So our time is up in the UK and we are off to travel around Europe
in our little car and a tent for accomadation. So we packed up said our
good~byes to Brighton and off we went. Cindy, Brett and Rick will be
joining us in a week or so, until then we are off to Paris and touring
the north east of France.
We travelled to Calais from Dover via the ferry on Wednesday, we
travelled on the motorways to Paris which was a huge cost of 20€ in tolls for being on the bloody road for only 2 hours!!
So it's non toll/motorways for us now. We then got caught up in the Paris traffic and where running low on
fuel, so we where starting to get worried. Managed to get through the cars to an offside servo, phew.
Then to top it off we made a wrong turn which added another 15-20 mins
to the trip cause there are WAY to many roads in the city. With first
hand experience, we highly suggest you don't drive any where near Paris
city Centre!!!
When we finally made our way to Mevs, it was an epic battle
tring to find where we would be able to leave our car the following
day. We thankfully managed to snag a closed down railway station that
we just parked our car in and worried about it being towed or clamped
while we where siteseeing the next day.
We jumped on the Metro
and went to the Le Louve, which was an amazing place. It is just so
beautiful round there. We where in there for about an hour looking for
Lisa, when we found her in a totally non obvious place. There is SO
many fantasic paintings and sculptures that your could be in there for
HOURS! It suprised us that you could take photos in there and the 'non
flash' policy isnt enforced.
We then walked down to Arc Du Triomphe from the Louve on a very hot day, it felt like we were back in Aus!
We went to see how much it was to go up the top, however our budget
wouldnt allow us to touch it, so we just 'people watched' and got out
of the sun.
We then met Mev at her place and headed to the Eifel
Tower for a picnic. We got to meet some Frenchie friends of Mevs who
were lovely, so we havent had the 'rude' French experience yet.
We had a very French picnic with everyone bringing along salami, fruit,
cheese, baguettes and wine for all to share, very special sitting right
near the Towel watching it light up. Very romantic!
The
following day we slept in and made our way to Notre dame which is free
to go inside and have a look at which we were suprised at!
It's just lovely inside and out. We then went to Sacre Coeur, a church
high up on a hill with fantastic views over Paris. We wandered down the
streets afterward to make our way to the see where the Moulin Rouge and
all the strip clubs are. But at €80 for the cheapest seats I'm afraid
we won't be seeing the show.
We found a supermarket so we
bought some food and wine and had ourselves a lovely little picnic with
views overlooking the river and the Eiffel Tower. After lunch and a lot
of kissing, trying to get a photo with the tower well placed in the
background, we walked along the river seine to the Statue of Liberty.
Its almost the same as the one in NY, but alot smaller.
Feeling
pretty knackered after all of our walking we headed back to Mev's place
for some much needed rest before we head off to the Loire Valley
tomorrow.
