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Sleepy in Paris
Day 4
Jetlag must have caught up to me today because I was out cold throughout the entire commute to Paris. I just couldn't stay awake during the trip and just kept falling asleep. The day started before 7 a.m. as my group said goodbye to London and drove about two hours out to Dover to catch a ferry across the English Channel to France. …
J'Adore Paris
... bus right there. We sat in the lower level for two reasons, 1. Dad's bum hip and 2. it was still chilly today. Nice and warm in the bus. We took the whole loop which made several long stops along the way. We got to see much of the city including some areas I have never seen before like L'Opera. Very beautiful. Very French. Very Parisien.
We hopped off our bus tour along the Seine near the Louvre. Finding the nearest Metro station for our destination (our ...
Down the home stretch...on Segways no less!
... and the whole atmosphere put us in a cheerful, springy mood. We checked out the wares and finally found our way to souvenir row.
The road between the river side of Notre Dame and the Seine is one long string of souvenir shops, coffee stands and knick-knackeries, and both Robin and Deana set off in search of the perfect souvenirs. Mark found a row of rental bicycles across the street and plopped himself on one, basking in the sun like a gecko on ...
Better grab the popcorn...
... pressing buttons, feeding money and selecting options that the machines required. Sure enough Deana followed his gestures and within a few moments we had machines working! Hmm...so it's not just the women. The string of helpful and polite Parisians was beginning to stretch out in bafflng manner. Robin opted to stay with the clothes if we would just bring her back some coffee and a french pastry. Done deal...Deana and I made our way off.
I can't even describe ...
That sound you hear is the smashing of stereotypes
... group the soldiers dispersed, mostly smiling. *Whew!* It turns out Deana was captivated by the novelty of the young French folk with lethal weaponry slung over their shoulders and took a photo. Only she got caught. Bad form, apparently. I don't know all of the details, but apparently the soldier she photographed was a) female; b) strikingly pretty in spite of her militant attire, and c) fairly calm and reasonable once she realized Deana was just being an ...