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First Step on the soils of Europe
... and all the things people say about security check (at least that's what I had in mind) was null and void. I had some time before I board my train to Nantes. So, I went out of the railway station. The weather is nice. It's just the perfect cold. The sun was blazing in the sky even though it was 7:00 in the evening. And there I was, on the side of the road, looking at the so called "exotic cars", the BMWs, the Audis, the Mercs. Even most of the taxis are Mercs. ...
Paris, elle est extraordinaire...
... the Gates of Hell, is there, which made me gasp. Based on Dante's Inferno, it is littered with the tortured faces and entwined bodies of the souls on their way to eternity: men, women, lovers, babies, these small, perfectly detailed figures mired in this massive marble tableau that's two stories high. Crazy! it's a little chilling, looking at all the figures he put in there. I spent a bit of time looking at the Impressionists, but to be honest, ...
Why fish? DAY 1
When my mum and stumbled across return bus tickets to Paris for £50 online I knew it was my next destination. Having just finished high school I was looking for somewhere to go to celebrate, and where better could I get to for £50?! I booked a ticket for myself and my friend Kate, and the bubbling excitement in us accumulated until we were ready to burst in the month and a half leading up to our departure.
Despite a grotty 21 hour bus journey looming ahead of us, in the ...
A Walk On The Right Side (of the Seine)
... br> Turns out that Boris is from Serbia (?) and is doing his PhD in Paris. He spoke excellent English and made a conscious effort to involve everyone in the group so no one could have felt neglected.
He gave us a very detailed and interesting introduction to the Marais/Bastille area. Without going into too much detail we went to:
Les Halles - former market area (undergoing a major redevelopment);
Fountain Des Innocents - the sad square with a ...
Bonjour.......
... view. The inside was beautiful though, such a contrast to the outside where you had a singer on one level, a harpist on another, street entertainers and an abundance of sellers all competing for business. A few people had the right idea though with a bottle of bubbles on the grass gazing over Paris with a guy with a guitar drowning out the noise of the crowd!
We then wound our way through the streets looking in at the cute little boutique shops, which, in comparison to the ...
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