Hello again,
Well, things didn’t QUITE go as planned yesterday. Paul wanted to visit a Capoeira (a martial art/dance) shop, and I wanted to go to “Cafe Signes” - they were both closed! So, we spent the day walking around Paris and seeing lots of beautiful buildings - The University of Paris, The Pantheon, Notre Dame, and other various churches. Needless to say, I took LOTS of photos (but I still haven’t found a place to upload them so you can all see them yet - but I’ll get to that later).
Last night, Paul and I met up with 2 of his pen pals that he’s been writing to for 15 years! They were really nice people, and they took us out to a cafe near Notre Dame.
Paul has now left me (temporarily) to go sort out his credit card (which he canceled when he thought it had been stolen) in Strasbourg. He’s also planning on catching up with a few people while he’s up there, before he jumps on a Train early Tuesday morning (he’s catching a 6:30ish train) to meet me in Mont Pellier. I, on the other hand, get to sleep in and catch a very reasonable 10:30 train. Why is this, you might ask (if you know your French geography - and that Strasbourg->Mt Pellier is further than Paris -> Mt Pellier)? It’s because I get to catch the TGV - the ultra-fast train that runs on certain routes in France. In case you can’t tell, I’m quite excited about that!
So, sans Paul - I spent the day walking around Paris. I started by seeing Paul off at the station, then I walked half way across the city to the Louvre (the largest museum in the world). Sure, I could have caught the Metro, but where’s the fun in that?
When I first found the Louvre, I was speechless. It was originally a palace, and most of the museum displays are in the palace. There’s also an awesome underground section (which all links up), which has these huge glass pyramids above it. I only spent a couple of hours looking at the exhibits, cause I still had lots of other things I wanted to do, but I managed to see the “Venus de Milo”, and one of the most famous paintings ever - Leonardo’s famous portrait (who’s name has just slipped out of my head, for some reason - hmm… I think I need sleep).
Anyway, about the photos. I heard about an Internet cafe that should let me connect my Camera so I can upload all the photos I’ve been taking, and I tried to visit it tonight (reading on the flyer I got from the tourist beauru that it was open until 9:45 on Sundays), but they decided to change their opening hours, and close ALL day Sunday. So, that was another wasted trip, but I plan to visit again tomorrow, and start putting some photos up on this web site for you all to look at.
Anyway, my time is nearly up, so I must depart.
I hope everyone is well, and enjoying “Dick’s Adventures”!
Au Revour
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