Monday 23rd April - It's raining again!

Not sure what there is to blog about today. Had a sleep in. Went to the supermarket to stock up on supplies of cheap French cheese, wine and sweets. It was still raining then. It was raining when we finally ventured out to the city at about 2pm. Visited a small shopping complex in Montparnasse station thinking it was a bigger one that we later discovered on the map which has the same name. We visited the Arc de Triomphe for some photos but because the weather was so awful we didn't go up. There is a tower called the Montparnasse Tower that has a better view of Paris where you can see the Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and so on so have decided to go up there instead. I know what you're thinking... come to Paris and don't even go up the Eiffel Tower. We came to see it, and we can get a better view if we aren't on it :)





Arc de Triomphe



This is the most chaotic roundabout I have ever seen. There are no lanes, but cars just drive on and off without crashing somehow.




The 'Place de la Concorde' monument. Check out the lovely rain clouds.

On the way home Justin decided we needed to take the scenic route. Apparently he knew where this amazing restaurant was from Trip Advisor that we just had to visit. So after ambling down the street for a while and finding where a humongous cemetery is, we found it by chance. When we entered the theme music for the Crusaders was playing, so I said we had to stay. In the end the food was actually very nice, and quite close to our hotel so we didn't have to stay out in the horrible weather for long.



Beautifully presented food


I've learnt a couple of things about the subway...

1) Be prepared to make friends. By that I mean be prepared to be jammed in like sardines, especially when people think that they can fit in just as the doors are closing, but actually it was better when they hadn't squashed in.

2) Don't 'take on' the subway doors. An older man decided he was going to push in the queue of people lining up politely and he got stuck in the doors, so another guy and I had to pull them open to get him out. What's worse is that there were extra safety gates and so he got stuck in both. There's a lesson to be learnt from that!

3) While your saxophone, violin or accordion playing might be nice, or while you might have something to say about who to vote for, I have no idea what you are saying so you won't get a response out of me, sorry.

Hoping for a dry day tomorrow.

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Location:Paris, France