Mailbag: Travelogue: Kim writes; "Paris Baby!"

(Ed.note. Pictures will be posted when received from Paris. As soon as Kim's exams are done I presume.)

Subject: PARIS BABY!
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:57:52 -0500
>well you would think i've only been here a month and a half...thats not that
>long, but um...when i got off the plane in france i started saying things to
>people in italian!!! i asked for a ticket for the bus in italian!!! crazy i
>know...and i KNOW i say this about every place i go...but paris was
>AMAZING!!!! i LOVED iT!!!!
>
>so first of all...they have grass and trees!!! something that is rare and
>usually pretty ugly if you find it in rome. It was like fall
>weather...which we completely missed becuase you like sweat when you walk
>ANYWHERE here!!! and it was sooooooo cute!!! i mean i don't really know what
>movies are in paris, but i swear any movie that has been placed in paris
>well...watch it and that is it for you. I seriously felt like i was in a
>disney movie! but i just couldn't think of what one. haha...and now that i
>think about it, i know thats what i said when i first got here to.
>whatever!
>
>but anyway...chris can stop worrying now because i DID start doing a little
>homework this week and maybe next becuase its mid-terms this week and
>next...but then don't worry i'll be back to my old self! ;) but
>anyway...about paris...so cute i loved it! and the people were not mean at
>all!!! there was this really really really good creperia right by our hotel
>and we went there every morning and the guy like knew we'd be coming so he
>like had everything ready for us! hahaha it was so cute. It was so clean
>there they like sprayed the streets down every day and sweeped the curbs!!!
>i couldn't believe it!!
>
>the first day we went in the catacombs which is where all the people that
>died from the black plague bones were put. There are liike piles upon piles
>of bones it is CRAZY!!! and kinda creepy. Then we went to the eiffel tower
>and night and went ALL the way to the top. I LOVED IT!!! its cool during
>the day, but at nights its gorgeous with all the lights and stuff!!! and OMG
>it is HUGE!!! i see pictures and always think its this tall skinny
>thing...but no....we were shocked at how big it was!!!
>
>On saturday we went to the Louvre. I'm not too into art but i loved it! we
>were there for 3 hours and i totally could have stayed there longer if my
>legs weren't about to fall off!!! my feet were so sore from standing and
>staring at art all day that i didn't even enjoy it anymore, but man was it
>HUGE!!! and the art was amazing. And yes, i saw the mona lisa or however
>you spell it. but the cupid statue was by far my favorite!!! we also saw
>notre dame after that which i LOVED! I think it is my favorite church
>ever!!! its from the gothic period so it was the pointed arch door ways and
>the gargoils on the buildings and ah...i didn't wanna leave!!! That night we
>went to the basillica and hung out on the hill where you coudl see the
>entire city. THen we walked through the red light district to find moulin
>rouge!!! and we found it!! we didn't go in though cuz its like 140 euro a
>show!!!
>
>on sunday we went to the best creperia in france. And man was it good! i
>think i have to learn how to make crepes!!! and then we went on a bike tour
>through paris. it was really fun, lead by college age kids, and we saw the
>bridge from the last scene of sex and the city and the hotel and is in
>bourne identity and we road our bikes through the louvre and around the
>pyramid!!! i felt like i was going to get arrested...but oh well!!
>
>And monday we saw a few things for the last time and shopped, ate at a cute
>cafe and had some yummy yummy french onion soup! and came back to rome.
>It's good to be home though! not so good to be working on homework!!! i'll
>send some pictures later, today or tomorrow, but for now i have to study for
>my next mid-term which is in an hour! YIKES!!!
>
>i love you guys! see you in less than 2 months!!! and becky...stop
>worrying....i'll bring you home SOMETHING cool! :) CIAO!!!