Paris!

Our second day in brugge we went to a chocolate museum, a beer cafe and begijnhof (a monestary). We then ended up using our last day in Brugge to go to Ghent and saw a fantastic castle called gravensteen that was built in 1180!! It housed a museum of weapons and torture. We got some nice views over an extremely rainy Ghent. We then went on a covered canal boat tour.

Today we left Brugge and took a train to Paris! We arrived about 2pm and walked the short distance to our hotel. The room is okay but tiny and the bed is a king single they are trying to pass off as a double. We complained and they're moving us tomorrow.

After dropping off our things we walked up to sacre coeur. Daniel warned me I might encounter men in Paris on the streets that weave a bracelet onto your wrist and then make you pay tons for it. I wasn't really expecting to see anyone doing this but as soon as we started walking we encountered about 4 men trying to do so. One even grabbed Daniels wrist but he wiggled away. Very scary! Anyway, once at the cathedral it was beautiful. The view was also great although unfortunately it was a bit cloudy.

After sacre coeur we walked into Montmartre and place du tertre where there were lots of cute shops and creperies along with an artists market type thing where they all sell their paintings and do live portraits. The artwork was amazing! Sadly I can't bring any in my suitcase. I was shocked as to how good they all were though, I hope they make enough money, must be hard when their audience is people traveling on planes.

We then walked back to the hotel and I bought a lovely silver ring on the way with little fleur de Lis linked all the way around it.

We picked up some bread, Camembert, pesto and ham from the supermarket for a cheap dinner.

The Photos are the view from our window, the ring and dinner. Tomorrow we are planning a look at a haute couture exhibition and a waking tour of the city centre. Over and out.