Trust me, guy, I will BREAK you.

Yesterday (Sunday) my friend Charlotte and I went to the open-house at Parc de la Villette, which I knew nothing about. Turns out it's a huge awesome park -- HUGE -- and it houses the CNSM (music school) as well as a really awesome science museum (think Strong Museum in Rochester crossed with the *MOST in Syracuse).

We went to the science museum. First of all, it's enormous. Like, mall-sized. There were lots of special shows since it was a special weekend event, so we saw a two-man comedy act first (hilarious), and then wandered a bit before seeing an acrobatic act (indoors, mind you). Then we checked out a really neat exhibit that played with shadows and headed out. There's a geodesic dome thing that seems sort of like someone crossed "The Bean" in Chicago with the geodesic dome in Epcot. As I understand it, there's an IMAX theater-type deal inside. Nice.



On our way back through the park to the metro, we crossed over the canal on a neat bridge. Apparently I can't hold the camera still, but I still think it looks pretty. All those lights along the side are the pedestrian/biker/etc. path through the park. It's so calm and quiet, you'd never guess that you were anywhere near Paris!



Best part of yesterday's shenanigans was the fact that this creepy dude FOLLOWED us for what felt like close to half an hour. Everything we looked at, everywhere we wandered in the museum. I was ready to wheel around and tell him where to jump off in a stunning combination of French and English vulgarity, but Charlotte suggested ignoring him first. Eventually he went away, but I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. What is it that I do that garners this creepy attention!? Last week a guy drove into the middle of the intersection on a red light to hit on me in Aubervilliers... I'm not sure this is flattering, it's more along the lines of MORTIFYING. I'm going to have to invest in a better disguise. Apparently I'm not stealthy enough.