So, terrible, blurry photo, but here are three of the four awesome people I hang out with in Paris, alongside the Moomins. Klara is on the left with Little My, Eli in the middle with Moomintroll and Jen on the right with Pippi Longstockings.
And this is Heather (who had already gone off to a museum when we took the Moomin picture) (Though actually, it is worth noting that Jen had just finished going through the entire Louvre over the span of two days when this picture was taken…so she kind of wins the museuming prize…)
Anyways, it was a very slow day. We woke up late and wandered (slowly) over to Monoprix to buy breakfast and then ate it in the park nearby.
Then, Eli and Klara had to check out and leave for Barcelona, so we walked back to the hostel and got completely distracted by Moomins and German childrens’ TV shows (I have a list of things to watch for practice, woohoo!)
They left, which was very sad, so Jen and I went off to the Marais, which is the “gay, Jewish quarter” of Paris. Its also the quarter of Victor Hugo’s house and lots of big pretty buildings and gardens and galleries. We wandered through some galleries, and then stopped in a park and fell asleep. (Waking up at 6 and going to bed at 1am is not that good for the energy level)
Afterwards, we walked over to Place de la Bastille, which is where the Bastille used to be (duh) and walked all the way around it. (Yay French history!)
And then we went and had really good falafel and went back to Notre Dame, and Jen went off to look at the crypts while I went in and sat by the Joan of Arc statue to listen to mass. I didn’t really understand what was going on, but the music and the atmosphere was beautiful (despite the obnoxious tourists) and Joan of Arc was there, so…cool…
And that was pretty much my day – I went back to the hostel, pretended to be productive, ate food, and went to sleep (midnight! Woohoo!)
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