Park de la Vilette. Go There.

Meet Louis the XIV himself. Welcome to Versailles.
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Folks, PARIS. This place is wolderful.  Here's a quick rundown of my Pais exploits so far:

7.14 Arrive Hostel The Grand Repertoire exhibition Fireworks under the Eiffel Tower Walk back along the Seine

Stepped on a kid last night.

7.15 Breakfast in the park (next to the foosball table) New hostel Walk around and ride the Metro Watch "Superman" Discover Park de la Vilette Dinner picnic while watching Buster Keaton movie

You'll probably look like you just stepped out of one if you use this stuff.
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7.16 Stroll around Internet Eat a baguette Versailles Back to the park Dinner and "Les Oisseaux" 7.17 Get up early to catch the Orsey, closed mondays. I think it's tuesday. Metro to La Defense Metro to Arc de Triomphe Stroll dow the Champs Elysees Metro to Notre Dame Walk through the Latin Quarter and a visit to "Shakspeare and Co." Dinner at the hostel and a walk in the park Stroll up to Monte Martre qnd Sacre Coeur

The headbutt king himself: Zidane
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7.18 Get up early and buy a museum pass Visit the Orsey Visit the Musee des Arts et Metiers Out to the park again Visit the Cite des Sciences et de Industrie Dinner at the hostel You can explore my favorite hangout Parc de la Vilette here: The current view is of the field that they show movies in at night with the park surrounding it and offering countless mellow adventures.

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This is all probably pretty boring, but it's mostly for my own sake to document my journey.

In the gardens of Versaille.
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But here's a story. Stepped on a kid last night.  I jumped on this giant merry go round at Parc de la Vilette.  ALl the kids got excited and started cheering because they thought i was going to push it really fast, but i didn't.  Just sat there a sec and jumped off and my foot landed on something and i fell down, realizing the "something" was a four-year old's back.  We looked at each other for a second, both laying there on the ground, and then his mother ran up and he started crying.  I went over to him and his parents to try and appologize and they were really relaxed about the whole thing.  Leave it to the Harkness boys to go starting an international incident.

Arc de Fuckin' Triomphe.
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I am just glad i didn't crush somebody going down the dragon slide (pictured).

I am off to the Louvre and Pompidou tomorrow then its back to the states on Sunday.  Wish me luck.