Paris!

Again, I am a lazy bastard, and despite having internet access in our apartment, have been too slack to upload any photos. Here's another draft post to remind me what's been going on since we got to Paris.

Saturday
Got up early and caught a taxi to the train station. Managed to get both our bikes onto the Eurostar without any extra cost (hoorah!). The Tunnel was spectacularly unspectacular and we kinda missed it. Slept a bit. Got out and caught another taxi to our hotel for the night. And a dingey place it was.

Sunday
Packed up and moved to our apartment! Horror taxi driver refused to take our bikes, then argued with the hotel receptionist saying that he should be paid for coming out here. Ended up forking out 5 euro so there wouldn't be fisticuffs.

That arvo we caught up with Matt and Corina at their place, in Montparnasse. Nice pad you have there Matt. Great lunch, fat and happy, then went out for beers in the arvo. Tried to find some food but no supermarkets open in town on a Sunday.

Monday
Louvre day. Slept in that morning, then moseyed on down to the Louvre (about a 10min walk from our apartment!). Queued and then paid 9 euro each to get in, lots and lots of people, very tiring, saw the Mona Lisa etc. Hoorah. Exhaustedly bought groceries and cooked dinner at home.

Tuesday
Laundry. Bought slick tyres (Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700 x 35c) for my Surly. Attempted dress shopping in Montmarte, Jen found a beautiful dress (well I reckon so) but it was 115 euro... still I want her to buy it cos it's so cool. Then walked down to the Champs Elyses and checked out the shops there ($$$) and also the Arc de Triumph. Very very large thing it is. Walked home. Walked past a shop called "Anna Lowe". On the way tried on about a million pairs of shoes for meself, as my Keens are falling apart and are VERY stinky after not letting them dry properly after mountain biking with them last week. Lots of walking that day!

Wednesday
Met up with Matt and his mum Di outside the Notre Dame. Had lunch with them nearby. Then left them and Jen and I tried to go north west of the city centre to try and find some cheaper dresses. Got sidetracked as I tried on more shoes for an hour (much to mine and Jen's frustration, none of them fit properly and it was giving me the shits) then it started raining and Jen was feeling shite, so we went home. I finally found some shoes that I liked and were comfortable whilst Jen was having an afternoon nap.

Then met up with Di at around 6pm and we headed to the Eiffel Tower. Queued for about an hour, got to the top around 8pm and watched the sunset over Paris. Amazing views, and then the lights turned on. Very beautiful. Didn't get down from there till it was 10:15pm! Had a huge dinner of an open Doner Kebab and felt fat and happy. Home by midnight.