Monday, February 11, 2008

Paris. Jour 2 et 3

-Sunday morning mass at St. Eustache (beautiful classical music with organ and full choir!)
-a looooong walk with a 23kg backpack, and finally arrival at my hostel!
-meander through the streets of Paris
-Mosque de Paris (just the outside)

-Jardin des Plantes (not too many plants this time of year!)

-Le Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes -that's right! A zoo!! And there were big cats, and alligators, and lots of chevres (that's goats!)
-meander along the Seine
-crepe with chocolat au maison
-more meandering, and then I met up with an Algerian computer technician.

We wandered to...

-the Pantheon



-le quartier Latin



-back and forth along the bridges, and finally watched the light show on the Eiffel tower

-crepe dinner in the Latin Quarter

-and then home to my hostel, with Julene, Marcello, and Lucas (a Venezulan choir director, a Chilean doctor and a Brazilian student)


Monday, Monday....


-tried to visit the Catacombs, but they were closed :(

-walked, and walked and walked...

-Eglise St. Sulpice

-Eglise St. Germain de pres

-all the way along the Seine


-Seine boat tour



-Eiffel Tower!!!!!!







-a delicious crepe with Nutella


-back home to my lovely hostel mates!

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