Bern is a 180 degree turn compared to Paris. It is small, compact, and the people are so friendly. Within 30 minutes of being in the city, I had already been offered directions by a group of old men and given a restaurant recommendation by a store owner. The restaurant I ate at was called the Spaghetti Factory (no, not the same as the chain back home). The food was yummy but the waitress was who made the experience really great. She was really eager to pract...

Let's play a game, it's called the six degrees of Kevin Bacon... Sandra Bullock was in Two Weeks Notice with Hugh Grant, who was in Nine Months with Robin Williams, who was in Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon, who was in Saving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks, who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon! This is how I kept entertained during the four mile walk from Vernon to Giverny. Monet's house wasn't very spectacular but his gardens were beautiful. It was like ...

Today was Operation Louvre, the plan: sleep away the morning then attack the Louvre with the ferocity and intensity of a lion in a heard of gazelles. Okay, probably not the best analogy, but you get the idea... I began with the ancient Greek relics and bummed around for awhile before heading up to browse through the Greek and Roman antiquities. I still can't decide which was more fun, watching the silly tourists trying to pronounce the French words written...

Last night I made plans to join a group of people from the hostel to stake out a spot to watch the Tour de France. I am not a sports fan, let alone a cycling fan, but Jenny made the entire thing sound like so much fun that I agreed to go. Early this morning we met up with: Adam, a Londoner staying in Paris to do research for a guidebook, Dawn a Canadian living in London, and Kara an American living in London and working for the Gap. We decided to walk fro...

Touring the sewers of a city... Brilliant? Or stooping to the lowest form of tourism? I'm not sure but the morning was interesting to say the least. Touring Paris's sewers was a nice change from the museums and churches that by this time have started to blend together. The tour had these really cheesy displays that weren't very interesting, but at least it makes a good story. How many people can say they have been in Paris's sewers? As I was walking acros...