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Christine, Monika, and I took a couple of
days off from work and spent a long
weekend in beautiful Paris.
Here we have just landed at Charles Du Gaul
airport.
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We had booked a hotel through our
travel agent. After a long day of
traveling however, we found out
that our hotel was overbooked.We
were all pretty grumpy.
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However, everything turned out great
in the end. We got rooms in a much
better hotel for the same price. The
new hotel was very close to the Arc
de Triumph. See how happy Monika
and Christine look.
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The first two days it rained on and off.
Christine, being Irish, was prepared
with her umbrella. Eventually Monika
and I bought our own umbrellas, and
it worked! After that it didn't rain
anymore.We never did use our new
umbrellas.
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On of the cool things to drink in France
is Orangina, one of the few soft drinks
that hasn't been bought out by Coca Cola
or Pepsi. You can still get the original
shaped bottles in France too.
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This is the Egyptian obolisk given to
France by Pasha Mohomed Ali in 1863.
I visited the sister obolisk in Luxor
when I was in Egypt.
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If you visit Paris you should go see
the catacombs, which were used to hold
bones from the overflowing Paris
graveyards between 1786 and 1871.
The number of bones here is truly
incredible. The photos cannot do it
justice. We walked for approximatly
30 minutes past walls and walls of
bones just like this one.
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Something that really impressed me
was the number of DVD rental machines.
This seems like a great idea that will
soon be appearing in all big cities. I
am surprised that I have not seen any
in Germany yet. Though there is a
company that is starting to do it.
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The biggest creme brule that I have ever seen.
One of Amelie Poulain's favorite things
is to break the sugar on creme brule.
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It was nice to see my old friends
Cyrille and Pascal again, along with
Cyrille's girlfriend Michaela and
Pascal's wife Marie. We had a wonderful
dinner at Le Cafe Barge, a barg on the Seine, the
address is 5 Port de le Rapee but be forewarned
it is not easy to find!
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Cyrille was nice enough to take us
out to a local bar one night. The
bar is run by people from Britanny,
where Cyrille is from. The speciality
there is rum. Fruit soaked in rum to
be precise. We tried strawberry, bananna,
apple-kiwi, ginger, and I don´t remember
what else.
It was to dark to take a good photo. But
hopefully you get an idea of what it was
like.
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Cyrille also took use to a wonderful traditional
crepe restaurant. The authentic crepes from Britanny
are brown like this one, and they taste delicious.
To drink we had cider which I guess is also
traditional, and a bit alcoholic.
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