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Le Grand Tour, Day Twelve
16 years ago
FRANCE
Zomg I'm so tired. Nine hours of walking around, with some breaks (including a pint of Strongbow by the banks of the Seine in a Canadian pub :3 ). Climbed to the top of Notre Dame (400 steps!) and hobbnobbed with all the gargoyles - gave one fellow a backrub, actually ;3
Passed Les Invalides and decided not to spend 6.50€ to see Napoleon,s tomb. I figure he'll still be dead when I come back here.
Crossed the whole Field of Mars to the base of the Eiffel Tower, which is fucking awesome all out of proportion with its (these days) modest size. Then, o Ghu, I climbed the bloody thing.
Not to the top, which you can't, but to the second level, which was almost enough to kill me. I think I may have developed a morbid fear of stairs.
But it was great (between desperate gasps for life), and left me enough time to hustle to the Louvre (still on foot!) and spend 45 minutes going through a fabulous collection of antiquities from the Levant and Mesopotamia, where among other things I found physical evidence of the existence of serpent folk - not serpents, but serpent folk in frikken' Sumer for Yig's sake; which is to the tune of 2100 BC, bitches.
Pictures to follow >:3
Then back to
Eustache's for my last dinner here. For the record, he has cooked for me
DAY ONE
sliced courgettes with pine nuts and Parmesan
Risotto with blood sausage (omg so delicious)
white Burgundy
DAY TWO
Cod Accras (little fried balls of fish)
Fèves à la Portugese (a kind of legume with two types of ham)
red Bordeaux
eclairs filled with chocolate cream (I bought them)
DAY THREE
Salad with lettuce; green beans, tomatos and walnuts with a mustard dressing
Duck confit (duck preserved in fat) with garlic and parsley potatoes
a different red Bordeaux
A selection of cheeses (soft goat's cheese, Beaufort, and a Camembert to die for)
cakes from the patisserie
...you see why I feel inadequate to repay him? I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot of moose-themed drawing in the future.
Anyway, off to pack - train to Eurofurence is at 6:58am!
Zomg I'm so tired. Nine hours of walking around, with some breaks (including a pint of Strongbow by the banks of the Seine in a Canadian pub :3 ). Climbed to the top of Notre Dame (400 steps!) and hobbnobbed with all the gargoyles - gave one fellow a backrub, actually ;3
Passed Les Invalides and decided not to spend 6.50€ to see Napoleon,s tomb. I figure he'll still be dead when I come back here.
Crossed the whole Field of Mars to the base of the Eiffel Tower, which is fucking awesome all out of proportion with its (these days) modest size. Then, o Ghu, I climbed the bloody thing.
Not to the top, which you can't, but to the second level, which was almost enough to kill me. I think I may have developed a morbid fear of stairs.
But it was great (between desperate gasps for life), and left me enough time to hustle to the Louvre (still on foot!) and spend 45 minutes going through a fabulous collection of antiquities from the Levant and Mesopotamia, where among other things I found physical evidence of the existence of serpent folk - not serpents, but serpent folk in frikken' Sumer for Yig's sake; which is to the tune of 2100 BC, bitches.
Pictures to follow >:3
Then back to
Eustache's for my last dinner here. For the record, he has cooked for meDAY ONE
sliced courgettes with pine nuts and Parmesan
Risotto with blood sausage (omg so delicious)
white Burgundy
DAY TWO
Cod Accras (little fried balls of fish)
Fèves à la Portugese (a kind of legume with two types of ham)
red Bordeaux
eclairs filled with chocolate cream (I bought them)
DAY THREE
Salad with lettuce; green beans, tomatos and walnuts with a mustard dressing
Duck confit (duck preserved in fat) with garlic and parsley potatoes
a different red Bordeaux
A selection of cheeses (soft goat's cheese, Beaufort, and a Camembert to die for)
cakes from the patisserie
...you see why I feel inadequate to repay him? I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot of moose-themed drawing in the future.
Anyway, off to pack - train to Eurofurence is at 6:58am!
I'm interested in the serpent folk thing, of course.. and also what kind of cakes were they, on day three?
They were gone before I could ask and then my mouth was full >.>
At the same time I'm very very happy you had a great time in France also :3
Hope you like your next stops just as much!
Also, damn, can't believe you left this place 2 weeks ago. Still feels like it was yesterday.