“We did talk about cheese on our first date.” Jane Kaczmarek
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Notre Dame. Beautiful. |
Diana the Huntress. |
This was a really nice ending to a fast paced, overwhelming, and honestly pretty stressful day. By this point, I was really on the fence as to whether or not I wanted to stay in Paris for the weekend. Knowing that it would be close to $200 to change my train ticket was a good motivator to stay. I have also been trying to step outside of my comfort zone during this trip, and Paris certainly qualified. I am actually glad I stayed. I met a group of my classmates at a wonderful little café Saturday morning before heading off to visit a museum and do some shopping. On Sunday morning, we waited for close to 2.5 hours (mostly in the sun where I received yet another sun burn. Sigh.) for a tour of the Catacombs. Even though the wait was long and I think we were all sun-drunk by the time we got down the stairs, it was well worth it. What a chilling and awe-inspiring place. I’ve seen documentaries on the catacombs and seen pictures, but it just doesn’t compare to walking through those tunnels and seeing skulls and femurs lining the walls on both sides. Photography was allowed, but somehow it just didn’t seem right to take pictures down there. It felt disrespectful somehow. I did feel privileged that I was able to have that experience.
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