Oof, there’s too much to say about Marrakesh, so I’ll have to save those pictures until I get a chance to write them up. But now that I’m back home, I’ll wrap things up with my final days in London and Paris…
After five trips I was beginning to think I’d seen all there was to see of London and Paris. Of course, I was wrong.
I went to the English seaside. Not touristy Brighton, but quaint Eastbourne, down the road. I think I actually prefer stormy, windy days by the ocean to the perfect, clear, and sunny ones. Those white cliffs are Heady Point, not the white cliffs of Dover. Easy mistake through, as Heady Point is actually prettier and therefore used instead of Dover’s cliffs in movies.
Apparently there used to be twelve of these houses but with the cliffside eroding there’s just three left.
The British countryside has sheep. And hedges!
And thatched roofs! I’ve only seen those in themeparks before…
I got a student Eurostar ticket from London to Paris for $50! The new station at St. Pancreas is classy, elegant, and has a ginormous statue of a couple making out.
Paris has gutters inside its subway! They rinse them out at night automatically to get rid of the urine! I love France!
I’d seen all the major Paris sights so I did some searching online and decided to look up Saint Chappelle. It’s Paris’s best example of Gothic architecture, possibly more beautiful than Notre Dame. It’s inside the Palais du Justice (later built around the chapel) so I had to go through metal detectors and security to get to it.
The chapel is stunning. Every wall is filled with hundreds of intricate stained glass designs.
Like an centuries-old comic book, thhe stained glass windows tell the story of the bible.
Afterwards I discovered a particularly interesting Christmas display.
And finished the trip with old friends. Magnifique!
