Day Three - continued

Night cruise along the Seine


Trapped at the airport
Space Invader Graffiti - this anonymous artist has these little mosaics all over Paris and throughout the world.
Notre Dame from a distance. Note the umbrellas.

Our bike tour group - couples from England, Georgia, and South Carolina.
A courtyard preserved since Roman times.
This is awesome!
If you want a great hotel location - you may want to stay here when you go to Paris.


Notre Dame up close


We caught the Metro to a stop near Notre Dame, and ended up in the neatest little neighborhood with tons of places to eat for under 10 Euros. Every meal we ate prior cost at least 20. We got some gyros and ate along the street. It was so beautiful and nice. I was falling in love with Paris.

On our way to Notre Dame we had fun taking pictured of the streets. Everything looked like a painting or photograph. It was beautiful.

The bike tour was the hit of our Paris stay. Bike About Tours takes you through many Parisian neighborhoods and tells you about some history and hidden places in Paris (gardens, restaurants, houses) The bikes were fun and much easier than walking. Our tour guide, Christian, was actually from Fla., so it was nice to have an American who lives in Paris take you through everything. I definitely recommend it! Christian and Paul are the owners, and speak perfect English. I have to say too, that the bike fell (not me, the BIKE) twice. I got the prize for best fall - a shirt - so I told them I would send some business their way. www.bikeabouttours.com. I think Christian felt bad, but it's just an average day in the life of Sarah.

Christian recommended a restaurant called Chez Josephine a couple metro stops away. We went up there and enjoyed a quiet, candle-lit dinner and great food. Ordering from a menu where you only know one ingredient is an interesting experience. Tyler had duck and I had some sort of Salmon cake thing served cold. For dessert Tyler had a thin apple tart and I got chocolate cake with chocolate in the middle. It was very light and didn't have nearly the junk that Americans would put in it.

After that, we definitely wanted to make it to the boat tour of the Seine. So we went, and it was pouring rain on and off. It wasn't worth it because of the weather. You could have had the same effect by walking down the river in this weather.

After the boat tour we asked when the last Metro was. The person said 12, so we jumped on the metros all the way back to the airport. However, what we didn't know was that the last bus from the airport to the hotel was at 12 too, so we were stuck. We never felt unsafe, but we did see some messed up kids at one of the metro stops. In the end we had to call the hotel for a taxi and it cost us 20 euros for a 5 minute trip.