two.funny.stories.and.nice

Two funny stories:

1) We go to drop off our gear at the hotel, and checkin's in a lady's living room. It wasn't a cute little parlor either. It was cluttery and crowded. *tm* had to look up the reservation online, and while she was sitting at the desk, a cockroach crawled over a paper near her. Gross. We had to leave our stuff there for 5 hours until we could get into our room too. When we went back to move our stuff into the room, we had to take two trips since the elevator was so tiny. *tm* went up with a little lady who showed her the room. It was also pretty gross. The bed was really some kind of trundle without legs, which was on top of a twin sized box spring. There was only a fitted sheet on it, and it was dirty. There were two pillows which must have been twenty years old- you know..all clumpy and stained, and they didn't have cases either. The best, is that when the lady showed her the room, she walked in and made a face like something's not right. Then she got the two ratty pillows and put them on the bed, and made a satisfied face.

2) Over the course of the day, we'd drank a lot of water. At dinner *tm* had some wine too. Anyway, we were walking back to the hotel, and she really needed to use the facilities. When it became an emergency, I suggested going into a crowded restaurant like she was eating there, and just go straight for the bathrooms. At first she didn't want to do this, but soon decided there wasn't an option. She booked it through the crowd in the first place we found while I waited outside. When she came out, she told me she'd accidentally gone into the men's room, but didn't realize it until she was in the stall. So she just went there.

**not funny story, but how we spent the 5 hours** Since I was leaving the next day, we wanted to do the tourist stuff right off the bat. So we first went to the chagall museum, which was the best museum I've ever been to. I've always loved chagall's work, and it was amazing to see it all in a environment that he created for it. After spending some time there, we walked to the matisse museum. I'm not the biggest fan, but it was interesting to see how drastically his style changed over the years. From there we walked to st nicholas' cathedral. We didn't go in since we'd have to pay 3 euros and we'd already paid for two museums, but the outside was fantastic. We walked up the anglais avenue, and ate dinner in a little place nearby. Finally, we went to the beach and stuck our feet in. It was the nicest ocean water I've ever felt!