Campanile Millau

Well, as you can tell from the map pin, we still haven't made it to Spain yet! We are now almost a week behind schedule ... not that there was any real schedule to follow ... and hey, I'm always late for everything anyway! We got a late start the morning after the detours to the chateaux - Ian went for a ride ... and I had a sleep in! But it was ok, cause the plan was really very simple - head south ...

... train to Paris. The first train was a double decker thing and being uneducated in such things i thought it was really cool. Spent an hour in lille and ordered lunch in french... sort of. Got a TGV to Paris and then wandered around looking for the hostel and getting lost it took 1.5 hours to get to the hostel which was only 2km from the station oops. I've had a a shower and fed my internet addiction ...

... hours needed to graduate. The photographer in me bought the best film and took the most vintage Pentax in order to capture Paris in it's textures, designs, and timeless persona. The only problem...I spoke Italian but very minimal French and could only remember the horrific butchering I did of the language from grades 7-8. Would I be accepted being American and affiliated with the ****** Prez Bush who the French despised? Just to cover my American rear, I bought a ...

... buildings back home. Everywhere, even on the smallest of buildings, there is carved stonework. Hundreds of stone faces, figures and animals stare down at me from the sides of buildings, decorating arches, doorways, windows. No two are ever the same. The churches are divine. Whether one is religious or not, you can't help but appreciate the work and the effort put into the churches. Notre-Dame was positively stunning, even more so in person than all the postcards, pictures, and ...

... ou 2- d'avoir un crédit sur ta Visa. Moi,j'ai choisi le crédit. Et puis, on est allé voir les Galeries Lafayette qui sont tout juste de l'autre côté du gros ...

... is a straw-like ponytail. It's very cleverly sticking right out as if he's wrapped silver foil around a bunch of asparagus and stuck it to the back of his head. It's what drew my eyes to him in the first place. Funny how people make aesthetic judgements. I often wondered why we evolved to do this but then you get insects that evolved to make critical judgements on another insect's ability to dance fast so I guess it's nature to be shallow. We reach a ...

... went under the clouds. The gardens are huge, so we walked around them for a bit. We then went a less formal residence and to Marie Antionette's hamlet where she would go and act like she was a common citizen and worked with farm animals. We spent the afternoon just looking around. We got back into Paris at about 5pm. I am pretty exhausted from all the walking and the fresh air. I will probably ...

Wong & Gem's European Vacation - Diary Update 18 HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Gem sick, Mum and Dad and Wong went to Granada, got ripped for parking and saw cathedral. Supposed to see Alhambra but Wayne got internet booking wrong. New Years Eve watched from balcony with people letting off firecrackers on the beach. Day 308 -Monday 1st January 2007...New Years Day Everything was shut today so we spent a lazy day swimming and on the beach. We also packed up all our belongings that we have to post ...

... the 422 steps to the bell tower. The view was great and you could see the Eiffel Tower off in the distance. We hung out with the gargoyles and hunchback for a while before heading to The Opera House!!! I used to work at a movie theater in West Palm Beach, FL that was modeled after the Parisian Opera House, so I was extremely excited to see the real thing. It was gorgeous and made me want to go back in time to when it was first opened. I would love to get ...

After checking out of our hostel in Barcelona we locked our bags at the train station and headed over to Casa Battlo, which is argued to be one of Gaudi's best works and the perfect exemplar for his style. After admiring the outside and taking a few pictures, we decided that 16 euros was a little too exorbitant for our budget and decided instead to head over to the Picasso Museum. The 3 euro entrance fee was a little more reasonable, so we spent the next couple of ...