Paris, the city of lights
Finally!!! I'm in an area where there is a normal computer and I can put my blog on and know what I'm doing. I thought that it would be easier to do this blog but the last couple of days I've been questioning that decision. First off I'm in Belfast for the night but I need to back up and try to remember the last couple of days. When traveling like this you forget which day it is.Sunday we were still in Paris. My friend Charles got up early to leave for Italy and his family reunion. Dave and I took off for downtown Paris and to see some more sights. We took the subway and started our journey at the Arc de Triumph. This monument is outstanding and amazing. It's so big. From pictures and whatnot you wouldn't think that it is but it really is quite large. It's a tribute to the soldiers for I can't remember what war that was won. There is the tomb of the unknown soldier there also with an eternal flame like in Washington DC. From the Arc we made our way down this very large and long street called the Chanze de Lezee. I am butchering the French spelling. This is a huge thoroughfare that's as wide as a major freeway. It's probably a few miles long or more and all the shops that line it are very upper class (think Beverly Hills). While walking down this street we stopped at the Grande Palace but it was closed for construction. There is a smaller palace called the Petite palace that we could have gone into but we decided against it due to time. We continued down the chanze and came to the oblisk which is a monument in the middle of the road (I can't remember what for right now) and there are also quite a few fountains, which weren't running. I think Paris closed down cuz they knew I was going to be there that day. We made our way into the park and headed over to the Louve. I wanted to see the Mona Lisa, since I was in town but those darn French people visit their own country and there were tons of people in line just to get in. We opted to try again when we come back to Paris on our way home and took in the scenery before heading down to go see Notre Dame. While walking there it started to rain on us but not for very long. But the time we reached Notre Dame it had stopped. There was all this security around the church which we thought was due to security and once we got past them we headed in. But were stopped again because the church was closed!!! Can you see the theme here? So we got a good look at the outside and decided we needed to head back to get our luggage and go to the airport to catch our flight to Ireland. We took the subway back and when we got off and were rounding the corner to the hotel we quite literally ran into someone. When looking closer at them we discovered it was CHARLES!! He got lost and couldn't find his way out of France and gave up and came back to Paris. How crazy is that? So he gave us a ride to the airport. All in all I liked Paris and I think I would like it even more if things were open to see. The one downside is that it is incredibly humid even though it's not too hot but I still was uncomfortable and sticky. Not my favorite thing to do: sweat but oh-well, I was in Paris.
posted by Camille @ 10:45 AM
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