The sun came back out today, so that makes 3 out of 4 sunny days in paris. Lisa said we've been very lucky as it's usually flat gray skies during winter and its been very rainy recently before we arrived.
Our ordering of food has gotten a lot better. This morning we did it all in french with a waitress who didn't speak english. After breakfast we took the metro northwards to Sacre Couer, which is this beautiful church perched at the top of a hill overlooking paris to the south. The view today was a bit on the foggy (smoggy?) side, but is still nice to get a feel for the city from that vantage point. On the way up the hill we were confronted by what I call the silly-string guys. Not sure what their scam was, but they were really bad at it.
The church itself definitely felt more church-like than notre dame. And not just because there was a mass going on at the time. And even tho I'm not one for religion, I lit a candle for my family knowing my mother would appreciate it, even if she doesn't know that I did it. Hmm, maybe that is slightly religious.
Afterwards we walked around montmarte which felt very much like a parisian village, full of outdoor cafes and artists painting or selling their work. The narrow cobblestone streets wound their way back down to the metro.
Now we're taking a semi circular route around Paris on the Metro from the north side, first in a southwest direction for a stop at arc de triomphe then southeast to montparnasse and the catacombs.
So we stopped at the arc and my argument about not going is that we have two just as nice arcs in new york, but rich insisted that I was being an idiot. And in retrospect he was right because this thing was absolutely enormous compared to ours in brooklyn and manhattan. We plan on going back at night and going to the top. The catacombs meanwhile were exciting for the first few passages of skulls/bones and the goth in me was excited, but after a while I was ready to get the hell outta that dank dark passageway.
Next we went to the odeon and latin quartera again. Had duck fondue. YUM. Now were off to lisa's place to have some drinks and meet some of her friends.
Apparently house parties with friends are the real night life of paris, as this was by far the latest we've been out. Met lisa's friends here, one of them even crazier than chelle if that's possible. We drank and smoked and talked for 6 hours. I even managed to lose my 5 day metro card somewhere between our hotel and their place. It was nice to see lisa in her french environment and I think she was just as happy to speak english to her american friends. So far that was easily our best nigjht out in paris and we weren't even "out" out.
Tomorrow for our last full day here we plan on musee d'orsay, eifell, and hopefully some more shopping.
Our ordering of food has gotten a lot better. This morning we did it all in french with a waitress who didn't speak english. After breakfast we took the metro northwards to Sacre Couer, which is this beautiful church perched at the top of a hill overlooking paris to the south. The view today was a bit on the foggy (smoggy?) side, but is still nice to get a feel for the city from that vantage point. On the way up the hill we were confronted by what I call the silly-string guys. Not sure what their scam was, but they were really bad at it.
The church itself definitely felt more church-like than notre dame. And not just because there was a mass going on at the time. And even tho I'm not one for religion, I lit a candle for my family knowing my mother would appreciate it, even if she doesn't know that I did it. Hmm, maybe that is slightly religious.
Afterwards we walked around montmarte which felt very much like a parisian village, full of outdoor cafes and artists painting or selling their work. The narrow cobblestone streets wound their way back down to the metro.
Now we're taking a semi circular route around Paris on the Metro from the north side, first in a southwest direction for a stop at arc de triomphe then southeast to montparnasse and the catacombs.
So we stopped at the arc and my argument about not going is that we have two just as nice arcs in new york, but rich insisted that I was being an idiot. And in retrospect he was right because this thing was absolutely enormous compared to ours in brooklyn and manhattan. We plan on going back at night and going to the top. The catacombs meanwhile were exciting for the first few passages of skulls/bones and the goth in me was excited, but after a while I was ready to get the hell outta that dank dark passageway.
Next we went to the odeon and latin quartera again. Had duck fondue. YUM. Now were off to lisa's place to have some drinks and meet some of her friends.
Apparently house parties with friends are the real night life of paris, as this was by far the latest we've been out. Met lisa's friends here, one of them even crazier than chelle if that's possible. We drank and smoked and talked for 6 hours. I even managed to lose my 5 day metro card somewhere between our hotel and their place. It was nice to see lisa in her french environment and I think she was just as happy to speak english to her american friends. So far that was easily our best nigjht out in paris and we weren't even "out" out.
Tomorrow for our last full day here we plan on musee d'orsay, eifell, and hopefully some more shopping.
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I am also totally jealous!!!
Musee d'Orsay is one of my favorite museums in the world. Your whole high school art history class is in there.