I leave Paris today for Italy. This next portion of the trip is the only part I have not planned ahead, but good ol' Rick Steves claims that there's cheap accommodations available in Florence, even during peak season. (By the way, RS was wrong about Bourges...but I think I already covered that.) I'm at an internet cafè in Paris and my bus leaves at 6:30. Still getting used to European keyboards too.
The last two nights I stayed in a hotel waaaay out in the boondocks and worked on my paper. I was offered a private room if I payed for breakfast so I took it. Watched part of Funny Face in French; C'est magnifique! means 'S wonderful. I'm not done with the paper but am on the way. A 16 hour bus ride should help if I can stomach writing on the bus.
Paris was exciting. The Museè d'Orlay was my favorite part: rooms dedicated to Cezanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Rousseau; it took my breath away. Also, I cried in the Louvre just a little in the Italian painters area. Too much beauty for one day.
A few of us went to the Eiffel Tower on the last night together. It twinkles on the hour starting at 11 pm. I did not pay the 13,50 Euro to go to the top, seeing how I was TERRIFIED. The Tower is really enormous, and so is the fee. But it was beautiful from below.
Signing out for now
Jessi
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