A proper sienne-d off

Mon suer has informed me that the river in Paris is pronounced "senn". I hope she is happy.

So after doing practically nothing for a day after our late night Eiffel fiasco (which, indeed, ended that night), we decided to have an easy night down by the sienne. This was a blast and made me love Paris even more. Then we returned to the hostel, made fun of the receptionist with our dear english friends (the consensus was that he hates fun), and slept because we had managed to put all the big stuff off to the last day.

But we managed to see it all. We climbed the Eiffel tower early, which was decent. I like heights and they did a good job pointing out the relevant parts of the city from up there. Then we visited the arc d'triomph (sp?), although we failed to climb it. It is located in the middle of an exceptionally busy roundabout, and we didn't find an easy way to cross. Of course, it was only after that that my mom and sister told me they would disown me if I didn't climb it (or something like that - it was a strange email).

Then we went to the louvre, which was awesome. It's almost unfortunate that so much good art is in one place - after awhile different works start to eclipse each other and look generic even though I'm sure they're not. At any rate, there was still plenty to mull over. Apparently my three amigos have never heard of winged victory or madonna on the rocks. Is that ridiculous or what? Madonna on the rocks was my favorite painting, because it looked so strangely posed. It's a good thing, too, because I had to drag my faithful companions through half the museum in order to find it. For all it's virtues, the louvre is not a well-designed museum.

After an easy night at the hostel, we spent the next morning at Notre Dame, which was just like any cathedral, only more so. Then we passed a pleasant train ride under the Atlantic ocean, and now here we are in London.

On our way to the hostel, we came across a strange bicycle-polo game. Hoping there's more stuff like that to be found in London.

Our hostel is the exact opposite of the last - very nice amenities-wise, but the people aren't so social. But people come and go in these places, and that could change. Although were not here long before we move on to London hostel number two.

Oh, and one more thing I forgot to mention in my Switzerland post. They have the coolest urinals ever. One was a soccer game, another lit up if you didn't have enough water in your system, etc. It's Switzerland, I guess, so what else are they going to do with their money? Loan it to the united states government so that they can then give it away to nonprofitable financial institutions? That would just be ridiculous.