Today was a big tour about little things.
Our aim for today was to see the Versailles Chateau, Arc de Triumph, The Catacombes, and Notre Dame.
For the past 2 days we found no troubles travelling on the Paris metro and RER trains. However, for some bizzare reason we just couldn't seem to get it right. By the time lunch time came (a 2.30pm lunch time) we had done none of the sights we wanted to see. Except we were bothered and tired. So as any 3 hungry lads would do we went and found some food. After lunch we tried again to go to Versailles but the lady at the booth told us that it was closed today and that we should try again on the next day (even though it was Christmas the next day she insisted that it was open).
Again disappointed by our unproductive day we headed toward Notre Dame. This time we were successful. Notre Dame is also another massive church in the middle of Paris. This church however seemed darker and more gothic than its Sacre Coeur counterpart. We stayed there for about half an hour watching a presentation that was made in Microsoft Powerpoint. It was meant to go for 60 minutes but we left soon after it started.
We headed back to the hostel and had dinner. We had met some people who were staying at the hostel and started to have some Christmas Eve drinks with them. We enjoyed these drinks with our new friends from The USA, Canada, South America and Australia! It was our first Christmas away from home but it was nice to enjoy it with other travellers. Unfortunately, Pettsy was still feeling under the weather so he went to bed early and was unable to join us for drinks.
Tim
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Paris
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