Days 10,11 and 12 - Paris to Bordeaux to Madrid

The second day in Paris was much like the first, filled with rain.  We finally managed to go outside and took the metro to the catacombs but they were closed for the day.  After another metro ride we arrived at the Pere Lachaise Cemetary, the most famous in all of Paris.  The cemetary houses the graves of many famous people.

The grave of the Jim Morrison

The grave of Oscar Wilde

The ironic moment of the day: A real cat hiding from the rain in front of the Rat family

The day ended with a trip to Pizza Hut because we all had cravings for American food.  I learned that when you eat a full medium pizza half-way across the world, you still feel just as awful as in the US.  We called it an early night because we had to be up at 6 am for the train to Bordeaux.

Day 11

The train arrived in Bordeaux at 11 am and we set out to find lodging.  This went horribly wrong as we were in the red light district with all of our luggage.  We tried to change our train bookings to leave instantly but there were no trains to Madrid that night.  After finally making it to the city center we found a room and toured the real city. 

The Opera House

The city was littered with couples with money, so three backpackers looked odd.  Its definitely a place to visit with money.

The vodka redbull ice-cream was awesome.  Hopefully I'll have enough money after the trip to buy an ice-cream maker. 

The cathedral, with the completely necessary gold statue on top

After the city walk it was time for the real reason we stopped in the city: wine-tasting. 

As much as I hate to admit it, the wines were as good as Napa wines.  Of course we were tasting from $250 bottles and somehow we each only spent 25 euro. 

Dinner was good, I did not have the ass cheese

With another train looming we had to call it an early night again.  Bordeaux was well worth the stop.

Day 12

Travel Day.  We were on different trains for 10 hours but made it to Madrid.  We are in an awesome hostel and the music is still blaring as people are getting ready to go out (it's 1 am).  I guess when you don't eat dinner until 10 pm everything gets pushed back.  I plan on going out tomorrow.  There is no need to rush things with at least 2 more days here.

Scott