Paris 4th-8th

Paris

Despite not knowing the word for 'bathroom', my few words in French came in very useful. (Hello, good-bye, cat, dog, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910, boy, girl, strawberry, etc ) The French are not rude, but tend to exasperate easily with tourists. We went to find a friend of my aunt's apartment, where we were dropping of gear we wouldn't need in the rest of Europe. Her name was Estille, (still is Estille, I think.) She is very nice and speaks English better than most Americans. We figured out the Metro after going backwards and forwards on it a few times. I got on for the first time not knowing what a Metro was and still contemplating the idea of public transport. A sharp "Hold on!" from my dad came to late as the Metro started and I flew across the floor receiving many 'Tourist' looks from the locals. After falling down a few more times, I finally got it and was able to lower the amount of 'tourist' looks. After finding the apartment we were able to drop off our stuff and head to the Montgomery's where we were greeted like old friends. The next day we (Phillips/Montgomery trio) went to a medieval history museum, the Noter Dam, Arch de Triumph, and the Eiffle Tower. We went to a park out side the Noter Dam, and discovered a very spiny playground toy, a lop-sided circle on a stick. There were a great deal of French children playing on it. We waited patently for out turn, which only arrived after Jacob helped the children to spin a little faster. That concluding in one five-year-old after another flying off the toy, and landing about six feet away. After a short wave of sympathy, Katie, Maddie, Jacob, Ellie and myself, ( 14,13,10,5, and 13) jumped obligingly on, proceeding to make our selfs sick.

At 9-ish pm, the older group, (Camp, Katie, Maddie and I,) lead by Darin, hiked up to the second story of the Eiffle Tower. It was very pretty and we had a great view of Paris at night. Maddie lamed herself by an attempted kick at someone I will fail to mention. She was very lame until she remembered that ice cream was waiting back at the apartment. Getting back at 2 am, we fell asleep immediately. The next day, Darin and Camp woke up early and went to Napoleon's tomb and a military museum. "Very ornate and huge for such a short man" - Darin. Meanwhile, Daisy accompanied the Montgomery's on a walk and a boat ride down the Seine. The boat ride was nice, but the three Nunjas (referring to a group of talented battle nuns) were asleep on their feet half the time. Getting back at six pm, we proceeded to relax and watch Gostbusters. Camp and Darin arrived at around 1 am, nearly completely asleep already.

Paris documentation to be continued . . . .