Part 2 of 2: If I was to give any advice to someone traveling to Paris, it would be to beware the Curse of the Parisian Monday. Everything good is closed and there is no nightlife. We woke up especially early to visit the Catacombes (a 2km underground walk lined with tens of thousands of Parisian skulls) only to find it's open Tuesday through Sunday for no apparent reason. Later that night we caught to metro to a jazz bar I had been recommended. We discovered th...

Part 1 of 2: Our massive trek from Santorini to Paris saw us enjoying the best and the worst of the transportation experience. First was an 8 hour ferry ride, first class (all they had left) on the biggest ferry, nay (yes, nay) the biggest boat I've ever been on, which had multiple escalators on it. I know right? Escalators on a boat! The experience reminded us of Titanic, because while we sat in our exclusive first class section others slept on the floor all th...