Mercure Montmartre Paris

... they charge a lot for the basics - audio guide, climb up the tower etc. The cathedral itself is v historic and took 100 yrs to build back in the 12th Century. Gets 12 million tourists a yr and i reckon 1 million of them were there today! It was meant to be cloudy, but the sun was shining which was fortunate because the queue to get up to the bell tower was insanely long and in the open. Took 40 mins to get in. Lots of ...

... clouds loomed over us. It then started raining and hailing like I had never seen before. The wind knocked over all the signs on the street and we had to immediately close our windows because the hail was pouring into the room! I have a video of this that I will hopefully post up later because I have not been able to grab videos from Evan&#8217;s camera lately.<br><br>The storm eventually calmed and we were able to get a good night&#8217;s sleep!

... visiting the famous French Pirates Harbor of Saint-Malo. After visiting the old town we proceed to Mont Saint-Michel, where we visit the famous Abbey set on the island. We return to Herouville for the evening including dinner. We went to Mont St. Michel which was really pretty. We got to go shopping and we drank Orangina. I'm finally learning how to use french money. Its neat. Good ole George got us lost on the way home and so ...

... counter.    Next stop was across the street to the Musee National de Moyen Age aka the Cluny. At the ticket purchase area, I made a GTD to buy a museum pass (which turned out to be a really bad idea - more on that later). While most people come to the Cluny to view the famous Lady With the Unicorn tapestries, I enjoyed the decapitated ...

... On a failli être bloqué en se rendant aux Invalides par une manif. À Paris, il y a toujours des manifestations. J'attends mon journal de demain pour savoir ce que c'était. Il y avait des tonnes de policiers sur la rue habillés en "riot gear" avec des pads de hockey, etc. On a beaucoup de belles photos prises dehors. Paris commence à fleurir. Des feuilles aux arbres. Micheline est toujours facinée par la Tour Eiffel. On est revenu ...

... mom and Bob just to check in and to say hello. Sorry, no pictures for now. I have to get my digital camera fixed as it says that the memory card is locked and I don't know how to fix it. Anyone is welcome to email me on my travel email address at spshso@yahoo.com and let me know how to fix this fine Casio 10.1 Mega Pixels Exilim digital camera. Well, I guess that is it for now. Off to peruse Paris some more. Please keep in touch by emailing me at the above email address.

As tomorrow was Xmas Day and we were leaving for New York via London the next day, today was the day for visiting our friends, Louise and Stephane (and Stephane's daughter Emmeline). Louise's sister Yvonne and I have been friends since we were five (that's a long time!) and Louise I remember, apart from being ...

... a beer, she came up to me again and I just told her "no!" a little louder than I intended and as the girl went away I noticed a French woman giving me a glare- like I'd just done the most evil thing in world history, not giving the Bosnian girl some money- its amazing how these self-righteous people are only around when they're not the one who has to do something- I was hoping the Bosnians would ask her for money, just to see her ...

... Le Parisien se situe dans l'une des deux catégories suivantes : le Parisien super sympathique, ou le Parisien super chiant. 3- Les rues de Paris sont au moins 40% plus étroites que celles au Québec ; les troittoirs, eux, font en moyenne, trois fois les nôtres. 4- Les rues, sont, à Paris toujours, comme un buffet chinois automobile : all you can fit in. Bref, pas de voie définie, et le plus on peut en prendre, le mieux c'est.