Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees
19.09.2006
23 °C
We walked along the Champs Elysees today...such a long street and what a traffic jam. One expensive store after another e.g. Louis Vuitton, Versace, etc. Not what we can afford. At the end of the street is the Arc the Triomphe which we climbed up...287 stairs...but really good view. We could see the Grand Arche, the Sacre Coeur and the Eiffel tower from there. Really cool! The weather was perfect too.

After that we wanted to eat a Crepes but we weren't able to find a single Crepes shop....nowhere on the Champs Elysees and we are in France!!! Instead we went to a French fast food restaurant called QUICK and we ordered our meals in French. Aren't we good, even the guy behind the check out said to us "Thank you for talking in French to us"- in French of course...we were very proud of ourselves.
On our way back to the hostel we sat down in front of the Invalides Palace and you know what I found there...the Austrian Embassy. It was good to see the Austrian flag...proud to be an Austrian!!!!!! VIVE L'AUTRICHE!!!!!
We also watched a guy parking his car today...well all European know that French people are famous for there parking. This guy was typicall he was driving a K4 and had a parking lot as big as a BMW 5 and really hit the front and back car as he pulled in the parking lot. Hello....so much space where you could fit his car twice, and he hit both cars. We are in France for sure.
Tickets to Nice we have booked too, we will arrive Wednesday around half past four in the evening. Yeah, beach sun and sea!!!!
Posted by evak 08:28 Archived in Train Travel | France





