Day 2 – Travel and Tourist
I woke up in Paris and headed out early to the Lourve. My first impression was that i liked the museums in Florence and Rome better, but after doing a two hour running tour, I decided this was a great museum for the diversity of cultures represented. It is still hard to see things as they are spaced far apart and the total museum must cover several acres. Still, it was definitely worth the stop and as many told me, I was underwhelmed with the Mona Lisa, although there was a line of at least 150 waiting to file past and that was at 9:10 just after opening at 9:00.
On the way back to the hotel, i saw the Eiffel Tower and several of the downtown historic areas. It would take a week to properly tour Paris. I am glad I fit that into my itinerary. After that, a mad dash to the train station and a 5 hour train ride at high speeds. The train system in Europe, from my limited experience is a great way to travel. When a 10 car train would pass going the other direction, you would feel a giant wind against the car, count to 3 and it would be gone.
Upon arriving in Bayonne, I walked in the terminal and wow, backpacks were everywhere. I will definately not be starting alone tommorrow. From there, we (all the sudden, it is we) took the bus to St. Jean-Pied de Port, a very nice village in the foothills of the Pyrennes on the French side. The village is really a small town, but the area we were in was the old historic area, small streets, old buildings and a beautiful bridge leading to it.
Time to get some sleep. Good to be here.
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