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... to her courtyard very soon so Harmony and I grabbed a spot where we thought she would come. Boy were we right! All of her escorts, her prince, and Aurora herself came right in front of us and performed the whole show right there! Harmony loved it!












Here is a video clip from the show:












And here is a picture of the real prince and princess ...

... and all that I thought it would be. Then we headed to the Gallery Lafayette - an amazingly massive department store that spans three different buildings and has an unbelievably decadent and oppulent stained glass roof - seriously - its a shopping centre! Took a Metro to the Moulin Rouge to check out what was going on over there....very unintersting windmill above a building in a seedy strip joint and X-rated shop area of Paris...hmm.....won't need to go there again ...

... of royal power from the 10th-14th century, boasts incredible stained glass windows. Right across from the Saint Chapelle is the Conciergerie, which housed many prisoners of the state, including Marie Antoinette in the 1790's. I got to see her prison cell, the last place she slept before ...

... after having my most expensive pot of breakfast tea ever (about $6), that a glass of house wine could be had at the same location for half the price. I've also concluded that the secret to French bread must surely be worth far more than the Caramilk secret, n'est pas? The only incident that slightly tarnished the day was the harsh "touche pas" condemnation I ...

... After dinner, we took a little stroll to the Eiffel tower, which was already lit up - in the middle of our photo shoot, hundreds of light bulbs lining the tower started flashing, making for a amazing view!! pretty amazing. to finish off the night, we went back to the Latin Quarter (I guess it just kept calling us back..) to a bar called HopHopHop (o_O) which Debra's friend had recommended. it was very quaint, with very interesting furnishings - particularly their eclectic ...

... skipping a beat she gave the one euro map to Bobby with, "Bobby will, you like this stuff." Our little herd felt slightly irreverent at times with our loud laughs and naturally boisterous American inflections. The way I look at it is that the the living and the dead don't have the same standards, as long as you respect the living who are respecting the dead you're alright. Anyways. We had a little trouble finding Hëloise and Abélard, the ...

... on a park bench to the wino lying beside/under it, they'll all have a bottle of wine (and maybe a baguette). · WIFI locked Nobody seems to leave their WiFi networks open over here. If this keeps up we'll have to pay to upload these entries in some ****** internet cafe with French backward keyboards. Keep that in mind if you wanna give out to us about the lack of contact when you do eventually get around to reading these entries. We're trying, honest.

Paris apaprently liked us so much that she didn't want us to leave. We missed the train we had planned to take due to our own tardiness. We waited hours for the next train. Then, about 15 minutes before the train's scheduled arrival, a policeman came by and told everyone to leave. We then approached another policeman to ask what was going on. He pointed to some unattended bags standing right ...

... it was black didn't you? Or gray maybe but actually it is a light brown colour. Anyway it is magnificent and HUGE. Deciding to climb the stairs instead of taking the lift we checked out the Parisian views, but to be honest we both enjoyed staring up at it more than looking down from it. From the top we noticed that Paris is a very white city (all the buildings are lightly coloured) and much cleaner than we imagined. After a few hours at ...

... spiel and ended up paying big money for the "demonstration". We politely declined and they immediately turned on their heels in search of more naïve tourists. Sacré Coeur was imposing and rather beautiful. We couldn't agree with the guidebooks that it was an abomination. The inside of the church was equally impressive and quite atmospheric. A number of the side chapels contained pictures of the recently departed Pope and offered candles of various sizes and prices ...