Day #2 in Paris

Good breakfast this morning at the hostel. Today went by without much a snag. Found a post office to mail a couple cards thanks to a local who was incredibly friendly in helping me. Then headed to the Louvre...the museum of all museums arguably. Arrived about 20 minutes to game time which was great. Once in I beelined it for the Mona Lisa....about 10 people there when I arrived so it was great. Later in the morning when I found the Venus de Milo the crowd was stacked. I got lost in the place but managed to find some of the major things that I wanted to like Hammurabi's Stela and a few paintings. I did it in about 3 hours and know I missed plenty. From there it was to a place called the Conciergie or something like that. It was an old palace that became the prison during the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette and others were housed here before they met the business end of the blade. Next was the Hotel Invalide and the church connected to it....Napoleon's tomb. About 2-3:00 p.m. by this time so found a market and bought a sandwich, mac salad of sorts, and some water and then had my own picnic next to the Eiffel Tower. Some girls came up to me and asked me to take their picture...college students from Rice. One from Mississippi I think and the other from Castle Rock, CO. Mentioned how familiar I was with the area because of Mike and Laurel in Elizabeth...small world. Next went to the Arch de Triumph and went to the top this time. Finally the Concorde area and the monument where the guillotine used to be during the Revolution days. Walked then to another place that I wanted to see but it was under construction. Was a full day but got alot accomplished. I think I've already made back the money for the two day museum pass that I bought and I still have another day on it. Buying an all day Metro (subway) pass allows me to hop on and hop off whereever I want and I clearly understand how they work, so that helps. Don't know what I'll do tonight for sure...maybe shave??? Tomorrow I'm going to stowe (?) my pack here at the hostel and then come back and pick it up before catching a train that will take me into eastern France....tomorrow night I plan to camp, and again for the next few nights so it'll be awhile til I'm back on this. I think that's it...can't think of much else.

God Bless,
SNorris
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