Although we have already departed, I need to blog about Paris. We spent 5 nights there and that definitely was not enough time. For the first time on our trip, we were truly in a European city. It was classy, fancy, expensive, and snazzy. The French know what they want, and how they want it.
We couchsurfed with a girl named Katy and her 3 flatmates. They cooked us quiche, took us out, and gave us advice. They were all really sweet and spoke English pretty well...more than I speak French, that's for sure.
We saw the sights - Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Musee D'Orsey, Notre Dame, Sacre Couer, Monmartre - and discovered the city by foot. Of course it was raining and freezing the entire time, but that didn't take away from the allure of Par-eeeee.
In France, it's all about the bread-n-spread. We saw an exhibition where French men wearing red scarves were making baguettes and pastries. Every restaurant has a cheese plate on the menu. It's great.
Things I really liked: the islands between the Seine, the French National Library (there's a jungle in the middle), the Bastille area for nightime, cheese, French, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Renoir, cheese.
Au revior.
I want to hear more about this said library jungle.
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