Paris - Underground and on the ground

Paris, Paris, Paris... Big city life. Beautiful old buildings, tiny balconies, boulangeries and patisseries (places to get bakery stuff) everywhere, good looking males and a bit more complex underground railroad than in Helsinki ;P These past four days I have been walking around Paris on the ground and underground and even though I haven't been out more than hmm 4 to 5 hours a day, I've been feeling sooo exhausted. After tens of metro rides I now know how to get to places. And thanks to the underground maps it's very easy to get a hang of the underworld.

What I was wondering is that the people are as "busy" and "tired" as where I come from. I mean for example in a metro not too many people look around or share eye contact. I guess I have a little game going on, I tend to look at people and catch their eyes. If they look back at me and don't look away at once I give them a smile - if I remember haha. The last metro today was so crowded and I was so tired of all the big city energies I literally was unable to smile. I have felt them in my body and each morning I have had to stretch, dance and yoga before going out. And each time I've come back I've needed to do it again. I figured my energy drains easily in a big city like this. But fortunately I know what to do to recharge. I miss nature already. Not a lot of it here.

I've been staying at my Italian yoga teacher friend Marta's place on Rue Jeanne D'Arc. Good to have friends around the world ey? Her cat is crazy haha she runs everywhere and plays with everything. Likes to give kisses as well. On Monday I saw two of Marta's friends for we went for a drink in a Halloween house. On Tuesday me and Marta went to chocolate festival (messu?) and in the evening for pizza and wine with another friend of Marta's. Wednesday and Thursday were my first by-myself days. I like those days when anything can happen while I go by myself.

Here's a picstory of my adventures: 

The view from my room at Marta's on Rue Jeanne D'Arc.

Monday was Halloween and we went for a drink to some house next to Seine.

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Chocolate art at Salon du Chocolate. I actually have a statue like that (two people kissing) I bought from Egypt five years ago. Funny story but I bargained it for let's say 800 local but ended up paying 900. Apparently I suck at bargaining.

Pizza Vegetariana with Marta and her friend

Est-que tu parle francais? Moi, un peu.

Notre Dame from the bridge over Seine.

Backyard of Notre Dame.

Gorgeous tree opposite of (or behind) Notre Dame. 

I passed these soldiers in the yard and they were laughing at me for taking pictures of the tree. They waved at me to come over so I had a short chat with them. Two of them were from la Reunion and I've been thinking to go there after SA(!) But I mean, look at the tree.

Is this just one tree or what? Crazy. 

 

Inside of Notre Dame. Felt like praying and I felt the spirit.

 Couldn't find Quasimodo.

Holding his head, just like that.

Sacre Coeur

Sunset from Sacre Coeur

Did some praying there as well. If prayers go up, blessings come down.

Montmartre alley

Can you find le Tour Eiffel?

Tomorrow I'm flying to Vienna. Finally visiting Anna! She's my Austrian sister I met in 2013 in Varkala, India and we made a deal that whoever wins Eurovision gets a visit from the other - and what happened in 2014? Austria won the whole thing with Conchita Wurst. After two and a half years I'm finally paying her a visit. In the meantime we were already roommates in Varkala in the winter 14-15. Now I'm going to see her life. It was her birthday on 2.11. and on Saturday we're going to Munchen for the night with her friends. Cooooooool! And next week one day I'll go to Bratislava with another yoga teacher friend that works in Vienna. And after a week I'll be in Israel! Hope it'll be warm. 

Ciaooo Paris et merci beaucoup!