Running/Discovering (New Favorite Place)

So.....I had this grand idea to do a diet because I have been indulging in Carbs, Chocolate, and Cheese for exactly a month now and decided I need to lose the fluff of France. A little update on it's progress: I'm not sure I ever really started the diet. Basically it was "Lay off the Nutella, Julia" and "You can go without eating a baguette a day" kind of diet. Great intention, just didn't really stick.

So to counter the 3 C's of Paris, I'm just picking up my running schedule again. After I wake up the kids and walk them to school, might as well go run before I head to the city for classes. Friday, September 25th, I decided to forgo the trails above my house and run East towards two parks by the Seine. Oh my word!! Most beautiful park I have ever had the privilege to run in. Seriously.

Imagine it: grand fountains that are bigger than my house, fields of grass and hills perfectly edged by perfect forests, trails and paths swirling around the acres and acres of land, sweeping staircases fit for a royal courtyard party, flower beds and shrubs perfectly manicured and arranged in neat rows. And once you reach the top of the staircases, a sweeping view with the Seine, the Eiffel Tower, and the cities of France as far as the eye can see. I'm gonna get married here, I swear. Once again, as I traipsed up and down curving, grand staircases, I imagined myself in an 1800's ballgown, floating down the stairs in between royalty and doting young men. Ahhh, that would be the life. (Before the beheadings)

 Posed running pic, duhhhh

Posing like a statue because I basically live in the land of statues.