Paris (Day 1.5)

September 6, 2008 in France 2008 by Chris R | 1 comment

Well, it’s Paris.

Time is tight (I prepaid for 15 minutes in an internet cafe) so I won’t go into excessive detail here, but it’s pretty nice so far. Expect Char to get detailed to a degree I can’t hope to match, but here’s a scattering of impressions:

I’m insecure about my french, which should not be surprising. I do okay, but the sewer tour pretty much flew over my head, whilst Char followed along pretty well. I’m not bitter, but I wish I’d gotten more out of it.

The food is every bit as good as rumour and legend have it.

We hit Paris in time to catch a well-regarded outdoor market, which provided us with rabbit, cheese, and pain italienne for breakfast. Mmm.

The weather has been windy and humid. The Eiffel tower was high and crowded (and windy!) and a bit too vertiginous for Char.

Tomorrow, we’re going to try for the catacombs, I hope. The Louvre is still on my list.

That’s all I’ve got for now.

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  1. Mel’s avatar

    Mel on September 16, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Firstly, Kufuckindos for doing the Eiffel Tower Char! My body was a flurry of “you should not be doing this” signal on the way up and at up. And I didn’t even have a notable fear of heights.

    Very admirable!

    Chris, on the bright side of the sewer tour flying over your head. It didn’t fly in your face… badump bump cha!

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