More Paris

After an uneventful new years we attacked the city full...half force. each day started about noon and we were in bed by 11pm, after an hour of interneting. on our travels we visited the Louvre for free [lisa, 6euros], dined on kebabs [again] in the latin quarter, enjoyed a fine meal at Moliere by les halles and witnessed a 21,000 person demonstration that turned violent!

the top of the Galeries LaFayette is a terrace that gives a beautiful view of the city. it is not to well known so its not completely clogged with tourists. while atop this famous 'grand magasin' we heard chanting and loud voices.
we looked over the edge and saw what looked like a march. thinking nothing of it we continued to take pictures of the city and then went down to the cafe below to enjoy an overpriced coffee while gazing at the sunset out the window.




at about 6pm we decided to get back to our hostel, but when we got outside we realized the march was blocking our route home... we braved the masses and pretended not to notice the israeli flags with the star of david replaced with swastikas...

we made it to our hostel safely and did some more interneting before packing our bags for clermont. the next morning we checked out at 930am but stayed around to play online until calling a cab at 11 to take us to gare de lyon to catch our train. whilst perusing the news lisa discovered that there had in fact been a march the night before and at 6pm 500 youths turned violent burning cars and smashing store windows. what fun.

we then got our cab [read; minibus for luggage] and headed to the train station. we got there and waited for the other 2 students to join us, but the line was kinda long so we figured we should just get our tickets and they would do the same.