Tuesday, October 28
On Tuesday, October 28, I went to the train station to meet Nicole and Matt at the train station. I got there a bit early, and since Nicole and Matt's train was delayed, I wandered around taking some pictures.
Matt and Mandy were still at Versailles that day, so after Nicole and Matt checked into their 5th floor hotel room, we wandered down the Seine.
Everyone was very happy about the view.
We actually ended up at Notre Dame where we wandered around and took some pictures. Well, okay, I took some pictures and Nicole and Matt visited the crypt under Notre Dame.
This is Paris' point zero. This is the centre of Paris, and the point which all distances are measured from.
Fortunately this was one of Paris' nice and sunny days. Best enjoy it for now, it doesn't last!
If you look closely at the bush, you can see that it is full of sparrows. You think that there are tons of pigeons in the square, but there are also tons of sparrows. It's because they are being fed.
There was a man there handing out bits of what looked to be sweet cake or something for the birds to eat. The moment someone would hold it up they would get swarmed by sparrows. Much less threatening than being swarmed by pigeons.
This is one of my favorite pictures. I could always tell when the pigeons lifted and were swarming over the square because a bunch of school girls started screaming like they were in an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
I couldn't help but humm the tune of "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins when I saw the woman. The man just looks badass.
And how many birds can you see??
After leaving Notre Dame, we wandered around the St. Germain area, and stumbled through several gardens and some churches, none of which I remember the names of, but did snap these photos.
This appears to be a Roman wall, as it looks similar to other walls in England (rocks and layer of thin red stone), but I can't be sure. I'm not sure of the Roman history of France, if there is one.
After that we ended up walking along the shore again, across from the Louvre, I snapped a couple photos before the dark skies convinced us to head home.
One last picture of the Louvre!