Archive for April 28th, 2008

 
Monday, April 28th, 2008

Bought our Orange metro passes (like a real Parisian! Photo ID and everything!) and train pass to Nantes. We were waiting in three lines at once! Patrick checking the ticket machine, Brian holding a place in line for the metro ticket counter, and Amy grabbed a number for the regional train office. + Caught a free walking tour. Lu, our guide, studied European history and was very informative and we learned a lot + We went by the Arc de Triomphe. + We enjoyed the walking tour so much we caught their next one in Montmartre. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough people for Lu to start up another group, so we followed George! He was an olympic track hopeful turned European student. That tour covered this artist district with sites like Moulin Rouge, film sites from Amelie, Places Van Gogh and Picasso hung out, and Amy’s favorite church Sacre-Coeur. + Ate at a Vietnamese place in Montmartre. Amy noticed that the waiters all dressed with lots of piercings and chains that a gangster might wear… but only stereotypically. They were still very nice and friendly waiters, though! + Went back to Arc de Triomphe and went to the top for a spectacular night view! +