07/24/2004: "PAris!!!"
Finally! Paris! We got up around 9...got some rolls and stuff and headed out to the cathedral of Charte before paris... This is my aunts favorite cathedral and also my granddads so w ehad to stop... ive already been there but it was still cool... i lit a candle for my granddad... this cathedral famous for its stainglass windows...i ll put some up later... so we finally got to paris midafternoon and checked into our Fancy fancy hotel....its reallly nice... then we to a walk about... and saw the sights...we took a boat up and down the little river and saw all the sights from afar...it was a good introduction to hte city...we then had dinner at a crepe place which was realllllly good...if u dont know what a crepe is its like a pancake they they fold over and put stuff in and on top...it was great...after we were full and happy we headed out and walked back to our hotel enjoying the cool air... we got back late and tried to make a decision on whether or not to try to make it out to the tIME trial on sat... we couldnt findd enough info so we nixed it... by the time we were done it was almost 1 so we headed to bed...there was a few problems with our room though... we couldnt find the switch for the batheroom...so it was usless and the air conditioning didnt work...we were pissed...we called the consierge and they fixed the light and was very snooty french to us...very steryotypical but couldnt fix the air so we switched rooms the next day....
Today was our first full day in paris...we woke up in our hot room and headed to a little sidewalk cafe for hot choclate and pastries for breakfast...we walked around a buit after that and then got a museum pass...we headed through the louve to get to the musee d' orsee ( the more modern museum) it had allo the impressionist and everything so that was great to walk throguh... i jus spent the time onthe top floor w/ van gogh and monet manet degas renior ect ect ect....that was good... after that we left my cousin to explore ht toehr parts of the musuem and we headed to a cafe to watch Lance and the tour... he won by a minjutes today!!! he wins the tour! i cant wait to see him in YELLOW tommorwo and be the champ for the record 6th time... how cool... anyways were gonna be heading out for dinner soon so im gonna put some more pics on and then head out ttyl!!