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Published: January 22nd 2011
When they say that Paris is the City of Light, they really do mean it.
I spent 4 beautiful days in Paris and feel like I´ve only just scratched the surface of this place.
As you have probably noticed by my lack of blogging, I packed in as much as was humanely possible. Not time for rest or relaxation!
So Day 2 in Paris:
Made a pilgrimage to the Père Lachaise Cemetery to visit the graves of Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde.
Headed to Montmartre and checked out the Basilisca on top of the hill, the artists´square and then had a traditional French meal (including escargots and boef bourginon). We headed back down the hill (I´d say mountain) to the Moulin Rouge which was bloody expensive so we flagged going in. From here we went to a perfume museum... hurt my nose. I have no care for stinky perfume. AND THEN we headed to the Champs Elysees, nosied on down past all the lush shops that are highly decorative and glittery, up to the Arc de Triomphe.
Day 3:
We headed to the Catacombes and walked through the maze of skulls and bones that are stowed
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From here we met back up with Liz at the tomb of Napoleon because we were going to head to the biggie... MY TOWER! The Eiffel Tower. For anyone who hasn´t been to my unit, my bedroom has a city theme with Paris taking the cake. So my plan was to get there in the afternoon, get day photos, go up at twilight and watch the sun go down. This was exactly what we did. So whilst
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Day 4:
The Louvre. Surely enough said! We spend 9 hours crawling through the maze that is the Louvre and I´m fairly satisfied with everything I saw.
So Paris, a complete success. Jádore Paris!
Mum, we´re coming back here fo sho! xx Lex
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BOO-HOO...."DO YOU LOVE HER MADLY".....27 and GONE..... What a shame...."RIDERS ON THE STORM".......Oh well ...as some-one we Aussies know who suffered an early death said.....'SUCH IS LIFE'