Last day in Paris

Fondue place that gave us wine in a baby's bottle, that was kind of weird, Lu greedily dipping into the fondue, prawns from our paella. I love prawns :)




Some bar in Lyon offering free booze to Aussies on Oz Day, what we eat when we spend much more money than we plan to (and I mean MUCH MUCH more money than planned), Lu taking charge - and still getting us a little bit confused...



CHEERS! (or as Lu would say, 'don't look stupid'). A whole stack of pics of me and Lu eating and drinking - Chris, 2 cities, 2 beers! So far so good, but I don't know how much more I can take, beer tastes really vile :(

Last day in Paris

I have one more hour in Paris before we must leave and make our way to Rome. It's a very miserable day outside today but not nearly as miserable as it was yesterday. Yesterday was c-c-c-cold!! The wind was cold, the wind was strong, we had layers and layers and layers yet our bodies still felt ice cold.

We packed so much into 1 day yesterday, traipsing from one end of Paris to another and ended up in quaint little Montmartre for a lovely fondue dinner and met some cute little Aussie backpackers at this restaurant. The dinner was so yummy, it needs no other word to describe it, the host was very welcoming, and so French and so funny. Even though we were so full we were busting out at the seams, I felt guilty if we didn't finish our meal. Loads of bread, too much cheese, a little too much wine (drunk from out of a baby bottle, that was kind of strange... werido French people!) , dessert was my highlight. I love it when the food I order makes other people envious, and my vanilla ice-cream did just that - sure it doesn't sound too glamourous, but you had to see it and taste it to see how lucky this little girl was last night.

We've also climbed the Eiffel Tower, seen Sacre Coeur, got accosted by nasty looking ghetto people who wanted to tie me up and sell me as a sex slave to some African prince... ok, maybe I'm being a little overly dramatic, maybe they just wanted some money, but still, it frightened me, I needed my lil' sister to come to my rescue. I was with 2 other people, yet they only gave me trouble, why?! I must look like a real big sucker, I must have the french word for sucker plastered on my head because it happened again on our way to the Eiffel Tower! A slimey sleazy strange dude grabbed my arm and started dragging me away, but quick-thinking Lu, who appears quite seasoned to these sort of rorts made yet another brave rescue, slapping the smelly man's hand from me... all the while, all I could think about was, eeewwww, stop touching me you weirdo smelly con artist - and he really was an artist too.

Ummm.... well, Lu finally got to see the Eiffel Tower from the top after 4 visits to Paris, and we spent a good 3 hours in the Louvre, madly rushing through trying to absorb all the history and culture but could really only absorb the smells of all the other whiffy dumbass tourists (me being one of them... reminds me, must do some laundry in Rome...)

Oh, and if you're wondering, yes we did wave and say hi to the lady of the Louvre - Madam Mona Lisa herself. Poor woman, trapped like an animal behind a thick pane glass...

Our verdict of the Louvre, just awesome, we just needed a bit more time - I could suggest perhaps a sleeping room for the tired and weary, it is quite a massive place afterall.

Our verdict of the Mona Lisa - over-rated. Seen a better side of her in books, much clearer and less crowds. The security personnel stood closer than any of the visiters, so go figure.

Lots of photos, I've already maxed out the memory card.... can't wait to get more organised and show them off.

Maybe in Rome, we will get in touch again

Ciao
Buttsore & Blistered Feet