Paris

Oh don't worry, I'm still waiting in line at Versailles. It's been... Two hours. Yay.

The good news is that I'm almost caught up on the blog!

August 8 we started by getting up and having breakfast at a cafe. We rode the metro to it, and got off by the Notre Dame Cathedral. We walked to the church and waiting in line (a much shorter line) to get inside. It is beautiful, majestic, and everything you expect it to be. It is also ridiculously busy, so you get a little different of an experience than usual churches. The spiritual affliction was diminished, but you could still appreciate how grand the church is. We then walked to the Louvre. I bought tickets online so we got to jump the queue (this would have not helped me today unfortunately) and enter. We spent the first hour battling with our stupid Louvre cellphone app, with Brad almost losing his mind. We did go see the Mona Lisa during this time. It was pretty awesome to see, but very crowded. It's not as small as people say it is; it's only that It is roped off far away and you can't see it that closely. We then buckled and bought the audio guides, which are on Nintendo 3-DS. Pretty high-tech. We walked around and did the highlights tour, taking in just as much of the art as the beautiful palace the Louvre itself is in. We saw the Mona Lisa, Slaves by Michaelangelo, the coronation of Napoleon, the Venus de Milo and countless others I can't remember the name off. It was beautiful.

Brad took me to Pont Neuf. I don't know why. I took a picture and I'll read about it later.

We walked to the Arc Dr Triomphe after this, a beautiful stroll down Champes d' Elysees. The arc is beautiful, enormous, and awesome. We saw the Tomb of the Unknown soldier.

We took a metro to the Latin Quarter for dinner, and had a nice time at a fancy/Greek restaurant. We looked at Notre Dame from the side, bought cheap wine and beer and went back to our hotel.

Today we got up, took two Metros and a train to Versailles. We waited in a long line for tickets, and luckily someone told us we could skip ahead if we wanted to use the machines with s credit card. We did, and now we've been waiting in line for two and a half hours. I'll let you know if it's worth it.

PS. There's a shit ton of military personnel hanging out at every landmark in Paris right now. It's crazy.