Last day in Paris (by Brenda)

Our last day here in Paris. We went to see Sainte Chapelle for an hour. The lower chapel was smaller, less detailed, but proceeding upstairs the stained glass windows were amazing. Pictures of mostly every biblical story were depicted. Part of our entry involved a security check, Trevor was carrying a paring knife we were using to cut fruit for lunches. So it had to be secured, with my passport, for the time that we were in the chapel.

Amber left us after that to do some shopping while Trevor and I went to the Catacombs. They are located under the city, where an old quarry existed, where rock had been taken to build many of the buildings. Cemeteries from all over had been moved to this site over the years and now 'dem bones 'dem bones 'dem dry bones were piled 6-8 feet tall and as deep as you could see.they were layered with skulls and long bones, each section commemorated the approximate year of burial. This was at the bottom of some very curvy steps and long damp dark tunnels. - not for the claustrophobic or out of shape people. We met a family from Chicago in line , Trevor starts making ghost sounds on the way down. To scare the boys about 5 - 10 years old.
We met Amber after at Sainte Denis basilica (we were half hour late as we misjudged the distance and train times). There we toured the crypts of mostly French royalty, from early 7th century to the French revolution (1790) including Marie Antoniette and King Louis XIV. We went back to the hostel to pick up our bags and made it to the train station early, where we boarded the night train for Berlin.

We were in a 6 person 'couchette' small bunks, three high, at least we could lay down to sleep.it was quite restful. One of our mates there was a Mongolian man who was in Paris with his 80 person choir group, they has been in an international contest there. We could hear some of them singing in another room of the train. He spoke only a little English, mostly Russian as he had spent 8 years schooling there, learning to play the violin. The french countryside looks like the prairies, very green this year, crops of wheat, barley, canola that I recognized( still a farm girl at heart). We arrived in Berlin at 9 am - that is amber's story to tell, BUT beer is getting cheaper, only 3 euro for 500 ml (50 cL they call it) compared to 7 - 9 in Paris.

written by

Trevor and Amber on May 27, 2009 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Europe Trip

Send a Compliment

Sounds like you are doing a walking beer tour of Europe. Hope you are saving the labels for your scrapbook. One of our travelmates in Sardinia saved all the wine labels. Things are ok here - my golf score is 60 or less so far. Looks like you are enjoying yourself see you soon. Dorothy

written by dorothy swanson on June 1, 2009

comment on this...