La Defense

For the last three months I've made the metro trek from our apartment to the Quest office in La Défense - when I wasn't traveling to some other part of Europe. Yesterday, Kathie came with me while I turned in my building badge, mobile phone and BlackBerry (I was, however, allowed to keep my beret).

We walked around La Defense and went up to the top of the Grande Arche. What I didn't know was there was a computer museum in the Grande Arche. It was fun to see really old PCs, 8" floppy disks, tape drives, computer games, card punch machines and calculators.

What was missing was the "Pong" game that my parents bought us kids for Christmas one year: "During the 1975 Christmas season, Atari released a home version of Pong exclusively through Sears retail stores." Was it that long ago??!!

My, how we have progressed...

Where's your apartment in Paris?

I get asked this a lot so I thought I'd include a Google map of the area we'll be staying. We'll be steps away from the Musée du Louvre and many of the best attractions in Paris. We made the decision to pay a bit more for this location rather than being located in a more distant suburb. There's a wealth of restaurants, cafes, museums, shops and markets all around us.

In addition, a number of subway lines are also quite close by including the #1 which is a direct shot out to the Quest Software office at La Défense. After all, who needs a car in Paris?



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