Bonjour de France!

Not really, more like sort of ok, somewhat tolerable day from France. I've been to swamps in 6 states and 3 countries, but holy cow (not the Hindu kind, the tasty swiss cheese kind) this place is filthy! You know, you think you've seen gross in a 4,000 year old swamp with all sorts of decaying plant and animal parts but wow, it's nothing like this. I thought that rotting deer I forgot to finish smelled, but try walking through an unbathed maze with no sewers where people, LITERALLY, just drop the kids off on the sidewalk (not the pool). Honestly, I saw it. I'd post a pic but will spare you the visual. Not pleasant when half you're body drags on the ground more often than not.
But aside from the ripe cheddar smell of the locals, suffocating cigarette smog and deafening traffic, it's quite a beautiful place really. =D It's amazing to be in a city where so many incredible and influential people have been: Picasso, Hemingway, and a whole array of others I'm too tired to think of. It really is inspiring.
Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the city in general are all amazing! Everything is hand carved stone and adorned with all sorts of tasty looking statues. I even had the pleasure of staying in a 500 year old hotel thats been in the same family for the last 6 generations. Unfortunately it been in the same state since then e.g. amazingly uneven and unsafe wooden spiral staircase, suffocatingly small rooms (even for an alligator) and NO WIFI! I almost died, honestly, luckily a patron coming down the stairs landed on my tail, which hung out the door and woke me up. My room was quite literally beneath the staircase like a cupboard. I left my camera cord back in London so regrettably can't show you yet. Epic travel fail I know. Stupid camera's been nothing but issues the whole trip. I swear I could bite my own tail right now. But I digress, the pictures will be up asap.
Today is the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower so everythings closed except the bars and parade routes! Hooray for coincidental destiny! I love to drink, today is their drunkest day of the year, thus destiny! Au revoir mes amis! I'm off for a crepe and a cold pint =D Wish me luck!