I MADE IT! THE EIFFEL TOWER!!

Catacombs

In the 18th century, Paris decided they were running out of places to build, so they emptied out all of the cemeteries and stacked the bones below the surface of the earth in the catacombs. The catacombs themsevles are pretty increadible... basically, way back in Pangea days, France was underwater. The ground below the dirt is all ocean bed. There are even little tiny crustacious shells and fossils. Below Paris now they have mines out all these tunnels... which were turned into the catacombs, and also used for other things like growing mushrooms and potatoes and endives. The large blocks that they cut out to make these tunnels are the stones used to build the city itself, like the churches and castles etc.

Before you enter the catacombs there is a sign that says in latin "You are now entering the Empire of death." then you walk through tunnel after tunnel of stacked bones of old aristocratic Parisians.

PARIS!

Im in Paris

Been here for like a week. Cant post any photos cause i havent been anywhere. Just work work work, all ive seen in the inside of the hotel and the inside of the wine bottle. This is our last night, and im waiting to see if others want to go and see the eiffel tower... even if it is at night ... i have to right? I mean ITS PARIS! and so far, its a pretty amazing city. The french are nice.

600 year old Tree

They brought it over from the CRUSADES. The damn Crusades! They planted it in Bordeaux and here it is beautiful and magnificent.

Dinner at the Chateau

Nancy cooked a huge meal for everyone. I miss sitting at a table and eating a real meal. We just spend all our times in Hotels and Bars. It almost made me cry it was so damn delicious and homey. It was in a 600 year old Chateau in Wine-country with a fireplace and... you know... ghosts!

Castle Walls

We stayed in town call Cadillac. Chateau Du Cadillac. Back in the day it was a little town inside of castle walls, with the Castle in the center. The Walls are still there surriounding the town.