So a TON has happened since
my last post so I will try to keep it short and snappy so as not to bore ya'll. So basically Paris was amazing. To sum it up we went to all the big touristy sites- the Eifel, Arc De Triomphe, the Taj Mah Hal looking thing, Place La Concorde, Notre Dame, etc etc. A couple new things that we did in Paris that I didn't do last time I was there was going to the catacombs. Those were freakin sweet. Basically its this pathway underground paris (beneath the metro) and it has a ton of bones stacked from floor to ceiling on either side of the walkway for about a mile or so. Its totally creepy and gives you the biggest chills up your spine. Like they are for real bones. I don't know the whole background story because for one,
I am A.D.D. and don't spend the time reading the little signs on the walls along the way, and two, I don't know french. Sooo bascially I just know that there are a bunch of real bones, millions of bones, underneath the streets of paris. Another really sweet thing we went to was the Palace of Versaille. All I can say is that the Palace is amazing and the gardens are even better and words just can't measure up to its beauty and splendor. hopefully i can post pictures soon when I can get to a computer that will take my memory card. We left Paris yesterday around 3:00 and got to some ghost town called Chalon Sur Saone where our receptionist knew no English and we ended up walking around the town for a
bout an hour and half trying to find our hostel that was really only 5 mins from the train station. After that, we walked another hour trying to find a grocery store where we proceeded to buy a picnic and eat on the outdoor patio of McDonalds. Thats right- a picnic, wine and all, at McDonalds. Betcha never did that before. So C
halon Sur Saone basically sucked, and we left bright and early at 6 this morning to head to the mountainous town of Grenoble, France. Grenoble is a town completely surrounded by the Alps, and the moment we stepped off the train this morning, the scene took our breaths away. At that moment I think we then realized that we were no longer in Kansas. We walked the town and stared at the mountains. It was amazing taking the ski lift up to the top of one of the mountains and we were able to see the whole town and all the mountains surrounding from an escal
ated height. Today was our very first really hot day- so hot that Josh had to get icecream twice...well I gu
ess it doesnt have to be hot for that requirement. We caught a 5:00 bus (the driver almost left without us) to some random city and then took the train from there to Nice, France on the mediterranean where we are now (total of 6 hours). It is now 1 in the morning (about 6 pm your time) and I think we will go to bed. Tomorrow we plan on waking up bright and early to go down to the beach and hopefully learn how to surf or go scuba diving!!! :) miss you all!
p.s. snails rock!
my last post so I will try to keep it short and snappy so as not to bore ya'll. So basically Paris was amazing. To sum it up we went to all the big touristy sites- the Eifel, Arc De Triomphe, the Taj Mah Hal looking thing, Place La Concorde, Notre Dame, etc etc. A couple new things that we did in Paris that I didn't do last time I was there was going to the catacombs. Those were freakin sweet. Basically its this pathway underground paris (beneath the metro) and it has a ton of bones stacked from floor to ceiling on either side of the walkway for about a mile or so. Its totally creepy and gives you the biggest chills up your spine. Like they are for real bones. I don't know the whole background story because for one,
I am A.D.D. and don't spend the time reading the little signs on the walls along the way, and two, I don't know french. Sooo bascially I just know that there are a bunch of real bones, millions of bones, underneath the streets of paris. Another really sweet thing we went to was the Palace of Versaille. All I can say is that the Palace is amazing and the gardens are even better and words just can't measure up to its beauty and splendor. hopefully i can post pictures soon when I can get to a computer that will take my memory card. We left Paris yesterday around 3:00 and got to some ghost town called Chalon Sur Saone where our receptionist knew no English and we ended up walking around the town for a
bout an hour and half trying to find our hostel that was really only 5 mins from the train station. After that, we walked another hour trying to find a grocery store where we proceeded to buy a picnic and eat on the outdoor patio of McDonalds. Thats right- a picnic, wine and all, at McDonalds. Betcha never did that before. So C
halon Sur Saone basically sucked, and we left bright and early at 6 this morning to head to the mountainous town of Grenoble, France. Grenoble is a town completely surrounded by the Alps, and the moment we stepped off the train this morning, the scene took our breaths away. At that moment I think we then realized that we were no longer in Kansas. We walked the town and stared at the mountains. It was amazing taking the ski lift up to the top of one of the mountains and we were able to see the whole town and all the mountains surrounding from an escal
ated height. Today was our very first really hot day- so hot that Josh had to get icecream twice...well I gu
ess it doesnt have to be hot for that requirement. We caught a 5:00 bus (the driver almost left without us) to some random city and then took the train from there to Nice, France on the mediterranean where we are now (total of 6 hours). It is now 1 in the morning (about 6 pm your time) and I think we will go to bed. Tomorrow we plan on waking up bright and early to go down to the beach and hopefully learn how to surf or go scuba diving!!! :) miss you all!
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