The Tour de France in a nutshell: the greatest test of patience known to Kim. We got there at around 10:00 and bought ourselves some souveniers and then proceeded to find some fence space along the Champs Elysee after checking out the Arc de Triumphe. 6 HOURS LATER a gaggle of guys on bikes ride by on about 8 loops. It was great and all, but definatly anti-climatic after all the waiting and standing by THE creepiest old man in France *shudder*.
After that we headed to the last thing on my list of Paris things to do and see: the Eiffel Tower. That thing is damn big. I splurged and bought an elevator ride all the way to the top floor (where there was a champgne bar amoung other things). Jeremy climbed the stairs to the second floor and chilled.
Today we headed to the land of chocolate and beer: aka Brussels. So far I like it a lot. The metro system is clean, tidy, and efficient. It seems a lot tinier then London and Paris (I’m beginning to miss Edmonton’s modest population). The hostel is also awesome (mostly because I finally have a bottom bunk that allows me to sit up straight in bed).
Sidenote: I’ve had more bagguettes in the past week than I’ve ever had in the last 19 years of my life combined.
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July 28, 2008 at 10:58 am
Jeremy
@sidenote: I’ve had more, the bree cheese here is dirt cheep.
@kim 6 gorram hours.. *hates*
This city is really nice though, very clean and less… huge, I don’t think I like massive massive city’s I’ve decided.
Also the hostel here doens’t serve breakfast which sucks but they do serve free drinks in the morning so whatever!
it’s really warm. I miss winter/ rain.