tampa Bay...:-)

Nap time. :-)

Portobello Street market

The room at St. Davids :-)

Starting (finishing) my day with the full English Breakfast at Tom's
Deli

Landed at London Heathrow 30 minutes early...and the pilot is taking
us on a guided tour of LHR

The Gordon M Bethune, my ride to the UK. Boeing 777-200

At 10k feet above London the air gets crowded

My dinner, vegetarian something, while at 35k feet somewhere over
Missouri.

10 hours of travel looks a little something like this.