will i am's delayed diary

Long Line To The Louvre , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The drunken sex from the night before really left us very tired and unprepared for the next day. Forgot to charge my camera and we were supposed to spend the day at Musée du Louvre . *smacks forehead*. It was relatively easy to enter the famous museum. KH was very proud that we used the lesser-known side entrance and made use of the Paris Museum Pass. Truth be told, the Louvre is super big. One really doesn't have the time to finish every wing and every floor. Thirty thousand objects of art! So our objective was just to look at the highlights and absorb whatever goody that we might come across on the way. Started out at the main atrium, right under the glass pyramids. Beautiful geometry. The building itself was impressive-- the Palais du Louvre. Seeing signs of the impending crowds, we quickly started our tour. First was Chevaux de Marly , the Marly Horses. Then it was the opulent rooms of Napolean III . Extremely ornat...

Notre Dame , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Early the next morning, we headed to Notre Dame de Paris , the famous cathedral. An exquisite example of French Gothic architecture located on Île de la Cité, one of two natural islands in the Seine within Paris. No lines going in, so after taking a few photos at the plaza out front, we waltzed in. It was quite dark inside but all the more better to admire the magnificent stained glass. There were many vocation candles around, but at E15 a pop, we gave it a pass. Other than the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the real 'monster' to look out for at Notre Dame is the gargoyles. For that, we had to head out and queue in cold. KH and I took turns. While he waited in line, I went to the back of the cathedral to view the flying buttresses at the back and a beautiful garden by the Seine with box-shaped trees. When we finally ascended to the roof, we were greeted by the famous gargoyles. Monsters in all sorts of poses, looking contemplatively at...

North Station , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Our last night in Cologne was definitely memorable. Some sort of domestic disturbance happened at 3:00am ( the cons of staying with hosts ). I slept through the whole kerfuffle but Jaz and KH filled me in on the details the next morning. Turns out that the both 'em got drunk last night. Jaz was sleeping in the kitchen and he heard the whole thing unfold. Mike kept on shouting "Warum? Warum? Warum?". That's German for "Why". Repeat that for twenty times. Actually, his partner for some reason urinated on the laminate flooring and this got Mike worked up. Guessed that some slapping around went on and the young one actually ran in and out of the house banging doors as he went. The next morning, they were so wasted ( Jaz guessed that they were too embarrased ) that they did not see us off. Just cooked up the last of the wurst, bread and liver pate and rushed off to Hbf for our Thalys train to Paris. The train r...