Hi Again

Hi all,

Well today I went exploring in the district of Paris that I am in. I am staying in the 18th (of 20) district of Paris. The 18e Arrondissement is home to Montmatre, the Sacre-Coeur and the Moulin Rouge district. I walked through the Moulin Rouge area and then I went to the Montmatre Cemetery where some famous French people are buried including the illegitimate son of Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas fils. I only mention this because my dad is reading The Three Musketeers and I have read it as well as some of Alexandre Dumas' other works and I really enjoyed his writing. Maybe while I am here I will find some of Dumas fils' books and read them. If you go to my photo album you can see some pictures from the cemetery.

After walking around there for a while I got onto the Paris Metro. First of all let me say that I love any city that has better public transportation that LA and that is pretty much all of them. The Paris metro is really easy to navigate and so convenient. I went from the 18e where I am staying to the 12e to go to the pet store. The pet store was located in a little shopping area known as Bercy Place. I will definitely be going there again to hang out. It reminded me of the 3rd Street promenade in many ways. Although there were no street performers and it is was much shorter.

Back to the Metro, on the older tracks there was a lot of graffiti. Not in the stations but on the walls in between the stations. I will try to get a picture of it if I can.

So so far I am really enjoying myself and I am starting to go out and see things. Tomorrow I am going to see the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding areas. I am really excited about that. Where I am in the 18e I feel like there are not a lot of tourists, I expect it to be different tomorrow. After the Eiffel Tower I think that I am going to go to the Arc d'Triumph, Champs Elysees, and the Trocadero. Then tomorrow night I am going to a bar to celebrate Halloween.

I will write again on Wednesday complete with illustrations about my day and night.

Happy Halloween to you all.

Until next time.

Ciao