4:15pm - Monday January 11th - Paris (Rue. St. Gilles)

Okay, so we're going to buy a USB cable so we can unload our camera and hopefully post a couple pics of our time here so hopefully by tomorrow, we'll have some pics.

We're in Paris in the 3rd Arrondisement, just steps away from the Picasso Museum and the Bastille Opera House. Our apartment is great: high ceilings, clean modern look, nice comfy bed, and warm. Too bad there's no running water! When we got in last night after fighting Paris traffic for two hours (yes, I drove in Paris and yes, it's intense), the owner told us that there was no running water because one of the pipes had frozen and burst. All day today, they've been in and out re-rerouting the plumbing on this side of the building. The other side works fine so we've been given the key to the apartment just one floor up so we can use the bathroom (toilet and shower). It's weird that, because of the language barrier, we don't actually know who this person is and where she is. Every time I come out of the washroom, I think I'm going to see her standing there completely freaked out that a scruffy haired asian man is standing in her bathroom.

We had a quiet night last night after a long drive to Paris so we got up early this morning to drop off the car and start exploring. We did two walking tours from the box of walking tours we got for Christmas from Garth and Jackie. On the tours we found some cool places that we ended up eating at. For lunch we went to La Tartine, famous for it's Tartines (open faced sandwiches). I had the Andouille tartine which I thought was just a tripe sausage. Turns out Andouille is not just tripe (cow's intestine) but it's pig...and it also includes the rectum.

Awesome. And delicious.

So for those keeping score at home, that's one dish of rabbit, one with Langoustine, and one with a pig's rectum.

Ang had the less disgusting, arguably more tasty, Eggplant and Red/Yellow Pepper open faced cheese sandwich.

Okay. We're going to go out for dinner and then going to see the Notre Dame all lit up at night.

A bientot!