Tonight will be my last night in Paris, it has been great here. The people are nice, the buildings are fantastic, and the weather is... ok. There are a ton of things to climb, the picture above is at the top of Notre Dame, but I also climbed the Eiffel Tower this afternoon. I thought Notre Dame was a lot of climbing after spinning around a spiral staircase which seemed to lead no where, then I climbed the Eiffel Tower. Both climbs were well worth it in the end and now I can say I actually climbed the Eiffel Tower, not just took the elevator.
Anyway, Paris is a great city to see many different kinds of architecture, it is almost like an onion. The center of town, the area where it all began, is the historic area. There are buildings wall-to-wall, parks built by kings, cobblestone, and very old buildings. As you get further out of town, the buildings get more and more modern until you finally reach the tall skyscrapers. The coolest thing about this is that the city is split directly down the middle by a river, so if you take a river tour you can see all these layers and most of the important buildings can be seen from the river anyway.
One thing that took my by surprise were the rats. At night time, these things are everywhere! You usually only seem them near the bushes and grass areas, but I saw one dart through the plaza like it was trying to set a new land-speed record or something. After investigating where it came from, I found what appeared to be a colony.
Well I guess that will be it for tonight, still not a strong internet connect, so again I can’t upload this. I think I may be switching to google blog because it will work better in places I don’t have strong internet and it will allow everyone to comment back so I can see what everyone thinks. I don’t know though, we’ll see.
Take care and enjoy your day!
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