I went to Paris this time on a short weekend trip with my friends, Francoise, Caro and Wilmie on the train. Francoise was having a birthday party there at her friend ” ” house and the theme of the party was ” “, which to this day I’m not quite sure what it means, but I ended up wearing a small plastic chicken on my head all night.

I started one of my journeys in Paris, by taking the subway out to La Defense, which is a bit out of the center, where the French built their ultra modern skyscraper spread of an out-of-town downtown. The center piece of the complex is a humungous building shaped like the outline of a square. I guess it is suppose to be an arch, because it lines up with the Arch de Triomphe and lies at the end point of the grand Champs d’Elysee. Which is the way I ended up going from there. Once I got past the modern area, you cross the river Seine at a couple of points as it winds its way a bit out there. I quickly came to the famous Arch, snapped a couple of shots for myself and a couple of tourists that were hanging out there, then continued on with a short detour to check out the Eiffel Tower. Then I made my way back to the main road, which I passed through the Place de la Concorde, with its grandiose buildings and large open area where I could imagine there were quite a few victory rallies back in the day. The I moved on by the museum area that then connects back up with the river, which I followed down passed the Louvre and ended the days trip near the Quatier Latin and Notre Dame. which lies on a small island in the middle of the Seine in the middle of town. I found it quite an interesting route as I started out from the modern La Defense area, passing through the old arch and ending in the center of town, it was like taking a trip from modern Paris through the different eras back in time.