This has been by far the highlight destination I have visited thus far in life. I love the buildings, the coffee, the rivers and canals, the people!! Its so different to what I have already seen, and while it has similarites, theyre shown in a new and interesting way! And that French stereotype of wankers smoking and heaps of dog poo is so wrong!!
However, let me start from the beginning... We got into France with a bounce- literally! It was the worst landing I have ever experienced, the whole plane gasped then panicked, it was so funny after the initial fear of crashing passed :P The Beauvais airport is like Salzburg- two carosels. Robert was there to pick us up, and we enjoyed the night in his beautiful family home-- right next door to an Australian bar!! Hehe...
We got to Paris at about 9:45 on the 24th. We left our luggage at this funky hostel we'd booked, got some breakfast from the bakery just across the canal, and wandered off to find the Louvre- YAY! However, it took us forever, dammit.
It was so worth it though!!! This has been my dream place to visit for such a long time- i was so excited! OHHH It was fantastic!! The Pyramids are so wonderful, and I didn't even realise the fountains were there, which just added to the wonder! Inside though, oh!!! I went straight to the Renaissance (Italian Art) floor in the Denon Wing. I GOT TO WALK THE GRAND GALERIE!! I saw Da Vinci's (yes, I saw the Mona Lisa- laaaame!) works by Raphael, Michelangelo, Picasso (amazing), Caravaggio, Delacroix, Paul Klee, Anselm Keifer....!! I saw the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory, the Slaves by Michelangelo, OHHH MY GOD! I was such a loser, standing at all the art just staring, I was so happy!
We went on a "pub crawl" (so to speak, we just followed them and then left cos it was lame) and ended up in front of the Notre Dam as the bells rang for Christmas!!!
^ The most exciting part of the pub crawl-- "Latin Corner: Sexy Bar for Crazy Night" and this was the waiter...!
On Christmas Day we had the best morning, hanging out having breakfast and organising what we wanted to see! The biking round the city idea failed epically because our credit cards couldn't be read by the stupid machines :( Kein problem, we ended up metroing to Montmarte, but only saw the Moulin Rouge, even though I wanted to go to the Church and hang out up on the hill like the alcoholic French artists you hear of...
We wandered down to the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées, which was fantastic! We walked to the Eifle Tower (past some very expensive shops like Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenzo, Gucci and Louis Vuitton; and some very expensive cars!) and it was FANTASTIC!! We walked up to the second level, which was great and not even hard, and there was such a huge line to elevate anyway! We left Tashy a message (Tash, if you read this, dont worry, you'll see it soon- there are even two editions! haha) and took tons of photos!
Tonight we had Christmas dinner in the restaurant downstairs, it was a three course meal and it was ok, the wine was the best :P
Anyway!! The real reason i'm blogging is to tell you all about this dude we met here- Anton. He's from Sydney, thought he was lovely and all alone, so we sort of hung out with him and we went out on the 24th together, had a good time, spent all Christmas day together, even though he didn't have to do either. We were joking and having a good time and beating each other with witty one liners... Told us all about his three ex girlfriends who cheated on him, boohoo!!
BUT THEN!!! Tonight, at dinner, which we invited him to, he went all quiet and then SUPER hyperactive, and was all chummy with Anna, while ignoring me and Kylea. We thought they were flirting, so both Ky and I left Anna to it... THEN!! We come back down to celebrate Anna's 20th Birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPPET!) and she tells us that the whole time we were gone, he had bitched about us, saying shit like I'm fake and unfriendly (????!) and Kylea's better friends with me and that isn't fair on Anna, and that Anna is lovely and nice (which she is) but hes being all manipulative and trying to divide us!!!!
WHAT A FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, Anna instantly told us, and now Kylea and I are so freeeeekin pissed at him, and also cos Anna continues to hang out with him, even though he completely disrespected our hospitality and friendliness and was rude to us... What a twat. Makes me so mad. Thank god i'll never see him again. Hes a Ferrari supporter, anyway.
Anyway, das ist alles. xx
PS-- Smart Canadian girl behind me just dropped the line "Im on Facebook, but im not like a Facebooker".... Obviously.
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