This weekend was quite nice as weekends in Paris go, which is generally pretty good I'm assuming. Started off the weekend by going on a run and doing laundry. I was so productive during Saturday morning that I didn't do anything else useful the rest of my time. I did go see some things. Saturday we (Zak, Kierstin, and I) toured the inside and outside of Versailles, the definition of opulence. The inside was not as exciting as I was hoping it would be and was rather pricey so I'm glad I saw it, but I'm not going back. The gardens, however, are incredible. Absolutely gorgeous. At one point it looks like a canyon of hedges. It's incredible. Then back to Cité for some pizza, and chilling on the lawn, followed by bed.
On Sunday, Drew, Kierstin, and I tried to go to mass at Saint-Suplice but we missed what we thought was the early mass at 6h20, in the morning, and then thought it started at 7h but no one got up to preach... so we just left. The church was very pretty though.
We toured the Luxembourg gardens and waited for a café to open for breakfast. Once they finally had (nothing opens until about 8h or 8h30 here) we went to the Columbus Café, which had a pigeon problem, because it sold muffins. The muffins were really quite good, and so was the hot chocolate which warmed all of us up, except Kierstin who had tea, but I suppose that warmed her up too. France is cold in the morning.
This is just one of the many fun things to discover while walking Paris
After that, we went to see the Stadium du France which was impressive but we could not approach it.
On the train there we saw the tops of Sacre Coeur, and determined to go see it. We got distracted on our way by the Opera house, which had Kierstin swooning for a good three hours. After a tour of the inside, we wound our way to Sacre Coeur, which is up a steep hill in case you didn't know.
The opera house is above. Sacre Coeur is incredible. I highly recommend it to all. Even if you have only three days to go see things in Paris, go see this. It's crowded but beautiful and well worth the climb. You can't take pictures of the inside but it's fantastic in there too. Just sitting in the Cathedral is an experience. I loved it.
Thought my mom would really like that poster.
View of Sacre Coeur from the bottom. On our way down we saw this street performer climb a pole with a soccer ball balanced on his head. It was awesome. He then juggled it up at the top of the pole and did some other ungodly athletic things.
Later on, I wandered Paris and discovered a sweet little bar/restaurant thing with a band (a violin, upright bass, piano) playing folky jazz music. It capped off an excellent weekend in a way I can't begin to describe. The music that played was spot on, and I sat and listened and enjoyed a good cheap beer. Phenomenal.
But now it's Monday, and work has started again. Game on.
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