Hola todos! bueno now on to day two of paris (saturday) and our departure on sunday. we got up early again on saturday to begin our adventure. We started off going to the catacombs which were absolutly amaz
ing! i dont have many pictures from these days because my camera died and i have yet to get them back from my friends. the catacombs were formed because a major plague/disease swept through paris and so they buried people in mass graves because they couldn't bury them as fast as they were dying, and as they were decomposing they stunk and so they dug them up and put all of the bones in a 2 km long underground tunnel under the city of paris. it sounds kind of gross i know but it was so cool! the walls were lined with femers and skulls and the bones went way back. i guess there were the bones of six million skeletons down there!! at the end there was a man checking our bags for stolen bones before we could leave and he had a small pile of them next to him so people must take them often! we went to this amazing bakery to get sandwiches for lunch and from there we walked to the eiffel tower again to picnic and see it during hte day and
go up in it. this was very cold but worth it. we took the elevator up and the top was so windy i thought i was going to freeze, but you could see everything from there!! we then walked to the arc de triomphe and walked down what is probably the most expensive street in all the world! louis vuitton and cartier to name a few! we were confused as to how to get to the arc as tehre is a massive traffic circle around it that assured certain death if we tried to dart, but then realized there was a tunnel leading over to it. the arc was the last on our list for the day so we got out the map at a little cafe and randomly chose more things to do. we went over to see the moulin rouge which wasn't that cool, just another building, but from there we walked to the Sacre Coeur which is the picture of the beautiful cathedral. millions of stairs later we were up there and could see all of paris - absolutely beautiful! we then randomly decided to walk down some street and found the most picturesque little french neighborhood ever with crepe shops everywhere and people painting on the street and lights everywhere and it was so cute! from there we went home to get up early the next morning and come home to a light covering of snow here, and we just missed the major snowfall in paris. overall a wonderful trip!
ing! i dont have many pictures from these days because my camera died and i have yet to get them back from my friends. the catacombs were formed because a major plague/disease swept through paris and so they buried people in mass graves because they couldn't bury them as fast as they were dying, and as they were decomposing they stunk and so they dug them up and put all of the bones in a 2 km long underground tunnel under the city of paris. it sounds kind of gross i know but it was so cool! the walls were lined with femers and skulls and the bones went way back. i guess there were the bones of six million skeletons down there!! at the end there was a man checking our bags for stolen bones before we could leave and he had a small pile of them next to him so people must take them often! we went to this amazing bakery to get sandwiches for lunch and from there we walked to the eiffel tower again to picnic and see it during hte day and 
go up in it. this was very cold but worth it. we took the elevator up and the top was so windy i thought i was going to freeze, but you could see everything from there!! we then walked to the arc de triomphe and walked down what is probably the most expensive street in all the world! louis vuitton and cartier to name a few! we were confused as to how to get to the arc as tehre is a massive traffic circle around it that assured certain death if we tried to dart, but then realized there was a tunnel leading over to it. the arc was the last on our list for the day so we got out the map at a little cafe and randomly chose more things to do. we went over to see the moulin rouge which wasn't that cool, just another building, but from there we walked to the Sacre Coeur which is the picture of the beautiful cathedral. millions of stairs later we were up there and could see all of paris - absolutely beautiful! we then randomly decided to walk down some street and found the most picturesque little french neighborhood ever with crepe shops everywhere and people painting on the street and lights everywhere and it was so cute! from there we went home to get up early the next morning and come home to a light covering of snow here, and we just missed the major snowfall in paris. overall a wonderful trip!
Another great weekend for the traveler.I'm glad you got to Sacre Couer. In the summer they had street artists there. We had lunch in a little cafe. I'd forgotten about that until reading your post. Human bones as a souvenir of Paris? How morbidly bizarre!
ReplyDeleteJessie & Steven got back from Honduras. Haven't heard about the trip yet. I'll have her post to this site. I think they have Skype. I do now :)
ReplyDeleteNatalia!! so dad finally had to clue me in on how to leave you a message here on your blog. I'm just not very tech-savy :) So Honduras was fantastic! It rained 6 out of 10 days, I was mildly sick for most of the time, I still had a great time. We got to visit 2 orphanages, and some interesting factories and stuff. Very beautiful country. I'm trying to get my photos posted by tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI really got a kick out of your bastille story :) I was also surprised to hear it was torn down....I guess I didn't do Ms Zimmerman justice either. :) I'm so glad you got to check out the catacombs-freaky but awesome is how I would sum up that experience.
I heard you were in Grenada this weekend right?? I hope you'll update the blog soon and fill us in.
THe girls you're traveling with seem pretty cool. I was hoping you'd find some girls like them while you were there.
Well, keep the updates coming. The girls I work with have been enjoying your pictures.
Love you sis! Jessie
Hello Natalie! I somehow missed your reflective image of the Eiffel Tower earlier. I love that picture! Very cool. And the snow! It is good to know you aren't missing out on the cold mid-western weather! :-) Take care Natalie! JohnF
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