Paris, Je T`aime

Today is our last day in Paris, but it has been an amazing time! The 7 of us have conquered what seems like every tourist attraction in this city, and there have been some definite highlights (today`s sewer tour not among them) We went to Versailles, Musee D`orsee, the Eiffel Tower (and climbed all 669 steps!), Pere Lachaise cemetery, Notre Dame, Sacre Coure, the Louvre, and more! Doing all this helped me realize a few things about the kind of traveling we are doing:

1. Europe loves stairs. The Tower sure did not help, but we have climbed more stairs in the last 4 days than the last 4 months of my American life.

2. Huge crowds still weird me out. The Louvre turned out to be some sort of tourist dodging experience that made Shea and I want to leave immediately. Instead, we spent 40 minutes spotting the ugliest baby Jesus pictures there, and then we left.

3. Everyone knows an American when they see one. Despite my best efforts to speak a polite amount of French, everyone knows immediately that I am quite American. Many of them, however, do not know Arizona, until I tell them it is near California.

4. France has the cutest babies and dogs in the world. Enough said.

So with throbbing feet, lessons learned, and lighter wallets, we head for Bruges tomorrow! Beer, waffles, and chocoloate, here we come!!