Oh la la c'est PARIS!

here we are.. in PARIS
really is the city of love..we've fallen for it already :)
where we actually get to use our french, (this will be a breeze eh?)
oh, and then realize how much we've forgotten since the days of all those monotonous and oh so pointless grammar lessons
that we now think may have actually been good to listen to... (merde!)
oh well, we've been making do
lots of smiles and hand gestures really do go a long way
arrived off the boat from Ireland
19 hours at sea. Mon Dieu!
surprised we didn't have to go through customs or anything ..but found ourselves in the middle of nowhere
managed to talk to a nice french lady heading to Paris as well and shared a cab to the train station with her
our first day here we took a nice free walking tour around the city, from the same company as the one in Dublin
love to hear all the extra bits of information they tell us
(the crazy faces on Pont Neuf are images of King Henry's drunken friends)
we walked everywhere too.. a good 4 hour tour
saw people roaming the streets with baguettes in one hand a cigarette in the other
ah, c'est la vie!
visited l'arc de triomphe and the eiffel tower all lit up and sparkling at night
the next day we went and spent a good couple hours in the Louvre
visited the lady with the curious smile of course
and wandered around the many halls
trying our best to interpret the paintings we came across
and listen in on any english sounding tours passing by for bits of information as well
today we have a walking tour of montmartre
up to Sacré Coeur for a beautiful view of the city
on to visit Agathe in Nantes next
so until then,
bissous!

xo
Lynsey and Katie

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Part of trip: Backpacking Europe 2009

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