The city of light

After a poor night of sleep we got up really early again to catch our
train to Paris.

Upon arival we dropped our bags off at the hostel and headed out. The
theme of our time in Paris thus far has been poor timing. We started
with Rick steves' historic walk around the ile d' France and ended up
at the Notre Dame when the lines where horrendously long the next stop
on the walk, the deportation memorial, was also closed. Hopefully we
will see both of those tomorrow. Part way through the walk we stopped
for our first crepe in France.

After exploring we went to the louvre and saw all the allstar pieces.
The louvre was cool but I think it had too much in it. The building
itself would have been a tourist attraction with out all the art and
there is so much art packed into it that something that is such a
superstar piece is just so over shadowed by the Mona Lisa.

For dinner we went to Chez Agnés. A four table restaurant where the
food is cooked and served by this animated French woman. After a great
dinner (including snails) we went to the eiffel tower and watched it
sparkel.

This morning we got up early, again, to meet Kelsey, my friend from
the program in Spain, to go to Versailles. The transportation got a
little messed up and we ended up getting there at the height of the
crowds. I am very sick of crowds...
Versailles was pretty cool but mostly just for the historical
importance of the the hall of mirrors and the extensive garden. We
went into the town for a crepe lunch midday and I had steak tartare, a
dish with raw meat flavored with mustard.

After Versailles we were pretty pooped so when we got back to Paris we
got something to drink and people watched from the street side table.
It was great having Kelsey there but she had to head back to catch the
train to where she is staying.

The rest of the evening was just chill. We basically just went back to
the hostel and found some dinner around there.

Tomorrow is kevan's last day and I have 2/3 days in Paris by myself.