Jane's First Time in Paris

Paris was fantastic, fabulous, amazing and the city of love and romance and all the things anybody has ever said. We came across a pamphlet offering free walking tours with local Parisian guides. At the end you give what you think it was worth. We did two - one centred around the City and Notre Dame called Murder, Love and Money and the second in the Latin Quarter. Young Parisians took whoever arrived (3 in the first tour and 18 the next) walking in the locality and talked about the history, pointed out things you wouldn't notice and told stories and they were great. Also gave us a little packet of goodies at the end with a booklet about their favourite places to eat, shop, and dance. On the tour of the Latin Quarter we ended up at the Pantheon - so we went on in - another amazing building where French hero’s are remembered. Their underground crypt houses tombs of hero’s among them two women - Joan of Arc and Marie Curie. So we found Marie and there were notes and messages from people around the world on the back of rail tickets and pieces of paper from bags and pockets. One I read from a Radiologist, a scientist, women who were inspired to do great things.