FC #3: Post Organization

I think I'll organize today's update into categories.  Here goes.

Argent

Euros are tricky.  Things sometimes seem reasonably cheap when they're really not at all.  It's about 60 cents to a euro, so there's the conversion factor, but since they have 2-euro coins it feels like you're not spending that much.  And sadly I'm already getting used to the expensiveness of Paris - 10 euro will get you dinner if you're lucky (about $14).

Cuisine

Food has also been tricky.  The places we've eaten at have been fairly decent, but I most definitely cannot keep these prices up for long, and these prices are at the very cheapest end of the spectrum.  But last night I had my first croque-monsieur, which is basically a toasted ham and cheese sandwich (well, technically croque-madame, because they put a sunny-side up egg on top).  And tonight we got very cheap pizza (8 euros) which was actually quite tasty.  Baguettes are a favorite for breakfast.

Cinéma

Today's screenings were deeply rooted in French cinéma - Paris, je t'aime and À Bout de Course (Running on Empty with River Phoenix).  They were still good though, and the latter we saw in a pretty neat theater in the Latin Quarter.  I was disappointed that we didn't get to go to the Catacombs tonight, but hopefully we will soon.

Sightseeing (don't know the word in French)

Yesterday we went on a bateau mouche - a riverboat tour of the Seine.  Got to see most of the important places in Paris - Tour Eiffel, Notre Dame, the Louvre, etc etc.  We passed a restaurant where Henry I and Catherine de Medici supposedly reintroduced the use of the dinner fork, as well as some other interesting places.  I just uploaded a bunch of pictures onto my Facebook account, so if you're reading this you probably have access to that (otherwise I can email them).

Tomorrow we are going to the Louvre, so I'm sure there shall be exciting things to write about then.