Continuing posting about Parisssss
Tuesday 19th - All day
That tuesday was pretty cool. First, we got up at 10:30 and realised that, fuck, it was late...Nevermind. Breakfast in a brasserie in Montmartre, then the ascension of the stairs in the Sacre-Coeur garden. Impressive but still, my heart is devoted to Notre Dame...Tube to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery (special request from Karine). Quite odd for us north americans, but goddam cool. Just walking around, reading the tombstones, enjoying parisian rain. After that, I'm not really sure of what we did, but we ended up in St-Germain, drinking cafe creme at Le Cafe De Flore. The stuffy air there and the lack of food caused me some problems and I nearly fainted. I passed about 15 minuts laying on the seat, feeling sick as hell. Fresh air made me better and we went to a library to buy some books. Alleluia. I decided at this moment that I would come to live in Paris one day. Tube to the Louvre and we walked the Tuileries gardens and the Champs Elysees (lalalala). Ended in french ersatz of MacDonald's, Quick and after in a cinema (a Gaumont cinema...interesting) watching "From Hell" - it is quite a bad movie, by the way. Tube to the hotel at midnight with Rachid. A big day.
Wednesday 20th - all day
Louvre! Despite all our good intentions, we woke up at 9:30 on that morning. Tasted the french breakfast (unforgettable baguette and confiture with a cafe creme...) of the hotel. Then, fast fast fast, let's go to the Louvre! I was first puzzled by the immensity of it, then it made me sad; I realised that I would not be able to see even a quarter of it all. After the egyptian departement, ous stomachs led us to the restaurant of the museum (very good food in there....recommended, and not too much expensive) then we just wondered around the museum, looking for the famous pieces (Victoire de Samothrace being my favorite one...) and, obviously, the Joconde - the crowd around the painting was most interesting than the painting in itself. We gave up in the Flander's section and decided to get out to wind up our minds a bit. We left the museum just in time, during a bomb alert. Great. We walked a bit, I called home and then went to a pastry to eat chocolate pancakes and hot chocolate. Vive Paris...We returned at the Louvre at 6pm and walked around in the french sculptures departement, wich I think was my favorite of all that we have seen in the Louvre. We left at 10pm and had the dinner at a greek restaurant in Montmartre who sells wonderful pastries. Great.
Thursay 21st - all day
We passed near to achieve our goal - waking up at 6h30am - and finally got in the dinning room at 8h30, wow! Early start to Versailles by the RER. We tried to screwed the system without paying, but they got us at the end in Versailles with electronic turnstiles that only open with your ticket. Jumping Jumping Jumping above them and walked to the palace. It was not that beautiful (Joking, I was stunned by it, mostly the gardens and the royal chapel....) After a chantilly waffle in the gardens, some singing and dancing (yes) we were too tired to do anything else so we urged home, bought some bread, cheese and pate and drank wine. Yummy.
Friday 22nd - various times that I do not remember at all and anyway no one cares even myself
I was woken up by Karine saying in the purest quebecois "Y vont tu fermer leu gueules les tabarnaks!!!". What's going on? There's a a party in the next room going in something that sounds like an Eastern European dialect....for as far as I am concerned, I don't mind and I can sleep even with a brass corps doing "Fanfare for a Common Man" in my room, but apparently, Karine can not so she woke me up to make sure she is not alone enduring that, probably a vegeance for the last time we went in London and I woke her up by mistake at 6AM. It's a long debate between her and me since. I managed to get some sleep until 8am then it became obvious that we had to get up if we wanted some breakfast. After some packing, we went at the Gare Du Nord again to put our bags in a locker, chatted with the most charming quebecer for one hour and took the tube to the Pantheon. One of an interesting visit, but still, too much things to remember....anyway. We went for lunch and ate tons of nutella crepes (hein Karine?) to prepare for a walk in the Luxembourg park. Champs Elysees to complete our week, where I learned my only sentence in Japanese ever :" KinowatachitachiwakAImonoEita " It means "Yesterday we went to the shopping center." It's very useful, believe me. It was so interesting that we almost missed the train and were the last one to get in it. Phew. After taht everyting went fine despite of the general feeling of exhaustion. Back in my bad at 11:30 on friday night. I love Paris
For now on, I've started to read my giude about Greece and I'm slowly planning it all. Last night was Karine's party : she is leaving for Quebec tomorrow. Me and Emilie will try to get along but surrounded as we are by total cunts of Le Manoir.....it's gonna be hard.
Tuesday 19th - All day
That tuesday was pretty cool. First, we got up at 10:30 and realised that, fuck, it was late...Nevermind. Breakfast in a brasserie in Montmartre, then the ascension of the stairs in the Sacre-Coeur garden. Impressive but still, my heart is devoted to Notre Dame...Tube to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery (special request from Karine). Quite odd for us north americans, but goddam cool. Just walking around, reading the tombstones, enjoying parisian rain. After that, I'm not really sure of what we did, but we ended up in St-Germain, drinking cafe creme at Le Cafe De Flore. The stuffy air there and the lack of food caused me some problems and I nearly fainted. I passed about 15 minuts laying on the seat, feeling sick as hell. Fresh air made me better and we went to a library to buy some books. Alleluia. I decided at this moment that I would come to live in Paris one day. Tube to the Louvre and we walked the Tuileries gardens and the Champs Elysees (lalalala). Ended in french ersatz of MacDonald's, Quick and after in a cinema (a Gaumont cinema...interesting) watching "From Hell" - it is quite a bad movie, by the way. Tube to the hotel at midnight with Rachid. A big day.
Wednesday 20th - all day
Louvre! Despite all our good intentions, we woke up at 9:30 on that morning. Tasted the french breakfast (unforgettable baguette and confiture with a cafe creme...) of the hotel. Then, fast fast fast, let's go to the Louvre! I was first puzzled by the immensity of it, then it made me sad; I realised that I would not be able to see even a quarter of it all. After the egyptian departement, ous stomachs led us to the restaurant of the museum (very good food in there....recommended, and not too much expensive) then we just wondered around the museum, looking for the famous pieces (Victoire de Samothrace being my favorite one...) and, obviously, the Joconde - the crowd around the painting was most interesting than the painting in itself. We gave up in the Flander's section and decided to get out to wind up our minds a bit. We left the museum just in time, during a bomb alert. Great. We walked a bit, I called home and then went to a pastry to eat chocolate pancakes and hot chocolate. Vive Paris...We returned at the Louvre at 6pm and walked around in the french sculptures departement, wich I think was my favorite of all that we have seen in the Louvre. We left at 10pm and had the dinner at a greek restaurant in Montmartre who sells wonderful pastries. Great.
Thursay 21st - all day
We passed near to achieve our goal - waking up at 6h30am - and finally got in the dinning room at 8h30, wow! Early start to Versailles by the RER. We tried to screwed the system without paying, but they got us at the end in Versailles with electronic turnstiles that only open with your ticket. Jumping Jumping Jumping above them and walked to the palace. It was not that beautiful (Joking, I was stunned by it, mostly the gardens and the royal chapel....) After a chantilly waffle in the gardens, some singing and dancing (yes) we were too tired to do anything else so we urged home, bought some bread, cheese and pate and drank wine. Yummy.
Friday 22nd - various times that I do not remember at all and anyway no one cares even myself
I was woken up by Karine saying in the purest quebecois "Y vont tu fermer leu gueules les tabarnaks!!!". What's going on? There's a a party in the next room going in something that sounds like an Eastern European dialect....for as far as I am concerned, I don't mind and I can sleep even with a brass corps doing "Fanfare for a Common Man" in my room, but apparently, Karine can not so she woke me up to make sure she is not alone enduring that, probably a vegeance for the last time we went in London and I woke her up by mistake at 6AM. It's a long debate between her and me since. I managed to get some sleep until 8am then it became obvious that we had to get up if we wanted some breakfast. After some packing, we went at the Gare Du Nord again to put our bags in a locker, chatted with the most charming quebecer for one hour and took the tube to the Pantheon. One of an interesting visit, but still, too much things to remember....anyway. We went for lunch and ate tons of nutella crepes (hein Karine?) to prepare for a walk in the Luxembourg park. Champs Elysees to complete our week, where I learned my only sentence in Japanese ever :" KinowatachitachiwakAImonoEita " It means "Yesterday we went to the shopping center." It's very useful, believe me. It was so interesting that we almost missed the train and were the last one to get in it. Phew. After taht everyting went fine despite of the general feeling of exhaustion. Back in my bad at 11:30 on friday night. I love Paris
For now on, I've started to read my giude about Greece and I'm slowly planning it all. Last night was Karine's party : she is leaving for Quebec tomorrow. Me and Emilie will try to get along but surrounded as we are by total cunts of Le Manoir.....it's gonna be hard.
posted by Andy at
28.2.02
