Paris - Day 1, with math people

Day 1:

The day got a late start, with me walking 40 minutes to the Bastille metro stop to meet two other people who are situdents at UIUC, but in Paris for a math school/program through next month.

Where the Bastille once was:

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We walked over to "the best felafel in town", which also happens to be endorsed by Lenny Kravitz for some reason. It *was* the best felafel I'd ever had. They have a good system. You walk up, confused. Guy walks up and asks if you want take away or eat in. We said take away, and got shuffled to Guy #2 who asks for our order "Felafel?" yes, 3. Ok, 5 euros. lhen we are handed our ticket and number, and told to wait in a line by the side. The line advances as people hand in their tickets and it doesn't take long at all before we're walking off with delicious food. We manage to find the one park in Paris where you can't drink, so we finish up lunch and head to the banks of the Seine to have some wine, look at the Notre Dame, and watch barges and tours go by.

The Seine:

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Notre Dame:

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We wandered over to Jardin de Luxembourg (Jardin = Garden) and enjoyed the grass that was for looking at instead of sitting on, for a while.

Garden for looking at:

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The wine was putting us all to sleep, as was the mild sun.

Cute octopus logo we saw when walking around:

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Returning to my friend's apt, saw this micro gas station:

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After we parted ways,I bought some camembert cheese and italian lunchmeat and made a little meal of that.