Noodles on a Bike

Today started with not a chocolate croissant but another some sort of pastry with custard and chocolate.
Really really really yummy.

We made our way to the BHV which is supposedly the largest DIY store in Paris, sadly, they are closed on Sundays so we've only discovered the location and haven't actually checked out the store yet.

So we took the RER to the Catacombs.
In the 1700's the graveyards in France became so over-filled that the water running underneath and into the rivers was filled with diseases of the decaying bodies and many outbreaks were caused in the area that we are staying (Les Halles). So the bodies were moved into the many passage ways that were created by Limestone quarries.
Today we got in!
The line was not as long and much more enjoyable because a little boy standing behind us in line was in full Harry Potter dress, glasses, cape and wand, and would chase the pigeons calling out various magic spells, and my mother and I left the line to find a little lunch at a nearby bakery and to buy a crépe which ended up being lemon and honey.
After going down the 85 steps you travel through passages in the orginal quarry. Very cool with little bits of information.
Advice for future catacomb travlers: BRING A JACKET.
So anyways we reach the catacombs and it's bunches and bunches of stacked bones.
Not just thrown in a pile bones, stacked neatly with skulls facing the front bones.
And it's not just a few passage ways, no.
It's an entire freaking mile of bones and bones and bones.
Somehow, it was totally and completely awesome, and of course completely creepy.
After climbing the 83 steps back to the surface we were checked for taken souvenirs, and saw that someone had attempted to take a skull. We then discovered why the catacombs were wet instead of dusty like the guide book said.

IT WAS RAINING!!!

And not just some wimpy rain, it was pouring!!!
So we ran to the Metro, or at least we tried. After taking a few wrong turns and some near pant wettings we decided to go to Starbucks and dry off.
Noticing that I was already quite wet I decided to jump into a moat.
Well, actually it was street water run-off and it was quite a large body of water.
And I jumped.
So after being fully wet we got Starbucks.
I had a hot chocolate that actually tasted more like a Chocolate Mocha. But it was good and it was warm so I didn't really care.

After leaving Starbucks the rain had slowed and we were mostly dry so we decided to go to the Bird Market.
The Bird Market takes place at the Flower Market on Sundays, it was cool and I wanted to buy a bird for Hemingway, but, eh.

Then we went to Notre Dame and experienced the most amazing concert. The Organ in Notre Dame is huge and sounds amazing, the music was so... spectacular.
It was better than anything I ever could have expected.

Anyways we came home and had a Greek salad and ice cream for dessert.
I am currently looking up Tony&Guy Salons to get my haircut and missing you all dearly!
Oh! And I sent out a few more postcards today but didn't make it over to the Post Office to buy more stamps for my other postcards, but they'll be out soon!

Love you all!!!