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Went on the other free walking tour today of the city. It was 4 hours of walking but saw most of the sights.
The walk covered:
- Notre Dame de Paris
- The Latin Quarter
- Ile-de-la-Cité
- The Louvre
- Palais Royal
- Eiffel Tower
- Tuileries Gardens
- Académie Française
- Musée d'Orsay
- Napoléon's Tomb
- Assemblé Nationale
- Champs-Elysées
- Arc de Triomphe
- Grand & Petit Palais
- Place de la Concorde
All these were just looking at the sights from the outside. I went back to the Arc de Triomphe after where there is a tomb of an unknown soldier and above there is a fire that burns all the time and has never been extinguished. (Apparently a German got drunk once and relieved himself on the fire and did put it out... he is banned from ever entering France again).
We also went past the places that Carrie from Sex and the City ran through on the program. The bridge, the parks etc. Also saw the most expensive hotel, If I remember correctly it costs about 10,000 Euros a night or thereabouts.
Next I went to meet up with Candy, but my god the metros are CONFUSING! Finally found her after about 45 minutes of 'where are you?'.
We went to the Louvre and saw Mona Lisa! Shes probably one of the smallest painting ever, but right opposite her is probably one of the largest paintings ever done. Also saw Venus de Milo (Aphrodite) among some other cool paintings and sculptures. Didn't see the whole place as it was WAY too big. Next we went back to the Arc de Triomphe since Candy hadn't seen it yet. The sun was starting to go down by that time so the photos we took were quite nice in that sort of light.
After that we went to the Eiffel Tower to meet her crew. We were there to see it sparkle... its so PRETTY! Plan to go back again tomorrow and maybe go up but I'll see how it goes. The lines are LONG.
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