Pahriss, juhtayme!

I can't upload any pictures while I'm away, which is half the thrill (that I get) from this blog, but I just wanted to check in with everyone/anyone who would like to know whether I'm alive or not. It turns out that I am.  I had a very long day though, but also very nice, which started with the decision that I would not use any kind of public transportation and instead walk to everywhere I wanted to go.

Currently, I am staying with a CouchSurfer named Claire.  She told me that the best falafel in Paris was a place called L'As du Fallafel (The Ace of Falafel) so of course I went there, and it was delicious! They put eggplant on it! It was also in a very Jewish area of Paris, which was nice to visit.  I then walked to Notre Dame cathedral and Sainte Chapelle cathedral, which were both very very beautiful, and cool to see after learning about both of them in high school art history.  My last stop (by this time I was quite tired and my face felt like it was melting into my neck) was Musée d'Orsay, which had beautiful Impressionistic and Neo Impressionistic paintings (and other things but those were my favorite parts).

So, in addition to my various wanderings and getting losts, this was today's journey! I took the metro back though. Oops.

Both my big toes hurt.  I wasn't expecting this.

Also, I went to L'Orangerie yesterday and loved it so much.  Pictures weren't allowed though, so I feel ok posting this one in place of the photo I would have taken of it. 

It is magnificent