Art palooza

Trip Start Mar 19, 2008
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Trip End Jul 01, 2008


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Flag of France  , Île-de-France,
Saturday, June 21, 2008

I got up fairly early today; I had quite a bit that I wanted to see. First stop; the Louvre. I read many, many times how excruciatingly long the lines at the museum can be, and I was a little bit worried as I was heading there an hour after it opened. I was immediately greeted by a 1 second line. Awesome. I knew that this museum was huge; I just had no idea how big it really was. I was pretty much always lost. For two hours I wandered the halls, by the end of it my brain was fried from so much stimuli. It took me 30 minutes of following exit signs before I finally left, not like it's a bad thing, but still. After the Louvre, I wandered my way over to the Arc de Triumph; the largest triumphal arch in the world. It was an amazing site; both the arch and the insanity surrounding it. Supposedly the arch sits in the middle of a six lane traffic circle; although I really saw no lanes or any real attempt by the drivers on keeping their cars, mopeds, or buses in any sort of straight line. I would not drive through this thing if my life depended on me Opera House
Opera House
 . After experiencing the mayhem of French drivers; I wandered my way to the Moulin Rouge, because seriously, if you're in Paris, you have to get a picture of it. I wasn't prepared for excitement or jaw dropping views, and that's pretty much how it turned out. I did find out how much it costs though to see a show...at least 100 euros! No thanks. Having gotten my tourist fill, I headed up to the tallest hill in Paris to check out, what I heard was one of the best churches in Paris. I wasn't too impressed with the Notre Dame, it was nice-don't get me wrong, but I've seen some pretty amazing churches since I've been here, so I'm hard to please. It was definitely a great looking church, with an awesome little neighborhood surrounding it. On the steps of the church was a full Latin band working the crowd, with some stupid techno nerds trying to impress people with their techno dance "skills"; they just looked like fools. I was pretty beat at this point, so I went back to the hostel, relaxed for a bit and ate some dinner. That evening I headed into town, posted up in a bar and watched the last half the crazy Russia-Holland game, I still can't believe that Russia won that. I snapped some shots of the Arc du Triumph, with my camera conveniently running out of batteries half way through, then went home.
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