Blogs from France, Europe - page 1476

And suddenly, it was 18000 years ago. I found myself standing in a large open cavern with the most vivid and amazing cave paintings I have ever seen. When I had heard and read about Lascaux I imagined that it would be much like the other prehistoric paintings I had seen - I could not have been more wrong. The Lascaux caves are located in South-central France, not far from Toulouse. They hold a collection of paintings that date back to around 18000 years ago (sorry to those of you who still think the planet is only 7000 years old.) Lascaux is unique for a number of reasons - 2 of which are directly related to the quality of the paintings after so many years: 1) The cave was sealed over by receding ice sheets at ... read more

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Just lost a MASSIVE group email, with details of my past two months and I´ll be buggered if I'm going to write it again! I could cry. Anyway, no time to sulk ... In short, I´ve been through Ukraine, Budapest, England, Amsterdam, France and have now found myelf in Spain. Anyone have any grand suggestions about what I should do here or have any friends here for me to say hello to? I'm waiting on my Estonian passport to come through, so will just continue to travel until it does. I´m thinking about northern Africa, too. Briefly, Ukraine finished with a trip to the Carpathian mountains with a Ukrainian lad, his Russian mate and their would-be botanist Canadian friend. They were intent on meditating at the most inconvenient times, Uncle Pete was mistaken for Steve Irwin ... read more

Hey another quick email here just killing some time before our night tour of Paris!! We arrived here this afternoon! Our Contiki started bright and early this morning at 6am.... although i didnt go to bed last nite hahah we had a big one at the pub in the hotel we were all at. you know welcome drinks and such. we closed the bar down and then headed out to get breakfast for this morning. somehow i ended up with a breakfast bar, pineapple slices, 2 Tiramasu kit kat bars and 2 post cards one of Prince charles grabbing his man hood and another of a guy standing in front of the british guards wearing nothing but the union jack hahaha ya i have no clue. a bunch of us were too afraid that we were ... read more

I decided to do the tourist thing today. I popped in my ipod and walked to the Eiffel Tower. It was quite the hike, but well worth it. The amount of people around it was staggering. I hopped on a tourist bus and rode around to the major tourist sites in Paris. It was pretty cool to see all the stuff you only see in magazines or the movies. I have got to give it up for the cyclists of Paris. These people were riding some old school bikes and riding in traffic that would scare me if I were driving. I went back down to the Champs Elysee to see the Eiffel tower and other landmarks lit up at night. It was a good way to end my stay in Paris... read more