I have been all over the city today. Taking the open air double decker bus and freezing. My legs ache a little and decided to view the remaining wing in the Louvre. Its warm in here and I can just sit and relax. I can hear echoes of people talking in the giant hall I am in. It has sculptures that date back thousands of years. Most everything is in French. I can at least make out the dates :)

It feels good to be warm and sit for a bit. No wifi here so I will just update until I can publish.  Called it tonight around 6pm.  I could not take it anymore.  My feet are tired and I think a blister formed.  I got to see a lot of stuff today.  So cool to just sit at a coffee shop and look out at the people walking by.  It is so fantastic to be able to do this.  Thank you Bronda for allowing me to live out a dream......

I wandered the streets today endlessly.  The sun was out most of the day, but the temps were in the 40's.  It made it easy to duck into a shop or a pub to get warm.  I finally figured out the trains today.  It is really a very easy system.  People just walk thru the tubes to get to the next train.  Like cattle into a truck.  Some of the cars on these trains are piss smelling.  I am sure bums hang out in them, nasty :(

Other cars are very modern and clean.  Once you get on the train, I look at the routing and view the next station.  I have gotten on the wrong train and had to get off at the next stop.  Stupid stupid....

This morning I bought a ticket on an open air tour bus.  Spent the morning shivering, but got some great pix.  I got off at the Musee de'Orsey stop.  Found out its closed on Monday.  Bummer.  So back on the bus.  Made it up to the Arc de Triumph.  Once I got out I realized the battery on my phone was going dead.  Did not get many pix of the main street Champs Elysees.  Too bad.  Funny thing just happened.  In the backgrd is the tv on just for noise.  Its the tv show Castle.  Only thing on in English.  Right in the middle of them talking, the dialect went to French.  Unbelievable.  Crazy to do that in the middle of a show.  Subtitles are still in French  :)

I was really tired and wanted a nice place to eat tonight.  Some that looked inviting were not opening for dinner till 7.  I did not want to wait.  Stopped at a very cool place.  Windows all around the street looking at the traffic and walkers.  Had a chicken meal with a glass of wine.  Almost got the gluwein.  Its a hot wine.  I just decided to skip it.  I hobbled on back to the room.  Legs are too tired to move.

I think I will pack a little to organize.  Good thing I washed some socks and skivvies.  Ah fresh skivvies!  I do believe some of them will be trashed.  :0

This is tricky to write.  I have used the recorder on my phone to help visualize for later along with the pix.  I think back to review the day and constantly forget something.  A mind is a terrible thing....

I will try and put something together that sums up the entire trip when I get home or maybe on the 12 flt back tomorrow.  I think I took like 500 pix.  I downloaded Daniels and Kens to the pile.  Should be a neat little slide show.  I want to bring out the movies and some music to go with it.  

Well good night for tonight.  Miss everyone a lot.  I will attach more pix.