Weekending in Paris...

So how did I spend my weekend? I spent it traveling through Paris.

A few notes to all of you who see yourself traveling to Paris anytime soon:

(1) I thought Roman drivers were bad...and then I got into cab in Paris.
(2) Spend more than two days: the first day e got in about 12, checked in about 1, lunched, and then ran to Notre Dame, and then taxied to the Eiffel Tower.
(2a) Note: you usually have to pay for Notre Dame, but if you go during Mass, it's free. And as much I hate being one of those people who gawks during the Mass, I'm also a student on a budget...besides, the music was good.
(3) You DEFINITELY need more than one day in the Louvre...if for no other reason than we ran from one end to the other looking at what we really wanted to see (because with only one day, you really have to prioritize), and it was ALL so overwhelming.
(3a) Now more than ever I am totally puzzled by the Mona Lisa, not in that good, artsy, she's so enigmtic and intriguing way...but more the, why do so many people line up to see her when she's really not that amazing, why were half the museum's signs devoted to pointing the way to the Mona Lisa (and not, say, to the Venus de Milo; the Winged Victory of Samothrace; the Turkish Bath; or any of the some three hundred other masterpieces which I happen to like as much if not better than the Mona Lisa)?

But it was lovely, and I have the ultimate addition to my ever-growing collection of collection guides!

Ciao,
RomanTraveller