Fimotel Paris

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We t*lked for * while *nd then *ll of the sudden he s*id, "Yes we c*n."

"Wh*t?" This p*rticul*r exch*nge w*s repe*ted sever*l times. He s*id it so f*st I w*s not entirely sure th*t it w*s English. Fin*lly he enlightened me, "Ob*m*, s*id it." Ah. Yes he h*d *nd I h*dn't remembered it until the French m*n reintroduced it to me.He decided it w*s time to le*ve *nd I think he left the *irport bec*use eventu*lly the shootout theme f*ded *w*y.

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... what I swear was a tone of disappointment, as if I needed to steal a passport to get out of this country. Hell, I’d just go into the Canadian Embassy and ask for political refugee status.

After a long ten-hour flight it’s the same on the other end. Apparently anybody who knows anything can see that it’s not a regulation passport. I pass though, so now my next little obstacle is getting from ...

... Louvre. On Friday nights students get into the Louvre for free, so we took advantage of that. Before doing the Louvre we wanted to get some dinner though, and after searching far and wide we settled on some pizza from the Louvre food court. Oh well. You win some you lose some. It wasn't bad pizza though at least. Anyway, the only way to really describe the Louvre is to note how freaking huge it is. You could spend quite a long time there, to be ...

... the Eiffel Tower!!! Was fabulous!!!!! Was still light when went up so got loads of pics of the view. We only got to go up to the first deck as we didn't have time to do the second deck as had to catch the bus. On the way back to the hotel we stopped off at a place across from the Eiffel Tower where we got a fantastic view of the Eiffel and the lightshow it does every night at 10:45pm. Was amazing and worth checking out.

... Schweppe's Limone, with dinner ("Drink them slowly, they are the last two," our waiter said) and afterward had the "Colonel" dessert: two scoops of lemon sorbet with a little vodka in a big sundae glass. It was very good, we need to try that at home. We finished that off and asked for our bill. I'd say we had a very nice dinner, and all for only 38,50€. It had started to cloud up while we were eating dinner, and just as we were ...

Paris is known for many things. City of Romance, lights, lovers, artists, fashion, French cuisine, rude people, Parisians. Spending Christmas here has been a perfect choice not because it celebrates Christmas better than other cities, but it just has a nice ring to it. Christmas in Paris. :) I had my own presumption of Paris, like millions of others who visit the city every year and the expectations were somewhat unrealistic ...

... through the city today).

Tomorrow we go to Amsterdam with Busabout - we are excited about going to Holland (its one of my favourite countries), we have some friends to catch up with, and lots of clogs and cheese to be seen & eaten! We are a little freaked out about our impending trip to the Uk since hearing of the failed bombing attempts near Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Not that we didn't think these things were a possibility.

... book was really neat. There was a Da Vinci Code audio tour option in the Louvre for twice the price of the regular audio tour, but we stuck with the standard. Good thing we didn, because our time was limited in the Louvre before closing. We only saw the first floor of the louvre, at 5:30pm (30min to close) they wouldn't let us go up to the second floor for a quick walk through.... I guess I'll just have to go back ...

... have garages, nice architecture, and small fences (Soweto is safe, as very few homes have electric fences). [Andy: "safe" is a stretch.] The middle class live in very small houses, often with outside (private) bathrooms. Some people can afford to add rooms to their homes, but those who can't (or who have relatives who can't afford a house) build tin houses - they look like a big, flimsy box - on their property. The low class live in neighborhoods of tin houses. There is ...

... bars in town showing the playoffs! One called the " Moose" and the other one wait for it......."The Beaver". Funny thing is they are offering Canadian Cuisine...any guesses? The American said syrup. Oh ya there's a Canadian fella from Kingston on the bottom bunk, he threatened to decorate with Canadiana as I am on the top bunk. We will be going to watch hockey very soon.

eek time is running out gotta go. Thanks for all the messages after my last diary. Cheers and love you all