I now got Jonas' contact information, so I'm good for cologne I think.
Anyways when I was leaving Montpellier I talked to two Canadian girls and an Egyptian woman in the train station. The two girls said that I'm "very Toronto" because I hadn't heard of any of the small towns in Ontario they were talking about. The Egyptian woman, who was named Yosra, told me all about how hard it is for Egyptians to travel because they need to apply for Visas. Once I got to Paris I had a lot of trouble finding a Hotel. It was very hard and dark out, but eventually I did and it had a TV. Not only did it have a TV but I flicked to the kids channel and was delighted to see Joann Sfar has his own TV show here, about the little vampire. So I think I win because also I bought some Joann Sfar books in the Vampire Loves series in Montpellier. So I win. This morning I left my old hotel kindof far from everything and went back to the train station and eventually found a good hotel after sitting at the foot of the Eiffel tower eating baguette for a few hours. I also so the most charming shanty town under a bridge here, all the residents had tents set up and they even had a book shelf with books and coffee table with a nice tea set on it. Paris is really cool because it's so french and exactly like it is on TV. No surprises here, besides all the tents set up everywhere around the city, which I believe I've read about before as being part of a program to provide shelter to the homeless and make the homeless situation in Paris more evident. Now I'm going to go see the statue of liberty (The original is here, in Paris) and then probably go look for a good view somewhere. Later I expect to go look for a nice view, and then tomorrow I have museums and galleries planned for the day. Then I'll see if I feel like staying for another night after tomorrow night. Or if I'll move on to Cologne.
Also in Montpellier I did something very immoral to backpackers and went to Subway.. I can't really explain my motives but the sweet oninon sause here is much sweeter.
Alright I'll post again tomorrow!
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Don't sweat the Sub Sash, when I was travelling I was addicted to MCD's milkshakes!
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No, I didn't want to just take a photo of it because there were people sitting at the coffee table and I didn't want to treat them like a monument. I need to walk by again on my way back to the train station, so I'll see if it's empty that time or I'll be sneaky.
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