Hotel Istria St Germain Paris

... is not considered particularly safe at night. Walking out of the hostel and up a further one block, we found ourselves at the base of the steps to the church. For the experience, not just to be lazy, we opted to take the Fenicular Railway up the steps from carousel to the church, and found that it was included in our Metro pass – a bonus! While the Fenicular is not long at all, it saved us from all those stairs.

As we stepped out of the Fenicular ...

... on the Seine and enjoying wonderful food. It was nice to have some company and be able to speak English for an extended period of time and to meet some of her friends who live here for future contact! Otherwise I have been spending my time discovering Paris. My language classes start next week and I have applied for a few jobs teaching business English to professionals during the day here - so have been keeping busy none the less. Hope all is well! XOXO

... Angels Watching over Me Angels The Angels Sing Away in the Manger I?ll Be ...

... guess is that it fell out when I was removing my museum pass to enter the museum and was picked up by the time we left.

I purchased a ticket back to my hostel (1.50 euro) and was asked to change rooms, which added to my being upset for the day. I guess a group of 4 was coming in and me moving would allow them to not separate. I was given free internet for it and didnt mind as I made
friends with 5 American girls who were in the room I went into. Since it was ...

... on a monté dans la Tour. Je me dis que c'est bien bien que de monter dans la Tour Eiffel. C'est moins cher, et il n'y a pas d'attente. Et puis, tu es à la même hauteur que la Tour Eiffel. La seule chose, eh bin, tu ne peux pas dire: "J'ai monté dans la Tour Eiffel". Avant de monter, on est arrêté à un bistro, non, une brasserie. Les places dehors sont toutes prises parce que le monde veulent fumer et tu rentres en-dedans et la moitié des tables sont vides. Y ...

... really good to see Paris by day time. We visited some of the major tourist sites notre dame, large park out the front of the lourve... we had lunch in this park and visited one of the best icecream shops in Paris (apparently it is also extremely old!!) oh this is so difficult - because I was such a Lazy bum and didnt finish this at the time now(9 months later) I cant rember all the little things that made me laugh at the time!!! ok - synopsis - bike tour= fantastic - go and do it ...

... most of the night playing jenga and Texas holdum for beer can tabs. Not exactly a wild time, but good fun. March 16th I spend the day geeking out at the Maritime museum. The museum is in the 800 year old Barcelona shipyards and they have a 400 year old galley inside. Sooooo coool. I spend the rest of the day wandering around finding sections of old roman walls around the city and I also going up to the cathedral near my hostel. I arrive part way through evening mass ...

... and Ryan were walking with, it was time to check out the rest of the city. Me and Anne (a short blonde, fiesty american girl) decided to check out the Notre Dame. This cathedral is really big and old - I can't say much more, this is my usual description of every church I visit! Following this we wandered along the River Seine, which is really beautiful and sunny in the summer. We ended up making an impulsive decision to catch a river ferry meaning we missed the bus home, but gave us a ...

... to whom do I report my crime? There's no one there? Hello! I'm guilty! I'll pay whatever fines you want to stick me with! Just let me into the ****ing terminal, s'il vous plait! Tick, tock, tick tock. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And I was a desperate man. So... I hopped the turnstile. All the way through checking in, security, and waiting for my plane, there was this nagging paranoia... crime in an international airport... petty crime, mind you ...

... an amazing view of Paris... yeah - that made the exercise worth it... after spending about 10 minutes taking in the sights - taking many photos... it was back down and out to have a look at the base of the arc, lots of sculptures that undoubtedly have something to do with battle... I only assume because of the angels wielding swords here...don't worry I took pictures... By The Way!!! This was napoleons big project that was built AFTER ...