Still walking in Paris
It’s Tuesday, so we must be in Paris. That’s a line from some movie somewhere, we think. We just found an Internet cafe that actually allows us to connect Laura’s camera, so here are some more pictures.
Gondola in Switzerland This first picture is the gondola we took to get to our “hotel” in Switzerland. No, Laura’s camera isn’t broken, it really was that foggy.
Olympic Museum entrance, Lausanne After our fun in the snow we ventured to Lausanne, where we went to the Olympic Museum. Laura tried doing chin-ups to see if her strength could compete with that of Olympic athletes and couldn’t reach the bar.
Notre Dame at sunset Laura and I arrived in Paris two nights ago on Easter Sunday and attended evening mass at Notre Dame (if you think your church is crowded on Easter, you should see Notre Dame!) and then went for an evening cruise down the Seine.
Laura and I in Paris Yesterday we did a walking tour of Paris, and we estimate that we walked somewhere around 25 km. Along the way, we visited the Louvre (The Mona Lisa: we have bigger bath towers than that), the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower (yes, we climbed it, and yes, it’s a bit shorter than the CN Tower Climb), and a night time walk along the Seine. Today we visited the Palace of Versailles and the Moulin Rouge. Tomorrow night we head off to Edinburgh to visit Laura’s uncle Ronald (who, we hope, will be able to drive us so we no longer have to walk 25 km a day).
Eiffel Tower at sunset And tonight, as the sun set in Paris, we sat along the Seine with our baguette, Camembert, and bottles of juice, wondering why we should leave and thinking about the next time we come back. (Of course, now we’re in a far less idyllic Internet cafe with English-speaking tourists, but it feels like home, except for the Windows XP in French thing. At least it’s not in German.)
Comment by Donny
It’s actually from the *title* of a movie, and it’s “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium”.
Sorry – next country over.
Comment by Petr
Wow I feel like I am on a trip through Europe, thanks for letting me tag along (through your pics).
I miss Edinburgh …
