Paris Day 2

12:21 AM August 18, 2011

Busy busy!

Is it me or is Paris more crowded that ever?
Le Louvre was horrible (ok, it was horrible everywhere). The lines were so long and people were rude...Bleh! Well, it only bad in the main floor, where Mona Lisa was kept. She's alright. I go to Le Louvre for the Greek statues, especially, Cupid and Psyche.

After Le Louvre, we headed over to Ile-de-la-cité. Saint Chapelle. Finally got to go inside! It's small church that was built as a palace chapel and originally housed the crown of thorns (now in Notre Dame). Very gothic--late gothic with it's huge stained glass windows that depict genesis to apocalypse and its vivid colors on the vaulting. It's awesome.
Notre Dame. Line was huge! Well, it moved quickly. My favorite :)

Afterwards, we went on a boat tour on the Seine. Another favorite thing to do, plus you get to see all the cool bridges.

Montmartre. Took the cable car up. That was pretty neat. I saw the set of stairs we'd have to climb and decided it was for the best that we don't climb it. It was neat to see it at nighttime. It was still crowded, but it wasn't stifling. Had escargot for dinner. They serve it in the shell and I had to learn how to use the tools to eat it. There's this shell holder (it looks like those things you use to break crab shell with) and you use a little fork to get it out of the shell.
It was good. It's not as chewy.

Arc du Triomphe. Climbed all 200+ steps to the top (and most of it was a spiral stair). Great views, especially of Paris at night.



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