We pulled into Paris on Sunday night with just enough daylight left to get to the hostel and see some of the sites. We got our exercise in between the 8 miles of seeing sites and 30 minute walk to the OOPS! Hostel. OOPS! is right. It was the most expensive hostel we stayed in (more than Switzerland) and also the smallest room.
The day we got there we immediately got directions to the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomfe. Both were very impressive and I am glad I have seen them. I wouldn't say that I was in complete awe of either, though. Maybe it's because it is the end of the trip.
That night we (smelled) met Kathe who was one of our roommates at the hostel. There is no way of saying this nicely: Europeans really do have a unique stench. When you walk into the room it almost knocks you down. We had to open the window and the temperature was in the 50s in Paris. Do we as Americans smell in a way that is offensive to other cultures?
On Monday we walked to the Louvre and Notre Dame. I've heard people say that you cannot see the entire Louvre in one day. LA and I beg to differ. Now we didn't stop and examine every work of art, but we got through there pretty fast. There was one wing we did not go into. We both decided that if we ever had a desire to look at Iranian art we would get together in front of a computer and google it.
The Notre Dame is gorgeous, but we both left with a sick feeling in our stomachs. LA's words were something to the effect of "I've never felt so bad walking out of a Catholic Church." Ditto. It was that interesting. I just don't want to be there when the tables get turned over. More on that sometime later.
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