Saturday 25 June 2005 - Paris
This morning we had a sleep-in (It is Saturday after all) before heading out to check out the Paris monuments. The queue at the Eiffel Tower stretched all the way around the courtyard so we skipped going up and walked up to the Arc de Triumphe. We had a good look around before walking down the Champs Elysse towards the Louvre.
On the way, we stopped at the Gap Store as we had never seen one before. It is sale season in Paris so the store was packed. I couldn't find anything I liked but Chaucey purchased a new wrap around jumper.
We then walked down towards the Louvre and saw the Concorde Plaza, Gardens and the famous glass pyramid before catching a metro to Montmatre.
Rather than climb up the hill to Sacre-Cour we caught the Funicular and got a wonderful view of Paris for free. We had a look through the church before walking back down to the streets of Montmatre. At the bottom of the hill we ran into some street vendors who try to scam you into buying a piece of plaited string for an outrageous price. They don't take 'non' or 'no' for an answer and one really started to harass Chaucey so I stepped in and told him to get lost.
After all the excitement we headed back to the hotel for a lie down.
On the way, we stopped at the Gap Store as we had never seen one before. It is sale season in Paris so the store was packed. I couldn't find anything I liked but Chaucey purchased a new wrap around jumper.
We then walked down towards the Louvre and saw the Concorde Plaza, Gardens and the famous glass pyramid before catching a metro to Montmatre.
Rather than climb up the hill to Sacre-Cour we caught the Funicular and got a wonderful view of Paris for free. We had a look through the church before walking back down to the streets of Montmatre. At the bottom of the hill we ran into some street vendors who try to scam you into buying a piece of plaited string for an outrageous price. They don't take 'non' or 'no' for an answer and one really started to harass Chaucey so I stepped in and told him to get lost.
After all the excitement we headed back to the hotel for a lie down.
posted by Michael at
7:59 PM
2 Comments:
so how do you say f*%k off in French
By
Anonymous, at 12:30 PM
That they do understand! Making a scene seems to help - and while they deal with you they can't scam anyone else.
By
Michael, at 3:23 AM
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