Paris (part 2)

Well I am going to try and pick up where i left off and I think that was at the Louvre...

After the Lovre we saw that we still had plenty of time before our night bike tour started so we went to a beautiful church called Sacre Ceour. This church was yet again another beautiful building that was now nothing but a musem. Our hearts break for all of the people that are walking in and out of these churches daily and are living in the area who have no clue about what the church was created for because we as humans have made it into an idol itself. Our eyes have been opened to see the lost of this continent in a whole new way. Thousands of people here are just going through the motions of life with no true purpouse because they have not had an encounter with Jesus himself.

One of the highlights of my trip happened as we were leaving the church. I saw a few buhdist monks that looked very Khmer (Cambodian), so I stepped out on a limb and said Neack Khmer (are you Cambodian), and they were! I got a chance to talk to them in Khmer for a little bit and once I ran out of all the Khmer phrases I knew we switched to english and talked about Cambodia for a little while longer. It was not at all what I expected to do in Paris.

The night bike tour with Fat Tire proved to be just as amaying as that day one was. Out tour guide was a guy named Ned who was a free lance photo and film editor who took some time off to go give tours is paris. He was one of the best tour guides I have ever had. He was so energetic and was great at telling stories and had amazing timing with his jokes. Pretty much the complete opposite of Randy Dane...On the tour we got to see several new churches in the city including Notre Dame along with various other sights. The tour ended with a boat tour down the Seinne river starting at the base of the Eiffel tower. It was so cool to see all of the locals along the river haveing picnics and just enjoying each others company.

On our final day in Paris we all got to go out to Versailles...Wow! First thing zou see is a large beautiful Palace atop a slight hill, then when you walk around the back of the Palace it is nothing but Vast Gardens surrounded by the rolling hills of the French Country side as far as one can see.

After Versaille we went back to the area around the Louvre and did some girlfriend shopping and went back over to Notre Dame to actually go inside. The stained glass inside was Dame pretty. It was amazing how much stained glass there was.

After Notre Dame we headed over to our hotel to get our luggage and head out for the train station to get on the Night Train to Munich. It ended up being quite the experience. I will spare you the details (or just tell you later in person), but because out room was not able to sleep in due to a broken window, the three of us got split up and I ended up in a room with 3 Austrian women...what a night.

Well that about sums up Paris. I am going to try and write about Munich in the morning before we leave for Prage, but no promises.

Till Next time, chow

Michael

again, i am sorry for all the typos, but editing would take away from my phone time with Noelle and mom, so please bare with them....thanks, mgmt