After leaving Scotland, wifi got a little scarce, but we had a good 20 hours in London, a good Indian Dinner in Portsmouth, and an overnight ferry ride to Le Havre. France so far hasn't been our favorite country. Le Havre was way out of season, a bit pricy, and kinda dull. From there we made our way to Paris. . .
waaaaay disappointing.
Paris was very expensive, there were peddlers and con-men everywhere we went nonstop, and most critical of all I was not blown away by the food. After everything I'd heard, everything I expected, the food in Paris was decent, maybe slightly better than decent. The crepe's were nothing we hadn't had before, 2 out of 3 bagettes were sub par, and the steak tar tar was so so. Le sigh.
Beyond that, from the view at Sacre Coeur it looked a lot more like L.A. and a lot less like some City of Lights. It was dirty, smelled like cigarette smoke, and we left after one night.
We did have fun though, saw the sights, had a nice grocery store lunch beneath the Eiffel Tower, walked the chandes elysse, and went to Notre Dame. We did have some great falaffel, but that was at the very end of the trip.
We also had a great time with a rag tag group of guys drinking on the steps of the Sacre Couere and roaming the town a little.
We took the overnight train to Tolouse, just got in actually, we're hoping this is a lot better.
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