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Here is the poster I made for the sunday gig in the bar close to my house.
I took this picture three years ago when I came to Homer for the first time;
it was on the beach, underneath Jane's house.
I believe it was my first day in AK and it felt particularly magical for me, the light, the mountains, the frozen sea foam...
It was some sort of a revelation, a revelation of a good time to come.
And I couldn't imagine that one day the good time would come to me, to Paris ... and it happens next week !
In France we have such a cheesy chicken humor !
To be shure that everyone has my adress written somewhere:
77 rue Vitry 93100 Montreuil
my cell phone number is 06 68 02 24 12
underneath are explanations to come to my house
my friends, here are indications to arrive at a place where you will be more than welcome after a long and exhausting travel.
If the airport is charles de gaulle (CDG) also called Roissy then you have to take the RER B (a train commuting from suburbs to paris) going south, make shure that is it going to paris.
If you fly to the other airport, called Orly, you will take the same train RER B, but going north, towards paris.
In both cases you'll have to get down at "chatelet les halles" then you take RER A towards "marne la vallée"
get down at the station called "Nation" then you have to take the subway line 9 (follow indications inside the corridors) towards "mairie de montreuil" and get down at the end of the line (station called mairie de montreuil)
When you get out of the subway, you need to find the avenue walwein (it is facing an austere building (the town hall) built with a touch of communist style, with a clock tower on top of it) the avenue goes alongside a square with a fountain, go up that street until the second crossroad.
Then turn right into "rue gallilée"
At the next crossroad, turn left into "rue de virty" and walk up the street until number 77, which is my house, see the picture above.
In case of emergency, call me from a phone booth when you are lost.
If you can't find the booth just give me a call !
my phone number is 06 68 02 24 12, home phone: 01 48 58 59 61
you will probably have to buy a card in a tobacco shop.
good luck...
My friends
Yesterday I had the honnor to receive Bob-Oh and his wife Debra(and I can tell you that she is not imaginary!). They arrived at my house, which means that my indications were not that bad, after two planes and three different subways. My house is a mess right now because of architectural restructuration (that will be ready for visa quest) and it was not the best place to rest after that much travel; the electricity was turned off, no light in the bathroom, no shower possible! But Bob-Oh and Debra didn't complain and we went out for a coffee and croissant (the must do!)
It was a typical Paris weather day: grey, rainy, with a wind made to dehorn cows (a good french expression).
It was Bob-Oh's birthday and it was also Beaujolais day (the first wine of 2006 wine harvest) so you can imagine that we didn't stay at home. We ate and drank and then at night we drank and ate, walked around in the center of paris until I felt that Bob-Oh's legs were tired, that they didn't want to carry him anymore!
They left this morning for Spain after a coffee and croissant !!!
Of course today is a gorgeous day with a good old sun!
I was really happy to be able to host them for a night, and it made me realize that visa quest in paris is a reality, approaching as fast as horses runing wild.
It makes me think that I really wished for it to happen and I am ready for it. It will be a good experience and I can't wait to see all of you here. And for those who can't come, we will think about you.
Alexandre ::::: a visaquester ready for it :::::
