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... incredibly beautiful but it made me wonder why the King would really need to live there, it just didn't make sense. After spending about 4 and a half hours in the palace we headed back to Paris and took the subway over to Monmarte, one of the few Paris neighborhoods that still resemble old Paris, the winding cobbelstone streets lead to secret little known, less visited tourist destinations the Sacre Coueer Basicilica, The cemetery that ...

... tried to show people in a half real half dream state. The rest of the exhibition hall was filled with what would guess was modern art. I might not have appreciated it all by it did get me thinking about what 'art' really is? We saw some work by Jackson Pollack which to me was just way to random for me to appreciate and I often had to fight back the laughter. There were many other pieces which looked more like mistakes than art, but then again, I have realised the term art obviously ...

... of the city... and took a walk through it! We had orientation in the 3rd arrondissement and i walked from there, across the Siene and Pont Neuf, by Notre Dame and Saint Chappelle, through the Luxumbourg gardens, and finally back to my room ...

... were Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and a bunch of cool Egyptian artifacts. Friday, we went to the Eiffel Tower. There was SUCH a cool view from the second floor. We could have gone all the way to the top, but we could see all of Paris from where we were. Saturday was a much busier day - the Moulin Rouge, Basilique de Sacre-Couer, Montmartre district, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Orsay Museum! The bus we rode around Montmartre ('the hill of the martyrs') was so crazy - the streets ...

... North Adelaide! Anyway, after approximately 3 hours admiring the works, we decided we had had enough - or at least our stomachs thought so! We stopped for a quick baguette lunch at a café nearby and then we headed off again, this time to something a little different - the catacombs.. Underneath the city streets of Paris houses the bones of almost 6 million former citizens. Basically in the late 17th century, the church cemeteries were severely overcrowded ...

... Cheese. After sating our hunger we headed out in search of our hotel and found it not to far from where we had emerged from the Metro. It is called the Hotel Richard, we have a private room - excellent, it smells - not so good, there are shared showers and toilets - okay as they are clean, and the staircases in the place do not inspire confidence as you climb them. After settling in to our room we headed out to explore the neighborhood a little. We spotted a ...

... seem to help matters at all. Hmmmm. Maybe I'll just stick to the normal paris and keep away from anywhere that has shops in the side-alleys that sell Armani jeans and Hugo Boss sunglasses. Anyway, mag and i found a park nearby and had our (cheap) cheese and bread for lunch then came back home cause she has an appointment for something or other. So tonight we're off to a bar to hang out with her friends and tomorrow will be another adventure. cya!

... it so confounding is that the painters are here every day. Their ladders are up on the stairs or the foyer everyday. The building smells of paint everyday. But not a single floor has been finished in well over a year. In a country that promises life-long employment, efficiency, accountability, timeliness, and accomplishment don't really seem to matter as much as just having that job. But then again, there is always that joie de vie.

so, having finally dragged myself away from barcelona, i have started my travels and am in paris :) the french have STUPID keyboards and have moved all the letters around, so i am not going to write much. because i cant type more than about 2 words a minute... i love paris, its so beautiful. and contrary to all reprts, the french seem very friendly and helpful, although i am deeply suspicious of their motives ...

... Ashley by the hair through antiquities. Saw so many things from cultural references, art history flashbacks or clips of the History Channel. Mona Lisa - smaller than expected and only dwarfed by the crowds around her. Winged Victory - larger than expected, very imposing. Venus de Milo - more sensual than expected. Most surprising award goes to Mary at Jesus' Feet by Pierre ____ (Art History was a loooong time ago). It was easily 10'x50' and I had all ...