Touristy Paris

 Started the day with a cold shower, not on purpose, woke up at 9am after the jet leg kicked in and we were completely asleep. Actually, we were awoken at 2am to a man trying to get into our apartment! To be expected, I guess, I booked us an apartment in the night life district of town. Not just night though, the Parisien's are here all day as well, it's a happening street to be! I would assume this supposed intruder partied too hard and could not remember his door after the long hike up the winding staircase.

Upon getting everyone ready we headed to the river and boarded the hop-on hop-off bus tour. My initial thought was let's hop on a bus and let it do all the work for us. I can tell you that is not the case. By the time I arrived back at the apartment six hours later, my legs were tired of walking. That being said, YES, that is the way to see the city of Paris, as the main attractions are soooo spread apart, this makes it easier to get from A-B.

Today Notre Dame was our first stop as we ventured through the Louvre yesterday. Click-Click and then thought let's walk to the Pantheon! You know the bus is doing all the work so let's journey further than where it drops us off! HA! silly us. We did not make it, we turned around after fifteen minutes and hopped back on the bus. Next stop was the Arc De Triomphe! Intense! I do not know how many lanes round-a-bout that was but it seemed dangerous to get to the middle, but of course there were people running in front of cars to complete the task. 

This area of Paris is cobblestone streets and high-end shopping called Champs-Elysees. Aside from the cobblestone street, this area of town reminded me of New York City 5th Avenue. Jenika you would be in so much debt after coming to Paris.

We were scammed at the Eiffel Tower. Cost us 40 Euros to have our picture taken by a vendor selling Eiffel Towers, in return for 40 Euros he provided us with mini take home towers. I guess we paid for the experience.

Finding a toilet in Paris next to impossible. Toilets are for paying customers only. I swear no one drinks water in this city. I want to say it took nearly an hour before I was finally allowed to pee in a hair shop. No coffee for me tomorrow morning and no water before dinner.

I see why Parisien's are considered ignorant. Anywhere you walk there are cyclists, mopeds, motorbikes, buses, and cars and everyone is going where they want when they want. Honking and screaming is normal. I enjoyed watching regular citizens cut in front of the Police and nothing happen. Not sure what the laws are but in consideration of this thought maybe this is where I need to get my full license!

Paris style burrito tacos were eaten in the apartment. Everything tastes a little different in another country but we managed. After food and drink we ventured out into the bustlen street. Not many streets over and we were in a homeless area. A quick U-turn and we found ourselves inside the Museum of Art History. A strange Museum. A large two courtyard building with apartments lining the top rectangular perimeter along with several patrons enjoying a glass of wine in the covered area. Strange. A very strange occurrence.

And now to rest and prepare for another day of walking!