From rags to riches

I took Josh and his friend Gabe to visit the sewers of Paris. 

Gabe and Josh getting in the sewers...

Yes, they really stink. Yes, you can really see, in broad light just a few feet away from you, all kind of organic and inorganic product floating in the "streams". Yes, humans are not the only living creatures who visit this place...we saw rats! Actually, I was surprised I saw only a bunch of them, which was just fine to me.

OMG!!!! What is that?????????????

The museum explains in details the development of the sewer system sine the Roman times...but you have to hold your breath to read all the posters! After an hour we had enough and when we emerged, breathing the polluted air of Paris was such a pleasure and a relief!

Gabe and Josh....out and alive !!!!!

We stopped by a bistro ti have a quick lunch (the best cheeseburger Gio has ever tasted with french fries and of course mayonnaise!!!!) 

Then we ended our "cultural day" with a tour in the temple of music, l'Opera Garnier. What a building! It was my first time and I found it spectacular. Did you know that the  the main staircase was designed so that the width would allow two "dames" with their extravagantly large gowns to pass one next to each other without having  their "crinolines" messed up?

 

 We decided (actually it was Josh who asked for it) that we will go to see an opera before we come back in the States so we booked La Cavalleria Rusticana...a l'Opera Bastille. Let's hope he likes it.