Had arrived in Paris the night before and this morning got up and caught the metro to Rambuteau to meet up with Kates family. They had an amazing apartment right near the Pompidou centre, central to all the sights, especially the Notre Dame. As it was Bastille day we headed down to the Champs Elysees for the Bastille parade. It was an amazing show of military power adn nationalism. Something that would neer be done in Aus. THere were row upon row of jets, aircraft adn helicopters, people marching, motorbikes, tractors, rocket launchers, tanks adn cavalry. French flags lined the streets and it was all very patriotic. We ended up walking all the way back to the apartment, because its so flat and you just lose track of time. We saw some very attractive French police
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