Thursday, January 4, 2007




Sorry the Paris section was so boring, but we've come to the end. I think the problem is that, I have lots of photos so it's long, and I love the place so I find it hard to be funny/sarcastic, and I don't have my diary yet, so I've forgotten most of the details that may make an interesting story. But I thought I'd leave you with this interesting story, accompanied by pics of Somchai in the role of Marie Antoinette. She was bored silly at Versailles, and had a fake village built at back (by at back I mean behind the main palace, walk 2 miles past two more small palaces used for when the king was with his mistress, then keep going until you arrive at this rural wonderland. The whole place is fake, but she loved to come out here and dress up like a shepherd, and she had her own flock of sheep, who were dipped in perfume daily to hide the sheep smell. the place is really pretty in its own right, but the mental picture of the queen dressed up like little bo peep shepherding her fragrant sheep is a keeper.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love that the little village shacks are ginormous. (and the perfumed sheep of course)

Somchai and Brian said...

Yes, the shacks are huge, but keep in mind that Somchai's also tiny.

So stolidog, do you sometimes feel like you're the only visitor to our blog?

Anonymous said...

no, now i know there is some anonymous poster who loves the pictures "like post cards"