Goodbye Mosquitoes and hello super agressive @$$holes.
So, Paris is (of course) beautiful. It helps that it's sunny and 65 degrees, but still. We wandered to the Sacre Coeur (seriously and amazingly beautiful) then went off to see Notre Dame. As Angela said, some of the tourist vultures near the Sacre Coeur are incredibly aggressive. One guy followed me a bit, put his hand on my shoulder to stop me. Followed quickly with me saying "Don't touch me." and my walking away. The guy dropped a couple f-bombs my way, but we just kept walking. Taking pictures and seeing beautiful buildings was higher on the priority list. They seemed to only be that aggressive towards men. At least with the swearing. Not fun, but if that's the worst of the trip then I'm set.
We then wandered from Notre Dame up to the Louvre (we did not go in, just hung out in the courtyard). Alex and Angela both are very encouraging of me going to the Louvre... on my own. Neither wants to go. I think I will one day next week. How can I come to Paris and not, right?
In the afternoon we met back up with Alex and had a glass of wine at a small cafe not far from his house. I had a tasty glass of Cote de Rhone (sp?) then home for gnocci in a gorgenzola cheese sauce. Hmmm.
We leave early tomorrow so not too long for blogging and such.
The internet connection is slow for uploading, but I've finished photos for Rome, days 2 and 3 for Venice, and today for Paris. I'll upload them as soon as I can, but it may be next week or even after we get back before I can.
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See if you can pick me up a surplus WW2 French Army rifle. I hear there,s millions of them. Never been fired, just dropped on the ground once.
The Louvre is open late one evening on the weekdays, something like 6-9 or 10pm ...and then it's free to get in. But the best thing is that there are NO CROWDS! It was awesome! Just me and Mona (Lisa that is). You should check it out!
Dion's right. (Hi, Dion!) And if the evening doesn't work because you want to see Alex, then I've found that the early morning has fewer crowds, too, if you don't mind getting up and waiting in line for a bit for the museum to open. You should really see the Louvre, even though the collection is completely overwhelming. The building itself is beautiful and totally worth it.
Thanks guys! I'll check it out. I'll have to go solo (which is cool), but how can I come here and not go to the louvre!?
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