"Day 17 - 5/25/07 (Paris)
We woke up around 10:30. WE have been trying to sleep in for a long time and we finally did it. Got up and got some of the food from the groceries we did the day before. Then we headed to the metro and looked for the catacombs were people hided on WW I but this was the place where the bodies from one cementery were transladed cuz of sanity issues but also has a lot of important people from the French REvolution. It was a long maze and really deep too. WE walked for around 2 hours but we splitted up cuz Guy and Kaare were going too fast ahead. WE walked in a tunnel with tons of cadavers... and Pedro had to pee inside this place. The kid cannot control his bladder.
We got out and then walked to the Pantheon. The place used to be a church but it was then changed for the french revolution into a political place. There was a giant pendulum that shows the time of the day (pretty cool). We walked around and then went to the crypts. There were crypts from really cool people. Scientists and writers from teh revolution times. Robespierre, Voltaire, Pierre & MArie Currie, LAgrange, Etc. It was a really cool place to visit. The we walked to the Notre Dame Cathedral where the 'hunchback' lives and Napoleon was crowned emperor. WE got a Kabob before getting there and then walked for free inside the cathedral. It was really nice. The statues were cool and virgin Mary is like the icon everywhere. WE got out and then made the line for the top part of the cathedral... 436 steps! Great view btw and then we walked to waht supposed to be our next hostel just to make sure KAare did the reservations ok. We went there and the lady at the desk was like not paying attention at all. The reservations were in... That's all that matters.
We then walked through the Louvre (which was like 3 blocks from the hostel). While we were waiting, a huge storm came toward us and a tornado started forming in front of the Louvre. WE had to under the rain to a metro station... not fun... finally we got to the apartment. I was soaked so I started to hang everything so it gets dry. Then we decided to go to the Eifel tower at night. Great decision but not a good idea at midnight. The tower was beautiful. It had blinking lights at some moments and it was beautiful. We walked under it and hanged out around it. Then I wanted to go and see a mini statue of liberty. We walked for around 45 minutes and we didnt even see the front of it. We realized that the metro was closed so we had to walk back 2 miles at 2 AM. Not too fun with sandals on. We saw the Arc of Triumph on the way back...nice...it reminded me of my baby. We finally got to the apartment around 3:30... I bet we are skipping breakfast tomorrow too. Check out is at 12 so we'll see."
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