France - Paris Part Une

After a few days in England, Mazen, Wafaa and I shuttled down to Paris on the Eurostar. The train ride wasn't too long.. shared a window with a Japanese Art Student.. eavesdropped on some obnoxious kids a row ahead of us.. snoozed a bit.. and then voila.. we were in Paris! After a minor hickup, Wawie and I navigated our way to my cousins' apartment.

Here are some pics of our first few days of venturing..

This was my first view of Paris.. just as we exited the Metro (of course we took the wrong exit).. In the distance is the Arch de Triumph..



Relief often comes at a price in Europe.









We did quite a bit of walking.. my nephew Saleh insisted that we could easily take the Metro anywhere.. but us goofy tourists decided to walk.







Paris is very tourist friendly.. a lot of the popular touristy sites are near each other.





Had some tea and crepes to escape the rain.. our waiter was making jokes the whole time..



Some people had ice cream in the rain..



I found some vintage tintin comics here, alas they were all in french..



Squatting man at the Louvre..



Its easy to sneak into the Louvre (not saying I did..) .. send me some mandazis and i'll fill u in.



We eventually took the Metro home.. had to get back in time for dinner!





I thought this was a cool Metro stop.. the Louvre one has little artifacts..



If I recall correctly this is Centre Pompideu.. it really clashes with the surrounding neighbourhood.. It reminds me of the Davis Center at U of W.



This is the surrounding neighbourhood..



Some textures and colours for u . .




Here are some night-time pictures..

An out of focus picture of the Arch.. it's quite big when you walk right up to it.



Thurrayah and Mazen.



The Champs Elysses at nuit.. it's always bubbling with activity.



Someone really likes icecream!



Louis Vuitton freaks.. :)



Ok.. ok ok I broke down and took a picture of the tower.. ugh..



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