Posted in France, Italy, Spain on May 1st, 2000 No Comments »
After sleeping on the streets of Barcelona we have been much more thankful for our 1 star hotel rooms. We left Barcelona on a night train headed for Nice, France. We had to change trains in Cerbere, which we still aren’t sure if it is in Spain or France, but after spending a [...]
Posted in France, Spain on Apr 5th, 2000 No Comments »
It was Kim’s idea to trade off days in the journal, but she hasn’t felt like writing so I will fill in the last few days. Monday saw more of Orléans and also a train ride to Blois. There was a castle there, but not too interesting. We didn’t go in, instead [...]
Posted in France on Apr 2nd, 2000 No Comments »
We finished exploring the Louvre on Saturday and saw some amazing Egyptian artifacts. Some of it dating back to the beginning of recorded history, pretty cool! The l’Orangerie turned out to be closed (for the next two years) so we went to Sainte Chappelle and Crypte Archaeologique by the Notre Dame. After a [...]
Posted in France on Apr 1st, 2000 No Comments »
Yesterday we set off in search of an internet cafe to email home, but we couldn’t find it. We thought it was a place called “W3 Computer” but they just sold parts and said they didn’t know where “Web Bar” was (turns out it was only a few blocks away). We decided to [...]
Posted in France on Mar 30th, 2000 No Comments »
Yesterday’s “splorin” brought us upon the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower. Notre Dame was truly amazing both inside and out, especially the view from the towers - c’est magnifique! We met Sacha and Michel at a small bar in the old artists’ quarter of Montmartre; they were so helpful by giving us [...]