Today is our final day in Paris. We're currently at the train station and we're going to be jumping on a train to Munich in just under an hour.
I think this photo sums up our Paris experience quite nicely. It's all about the crepes.
Since my last post we've done a whole bunch of touristy stuff. My favourites were the Pompidou Centre and the cemetary in Montmartre.
I think Dan's favourite moment may have been at the fromager! We walked away with one very stinky cheese and one that is not stinky at all.
Apart from that we've seen the Louvre, the Moulin Rouge and Notre Dame.
We also experienced our first scam, exeuted professionally by a couple of guys from Senegal at Sacre Coeur. We've survived just fine, but now have two friendship bands instead of 10 Euro.
We've decided against visiting the Eiffel Tower, although we have seen it from a distance. Instead we shall remember Paris in our own way... mostly for the crepes.
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Gah! Should have warned you about the friendship band scam! Only because I'm a tight-arse who mistrusts everybody while traveling did I escape it. A friend of mine didn't. :(
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having fun.
Mike
They were very good. They started off just saying hi and being personable, asking us where we were from. They then asked for us to hold the end of their string so they could "demonstrate" something, all whilst keeping us laughing etc... They started to separate us, and then when we were finished, tied the strings on, and asked for money from each of us, separately. My one was saying to just give him a note because he has change... which I steadfastly refused to do... but when I offered him all my shrapnel, he began to act offended and insistent. They only got what shrapnel we had, but that nearly added up to 10 Euro between us.
ReplyDeleteIt made me feel like shite. :S
I'm never barracking for Senegal in the World Cup again!