One weekend in Paris...

Well not that Paris but you get the idea…

Anyway, Paris was absolutely wonderful… Sure only two full days was a little short to say the least but WOW what a wonderful place… I wrote some stuff while I was there so I submit for your enjoyment a few reflections of Paris from Paris but posted in Madrid… Well you get the idea…


PARIS: DAY 1

So I’m sitting here in Paris...



(no not that one!) and it’s absolutely gorgeous… Today we got an early start and went, after tea and croissants for breakfast, to the Mussay D’Orsay. All I can say is wow… It’s such an amazing museum not only due to its collection but the architecture of the place (it used to be a train station, hop over to my pictures and take a look). The cool/weird thing about Paris is that they are absolutely fine with people taking pictures in the museum; something in Madrid is a cardinal sin… Anyway after the Mussay we headed over to the Arch du Triumph and climbed all the way to the top (284 steps to be exact) and took some pictures of the pretty city ☺. After that it was a small trek over to the Eiffel Tower which we, once again, decided to climb up rather than wait in the extra long line and pay the extra price to take the elevator (the total number of steps is about 7.5 bajillion…) Anyway, needless to say our feet were tired as all hell…

The food is amazing even though I’m sure we’re not hitting up anywhere near the gourmet level… I had onion soup (it’s just called onion soup here because, well, we’re in France) and some lovely pastries… Oh and did I mention crepes… YUM!

PARIS: DAY 2 (MORNING)

When did it get to be December??? It’s unbelievable how quickly time flies… Today we’re off to the Louvre, Notre Dame, some other church (cuz you can’t have enough Christ here in the EU) maybe even Napoleons tomb (which we attempted to go to last night but it was closed for some private mass…). Should be interesting, no?

PS: I would like to take a moment out of my morning to discuss the electric toilet that is currently residing in the bathroom of the apartment in which we are staying… IT’S SO CREEPY!!! So, allow me to explain. You do your business… Fine… Good, even… Then you push the button and that’s when the crazy starts… The thing fills up with water to the point where you think that you’ve clogged it and just when it seems like it will over flow, the motor starts… That’s right, there’s a motor and attached to that motor are blades that shred whatever you put down there… It sounds like the apocalypse and scared me half to death… What happened to a good old flush?

PARIS: DAY 2 (EVENING)

So tired… Can’t type… Louvre pretty… big… so much art… Church good… [EDITORS NOTE: Look at the pictures, it really doesn’t do any justice to try to describe the place, just go if you haven’t been… Oh yeah and Notre Dame was also pretty…]


So there you are a little taste of Paris…



NO NOT THAT ONE! Okay, talk to you soon! Byeeee….