Wild & Crazy Adventures with Jim and Aleycia

July 25th: Paris!

We made it to Paris! Very little sleep, but we're in Paris!! Took a nice walk from the train station down to the Old City- where everything is. Figured out the subway system, which was amazingly easy, and we headed to Micheline and Jean Paul's (our B&B for the next 2 nights). Micheline had renovated an old trashed home over the course of 5 years...and here is the beautiful B&B today! Hard to believe that this was located right in the city!



We did the Rick Steve's self-guided walking tour of Paris. Was a good orientation to the city. Saw some of the great places like Notre Dame. Very Interesting! Did I mention that you have to pay to use the WCs? Usually about .50-1euro. The public WCs are gross, so we got pretty good at walking into restaurants like we owned them, using the WC, and leaving. Sometimes we'd think that we were spotted, so we'd buy a soda or something! Here are a couple pictures of Notre Dame. Important to watch for pick pockets in the touristy areas- especially Notre Dame. People would come up and ask, "Excuse me, do you speak English," then hold up a sign for us to read. Then while people would read the sign, their chances of being pick pocketed were greatly increased. We just started shaking our heads "No" when someone would approach us. But, didn't have much to worry about since we each had money belts on and there was nothing in our pockets.


We mainly picnicked in Paris. First shopped for groceries at the market- baguettes, cheese (didn't pick the tastiest cheese), fruit, and THE BEST yogurt. Oh, I miss European yogurt. How do the French stay so skinny when their diets consist of mostly bread, cheese, and desserts? (From what I saw, I guess). My take on it... they must skip meals and supplement with smoking. Everybody smokes.

Exhausted, we made it an early evening at La Guriniere.

posted by Aleycia & Jim @ 10:51 AM