France Recap
August 10, 2008 – 9:26 amHaven’t had much internet connection lately thanks to a wonderful time in France. Here’s a short recap:
- Paris has more museums than you could poke a stick at, all of which are sensational (Louvre, d’Orsay, Rodin etc etc)
- Stayed in the beautiful Hotel de Ville suburb, and went out to the Sacre Cour for two excellent evenings with the rest of Paris for evenings of music and singing
- Bought a museum pass which meant I saw a whole lot more than I would have otherwise seen, such as Saint Chapelle and the Concergerie. Saint Chapelle has all of Genesis, Exodus etc in tiled stained glass windows, which we could even figure out from the pictorials.
- It was easy to fool the French and extend the validity of the museum pass simply by scribbling a new date on the card.
- Have eaten a baguette every day, without fail. Need more fibre.
- Then discovered that croissants were actually invented in Bulgaria when it was under siege by the Turks in the 1600s. The shape of the pastry is meant to represent the cresent on the Turkish flag.
- The high speed train is very high speed.
- Have stayed in “hotels” with neon signs flooding the room, stained carpets and crazies shouting at our window for the price of a stay in a small castle.
- French people don’t understand any English unless you insert a dragged ‘le’ before every other word.
- Every meal seemed better than the one before it, it’s a gastronomical wonderland!
- Spent 5 extremely scorching days in Nice, went diving and visited Cannes and Monte Carlo
- Saw more Ferarris in Monaco than I’ve seen in my entire life
Currently in Belgium at Akademy where I’ve already had my fair share of Belgian fries, waffles and beer. More updates coming soon.
