Patrick and I went last weekend to Paris. We had both been there before seperately, but this is the first time that we've been back since living in Strasbourg. Last time Patrick was there was about 10 years ago, and it was about ... a little bit longer for me. Suffice it to say that we had to redo all the touristy places since we had not been there in a long time.Turns out that France was celebrating another one of their holidays (Ascension) - not quite sure how a country who only has 5% of their population actually attending Church get so many religious holidays, but I'm sure if they tried to go Atheist and take them away, there would be a general strike in someone's political future, but I digress.
Took the train instead of flying or driving. Far more civilized than the two hours of security that you are subjected to at the airport or the 90 euros in tolls you pay to drive out and back (I'm not kidding). Plus you have way more room.
Oh and the little quiz up above on what everything is (from left to right): Eiffel Tower, Roman Statue in the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Les Invalides, I.M. Pei's Pyramid entrance for the Louvre, Notre Dame, and 5% of Versailles.
