Bonjour, Paris.

(Jump to Sunday the 18th.) Today ate leisurely knowing that we'd chosen a 12:32 train into Paris. There was even a good, thorough BBC documentary on the implications of American Rap or Hip Hop music. Whereas, MSNBC runs around asking people's opinions of the 60th anniversary of the UN. Let me tell you, most ordinary people don't have opinions worth broadcasting.

Rolling through the French countryside was interesting. There was much more farm land than I'd envisioned. I guess I think Europe should be more widely populated as it's been here so long.

We arrived right on time at Glace d'est at around 4:12. Luckily one of the areas that Jay had written down was only a few Metro stops away from the station. We're one station down from Place de Republique at Oberkampf. It was easy to get to this area. We then walked and stayed at the second hotel we asked about. It was small. The prices here are a bit more reasonable than what we have seen so far in Europe. Still I'm spending Euros as if they were Canadian dollars. C'est la vie!

We managed to walk to Notre Dame before sunset. The map of Paris maps things look like a hop and a skip; however, my feet are killing me after that JOURNEY.