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Published: March 30th 2008
I'm writing this from a hostel in Naples, Italy, so it won't be real long, but I wanted to get some pictures up and tell you all about my trip so far.
Our first stop on Spring break after taking the chunnel under the English Channel from England to France was the capital city Paris. We stayed here for four nights at a very reasonably priced hostel just outside of downtown Paris. We spent most of our time here sightseeting; The Eiffel Tower (of course), Notre Dame (we went to the Easter service here), the Louvre (home to the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo), the Arc de Triomphe (famous monument from the revolution), Place de la Concorde (famous monument), Champs-Elyses (shopping strip), Sacre Coeur (a beautiful cathedral), several of the huge gardens (which will be beautiful in a month or two), and Versailles (a huge palace that Louis XIV bankrupt France to build).
We didn't have a lot of trouble with the language barrier. Kyle and I both speak a little bit of French - him more than me - and almost everybody we had to deal with spoke at least a little bit of English. I
wasn't terribly impressed by the food here. It was very expensive and the meals were quite small compared to what I'm used to getting in the states. I did fall in love with a sandwich served at almost all of the cafes called a croque-monsieur.
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Place de la Concorde
Grandpa West
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Paris
I have deceided that if you don't want to have some kind of a career in Music - then you would do really well in the Tourist Business. Can't wait to see Italy from your eyes. Love, Grandpa West