We had a fantastically....active weekend in Paris! You know Rick Steves, the famous NW travel writer? Now try to imagine him on Crack now you have an idea of our trip!
We left Toulouse early Thursday morning (Thursday was a National Holiday the Feast of the Ascension) we flew into Paris at about 9 am and caught the bus into town. We were headed to the apartment of the sister of a friend to stay for the two nights we would be in Paris. We asked directions and the first person we met in Paris turned out to be a super nice Parisian who offered to use his GPS and then gave us a ride to the apartment! The apt was about 1.5 k away from the Eiffel Tower so we walked to the Eiffel Tower looked at and stood in line briefly then decided we'd have a better chance on a another day.
That's when the frenetic walking started. The problem with Paris is that there is an intense amount of historic sites and museums all in a relatively small area. So we went up and across a bridge to look a giant museum across from the Eiffel Tower then back over the brige and along the famous river Seine , then over a very decorated bridge, Pont Alexander III. We would have taken the Metro but there was so much to see and we didn't want to go underground it wasn't raining...yet! then back over to Musee D'Orsay where we stood in line 50 mins. The Museum was fantastic even with a floor closed off but many stairs and many floors of stone. After thatwe finally climbed onto the Metro for the way back to the apt. Fortunately for us we had left chalk marks (no not really) but we had turned around at intersections for land marks to find our way back. That night we took the sister's room mate out to dinner (sister was out of town so we had her room) and had a great Parisian meal. It was delightful.
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