Kaitlin Mills offers a glimpse into her time in the City of Light, Paris.
Number of hours spent inside a plane to get to Paris: 20
Photo: pedrosimoes7Number of screaming children inside the plane: 3
Stairs climbed to get to the top of the Arc de Triomphe: 284
Minutes spent recovering from climbing those stairs: 10
Topless woman seen: 12
Strange etchings found in the concrete: 1
Number of pastries eaten per day: 4
Kilos gained: 3
Number of French words known: 1
Fellow Australians found in one tourist spot: 23
Dogs seen in the airport: 4
Number of times I looked the wrong way before crossing the street: 7
Times I almost got run over: 8
Number of proposals seen: 2
Armless statues seen: 1
Servings of cold tomato soup eaten: 0
Parisians annoyed: 12
Number of French flags seen: 51
Phallic symbols climbed: 1
Number of stairs up to my hotel room: 36
Number of times I got a blank look from the hotel reception guy: 15
Hours spent lost in a museum: 3
Number of times I was slammed up against the language barrier: 11
Pyramids seen: 4
Number of statues mistaken for real people: 1
Palaces seen: 2
Times I ate at McDonalds: 7
Photo: geoftherefTimes I eat at McDonalds when at home: 0
Tour guides that were helpful: 0
Number of annoying aunties following me around: 1
Naked gold statues seen: 1
People seen going into confessionals: 0
Kilometers from home: 16,962
Snails eaten: 0
Number of buildings mistaken for the Notre Dame: 2
Priests found inside the Notre Dame: 3
Number of times I ate Daffy Duck: 2
Topless women seen dancing with snakes: 1
Clear blue skies seen: 0
Days spent in the city: 13
Days until return trip: 367
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I couldn’t do it, I swear – they told us to poke it with a toothpick to make sure it was dead, and it was green and slimy.
I found the most interesting stuff when I got lost in the Louvre so it was all good. Can’t wait to go back.↵ -
“People seen going into confessionals: 0″
Priceless.
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Thanks. That was inside the Notre Dame, there was like four confessionals set up, with English speaking priests and everything. I stared at one of the priests sitting in there for awhile, fun stuff.
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One armed statues, museums, stalking aunties, pyramids and topless women dancing with snakes. You obviously know how to have a colourful time Kaitlin! Thanks for a very amusing article.
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Thanks, it was a great trip. Most of those things were in the same place too, at least the statues and pyramids were.
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“Number of times I looked the wrong way before crossing the street: 7″
Haha, I was in Europe earlier this year with some Aussie friends (I’m American) and they were looking the wrong way almost everywhere except in London where I was the one who kept almost stepping into the street and into traffic.
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I know it was so terrible, by the end of it I was just looking left, right, up, down and sideways just to make sure that they wouldn’t run over me.
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Great job!
I’m in Paris for another month and you’re making me all nostalgic…This said, I did see a few blue skies, had snails before, and take oh so much pleasure in annoying those Parisians I have, I’m afraid, broken your record there.
Have a great time in France!!
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Thanks. I have to admit annoying those Parisians was kind of fun, keep up the good work then.
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Funny, but so true. Its the unexpected that happens most. I feel better though knowing I’m not the only one not to try Escargot while there. I did however find a place in Beckley, West Virginia, USA that served them, oddly enough. Very delicious, though. Hope your return trip is a lot of fun and good luck in all your future travels.
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