We arrived in Paris a few days ago and its been very good and very funny when we try to communicate to the people that speak little English. We found a nice ice cream place that we had dessert at two nights in a row. The people smoke and spit a lot but are all nice. Even those asked questions on the street have been nice. The Eiffel Tower was a lot taller than I thought it would be and is great at night when it's lit up but we didn't climb up it. Today we went to Sacre Coer Cathedral in Montmarte which was amazing because all the mosaics were all made of the little square tiles even a giant one on the roof. We also had a picnic today. We got cheese, a baguette, raspberries, strawberries and macrons but the baguette was amazing it had a nice crunchy, hard crust with a nice soft inside. My favourite thing in Paris so far has been either the paintings in Musee D'Orsay or a room in Sainte-Chappelle with stained glass windows everywhere telling many biblical stories. Overall I think we have covered Paris well and I don't feel the need to come back even though we haven't seen all of it, we've seen all of the things I wanted to see. Unless it was after learning some French and coming to live for a few months there is little incentive to come back for more than a few days. Soon we will be in Italy just as I started getting used to saying merci instead of thank you to people I will have to start saying grazie.
-Ethan
Mmmmm baguettes! We lived on them and cheese when we were in France. Never managed to find anything that compared to them anywhere else. Stick one in your backpack for Keegan, he would love it :)
ReplyDeleteYour holiday sounds fantastique, Ethan, especially those desserts! And raspberries! I'm really enjoying reading about your holiday.
ReplyDeleteAunty Kathy xxx
Ewwwwwww! Smoking and spitting! And we think they are posh!
ReplyDeletexx Wendy S
You get used to it after a while and don't notice it fortunately
Delete-Ethan