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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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A word from Daniel

I've retreated a bit into myself since arriving in Paris. Whilst I can see there's a lot to love about Paris - like the ubiquitous cafés, the metro, the sheer sense of being "urban" - I'm finding it hard to feel at ease.
I'm not horrible at making myself understood, but the inability to speak the language fluently makes me very hesitant to interact with people... And this is not a case of me jumping on the French-are-Rude bandwagon. Most people we've interacted with have been lovely, though the sensation of being prey is a bit wearying.
I'm going to try to get over this, though I suspect it'll take more time than we have. It feels a bit like the alienated feeling I had when I was first at high school, first started uni and first started at my work. I suppose I should put myself in more of these out-of-my-comfort-zone situations, so I can get better at adapting.
Sorry to be all negative, but what's the point of a blog if you can't get a little emo?

On the bright side: Crepes. If Sydney had as many and as good crepe houses, I'd be in heaven every day.

edit: I got over it... :D