Well, I've only been to Paris in the springtime so I don't really have anything else to compare it to...but I definitely love this city. It's beautiful and busy and full of life and activity and I love just roaming around. I'm starting to get my bearings back a bit. It has been 10 years since my last visit, also in April. And I'm not going to lie, I spent a lot of time doing things alone last time and since my sense of direction isn't so great, I took the subway A LOT. Now a subway map I can read...
Today James and I went to the Sacre Coeur, my favorite cathedral in Paris. I don't know why, and it's probably partly due to the fact that it was the first thing I saw as I drove into Paris my first visit and the first thing I actually visited. We climbed up the hill to montmarte and of course took pictures of the cathedral. James was accosted by some guys selling braided bracelets. Seriously had one guy put his hand on his shoulder, but James got his off as any true city dweller would. Apparently, people in Paris think I'm Japanese. Two guys appoached me today, one with a "konechiwa", and this is what happened to me in montmarte 10 years ago as well. I don't know what it is, but at least people are fairly friendly about it. We also went to see Notre Dame, not as pretty archetichurally as the sacre coeur and walked around the chatelet area of the city.
We're still doing laundry (alex has a small machine and we have LOADS of dirty clothes) and going to northern france tomorrow morning to see Mont St. Michel (I can't wait!). It's the one thing I really wanted to see and didn't my last trip. Then off to normandy and omaha beach. I don't know if we'll be "connected" so this may be my last post until we get back to Paris...
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