We are here – Paris

Finally we found an internet cafe.We arrived in Paris at 6am Paris time after many, many hours sitting in planes and airport lounges – not complaining though. Luckily we both managed to get some sleep on the last flight…. on the flight from Darwin I was too busy chatting to a new friend Hargert Levi from Isreal. She was really interesting and tried to teach me some french before we arrived in Singapore? No luck anyway… I think my brain had gone into overload and melted.

Anyway back to Paris, it is incredibly cold but that hasn’t stopped us from having a great time and going places. Yesterday we went on bus 67 (in the wrong direction) and saw heaps of Paris. After being kicked off at the end of the line we hopped back on a 67 and ended up where we had originally wanted to be – Pigalle. We climbed – by visiting all of the shops on the way up to Mont Martre. It was interesting, some guys, actually it was amasing there were so many middle aged men drawing people. So anyway, some guys wanted to draw Jenni and I… we didn’t want them to but they didn’t take NO for an answer and started to anyway. Eventually, they finished – quite crappy drawings – and wanted to charge us 80 euro each – no way, they also wouldn’t take NO for an answer then either. We were very nice but put the rolled up drawings into their folded arms and walked away. I should have offered to draw them instead, I could have done a better job.

Sacre Ceure (I think that’s how you spell it) was beautiful, it is a shame you can’t take photos, I can see why though… there were hundreds of people in there, all of those flashes going off at once would make the stained glass windows shine from the outside.

Speaking of flash photography, did you know you can photograph anything in the Louvre as long as you don’t use a flash? There were people sitting every where sketching it was wonderful. THEN there were also people in the Louvre PAINTING. Yes I know!! We got to watch them and have a chat – one guy needed to add more contrast.

Today we went mostly shopping and eating, the Picasso Museum was closed (for two years) and the Centre Pompadu (modern) I wasn’t impressed. The building was astounding and unfortunately the diplay I would most like to see is currently in Canberra – Yes I know some of you have seen it – anyway the display of womens art was nothing but YUKKY.

Got to go now and fid our way back to the hotel

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