Tour De Paris

26th July

Walked and Metro’d around Paris all day… Gawd - my feet are killing me. I tried to go to the Louvre but, can you believe it? Closed on Tuesdays! So went everywhere else instead.

Wise words from a 'wiser' woman!
1. Drink plenty of H20
2.When lost ask a tourist for directions... these French rascals have a naughty habit of sending you in the wrong direction for a joke! ... happened to mio twice. They are still getting their own back for Trafalgar
3.If you want to lose weigh fast spend an hour on the Metro getting lost ... eventually rescued by some Americans.
4 walking long distances .. expect chaffed thighs (maybe if I lose some more weight this problem might solve itself) I have been applying a herbal cream which has turned them Green. Not very sexy!!!
5 when testing out your CSE French language skills on a French person ... expect a long answer that you cant understand at all... just nod and thank gratefully then slink sheepishly away

HEY!! Walked up to the naughty MOULIN ROUGE .. lots of sex shops and peep shows... I had nothing I could offer, what with ' CHAFFED THIGHS AND BLISTERS!
- I TRIED TO PLUCK UP COURAGE TO VISIT a sex museum.. but chickened out..(maybe tomorrow!) Also visited TRADITIONAL COCKNEY Bar for a Guinness, everyone there was French and no one spoke English!
Also saw a very weird sight ... some Evangelical Christians were singing and dancing.. ave. age about 14 yrs old.. Suddenly riot police turned up with about 10 police cars to disperse them with batons.. All finished peace fully but very strange!

27th July
I have been staying at Le Village Hostel. Very arty and full of Aussies, Americans and Italians. My favourite are the Aussies - very friendly and chatty so it doesn’t take long to get to know people. Haven’t met a single Brit yet!

Walked up to the MOULIN ROUGE area again - went into a sex museum - what a brilliant place! With a huge collection of high quality rude cartoons (amongst other things). Then walked up to the Montmatre Cemetery - very gothic and spooky - great place for photography.
In the afternoon met up with Richard Erikson. He is a cartoonist and also runs a website on Paris called The Metropole. We walked up to Le Plage, a length of road alongside the Seine which has been closed off and made into a beach! It has sand, swimming pools, musicians and dancers. A lovely place and all free!

Sue