Biarritz 3 / Versailles photos

Today I woke up later than I expected because I set my alarm for 12:00 AM instead of 12:00 PM. Whoops. Whatever.

After a pleasant shower and whatnot, I headed out and got lunch at a burger place, since I am growing tired of spending like 15 euro on lunch and I kind of wanted American food again. The burger was good, though I keep forgetting that "bacon" here means something quite different than in America. I miss our strips.

Anyway, following that, I browsed a bookstore, then went and looked around the Oriental Museum. It was pretty good, and very thorough. With the 5 euro admission, you get a 30-page book with lengthy descriptions. I spent like 2 hours in one room, just going through all the Indian art and reading about it. It was quite interesting, and I spent so long, in fact, that the museum was closing as I was about to look at the more "asian" oriental art. The guy at the desk was super nice, though, and signed me ticket with a little note so I could get back in tomorrow and see the rest without having to pay. That was quite sporting of him, particularly after he caught me taking photos on the sly. I think he was just so gratified to find someone interested and who didn't breeze through the museum in 7 minutes....

Anyway, after that, I came back to my hotel room and, waiting for dinner, finally put up my Versailles photos. They may be viewed here.

Following that, I went to a nice little pizzeria in the lower village because I had seen, walking around before, that they had cheap snails, and I was really craving snails. Well, my snails came out in the shell, and with these weird little tong things with which I was supposed to grip them while ripping them out of the shell with a little fork. I sat there fumbling around for a while, until finally the guy came back and showed me how to do it, and he and the entire restaurant (what seven people were in there, which is about average, it appears, at this time of year) laughed at me (or, perhaps, with me). Anyway, it was vaguely embarrassing, but fun.

Anyway, the pizza was pretty good, but I was just happy to have had my snails.

During the dinner, I became pretty caught up in a police thriller on TV, and so did the people running the restaurant, I guess, because they just kept watching and I had to eventually beg them for my bill. I paid and left, and by then it was almost ten and quite a cold walk back to the hotel. Back there, I turned on the TV to find the end of the police thriller playing. It ended...crappily.

The rest of the evening was spent in writing and trying to research multiregion DVD players; good times. I will try to get my Versailles videos up soon, perhaps even now. It should be noted, however, that hardcore porn is playing on Canal+, so I'm kind of getting distracted by that...