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The Arc de Triomphe has 1600 steps to get to the top… I jogged up, no worries… The Arc de Triomphe has 1700 steps to get to the bottom. It was built before they invented the set square or spirit…

Due to the Louis XVI curse, the French do not play sport anymore. Hopefully, there will be something going on in London where I will stop next. The Aussies are versing the Poms at the Rugby World Cup while I…

Somehow I forgot to mention my visit to the Louvre. Most people come to see the Moaning Lisa, but there is way more to this museum than just that painting. I went to see it, just to say that I…

I was hoping the Catacombs would be good. After aborting my visit the last few days because of a long line, I bit the bullet today and joined the queue. The line is really not much longer than other lines…

The thing I wanted to do most in Paris was to see the Catacombs… But every day I have been, the line has been massive and the first thing I say is: WTF…? The line starts on the left and…

I ventured a little out of town to a village called Versailles (pronunced Ver-Sails, the second last e is silent). The main reason for going was to see the Palace of Versailles. King Louis XIV built the palace because in the…

These guys were funny… They were busking on a staircase at Trocadero in Paris and pulled a massive crowd which the cops didn’t like.  

I splurged on a watch from the French Designer Jèan Pierre Casio. Only cost me 200 euros from a guy who delivers them in his truck… He had some spares and gave me one for cheap.

I’m staying with some family friends in Paris and they live down the street from the Eiffel Tower. So close, that the tower doesn’t fit in their window! So I went out last night to see if I could play…