After a week and a half in our new Paris apartment, we are heading to the south of France for Sunday's formula 1 race in Monaco. We will probably get back here on Monday.
In the mean time, we've been taking in the Paris sights bit by bit. Highlights have been the Sacre-coeur and Ile Saint Louis, for the view from the former and the surprisingly mellow atmosphere of the latter. Lowlights have been the Notre Dame and the Musee d'Orsay, for the crowds of the former (we actually gave up on it, will go back in the morning at some point) and the disorderliness of the latter (let's just say I'm not the world's biggest art buff, and enjoying it doesn't get any easier if I have to constantly look at a map to figure out where I am and what I'm seeing. The Louvre may be bigger, but I don't think its floorplan will be as difficult to navigate as the Orsay).
In other news, we have started running for the first time since arriving in France. After trying out some of the river quais, which are cobblestone and bad for the joints, we have settled on Luxembourg Gardens as the best place to run in our area (people run on the outer perimeter). This, in conjunction with our daily stair climbing, should help us combat two months worth of sloth and gluttony.
I'll post pics when we get back from the South!
2 comments:
Sloth & gluttony ?? Really!! Surely that doesn't include our 2-weeks of wine tasting, does it? Maybe the clue was the wine offered on the breakfast buffet in Beaune....
hey guys, hope you can afford the $30 beers in monaco on grand prix weekend. no seriously, i am in paris for french open tennis on june 8th. any chance we can hook up that friday or saturday evening? let me know.
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