Only (almost) 10 more days until I get home! Right now it's 10 and 18ish hours, so round up to 11, but almost 10!

Today is Bastille Day, the celebration of the end of monarch in France (kind of). The Louvre was free today in celebration, which meant every single tourist had lined up and caused a two hour wait. No thank you, I'd rather pay the 10 euros and wait in a 5 minute line than a two hour one with no sunscreen.

Instead I ran off to La Defense and the St. Denis Basilica and the Madeleine and Place de la Concorde. I'm trying to knock things off my list, but realizing that there is simply no way I'm going to get all of it done.
Chateau de Fontainebleau? Nope, too far. Musee de Vin? Probably not (how unfortunate!). Catacombes? Nah, more important things to see. Pere Lachaise cemetery? If I have time.

The issue is that I have tomorrow (going to the Louvre, finally) and then after work Monday-Wednesday, but then I leave to travel until next Monday night, so then I have next Tuesday to sightsee but that day also has to include packing. And then I leave Wednesday. So I have very limited time left to see everything. I'm going to get as much done as possible, but I won't be super upset if I don't get hit everything. That's what my next trip to Paris is for ;)