day 4....Paris

had an amazing time yesterday night, walked to the hostel where i stayed the first night to meet up with Lissette and Lauren, where we went to the arc de triumph, went up it which was amazing, could see for miles and really liked how you could see 360 degrees of paris. we then went for a walk up the champs de elysees, saw the eiffel tower all lit up and shiny, then it started a thunder storm, with loads of lightning, like proper big lightning and really loud thunder. walked to Invalides, got some food and then took the metro home, where we walked up to the sacre couer in the dark and the rain and saw paris all lit up in the dark, which was a cracking sight, with this big spot light being shone from the eiffel tower. got in to me hostel around 12, knocked on the door and met my two room-mates, 2 sound blokes, a really cool japanese bloke called Takeshi, who;s 2 months into a year tour, and a indian chap who;s studying at milan and doing a quick backpacking and going to see the french open. had a dreadful nights sleep, was really hot despite it absolutely pissing it down, and was relaly noisy, next to a club, fucking great, will sleep with my ipod in tonight. This morning woke ridiculously early at 7 to meet Lissette and Lauren to go to the louvre, where there was  a massive queue, turns out its the free day (first sunday of everymonth) though we got a crepe and the queue melted away in an hour. the louvre was amazing, saw mona, still dont get it, was really crowded tho some of it was quiet and spent 5 hours wandering around and have a look. lauren and lissette left to get their train to rome, so after a bit longer in the louvre got the metro home and took a much needed shower. i liked the louvre but there was so many amazing things it all melted into one, dont think it helped much being sooooo tired. its really hot here, i'm writiing this in the hostel bar next to some aussies who moaning about the heat. plans for tonight is to chill out, watch the french open final somewhere and get a bloody good sleep, then off to basel tomorrow!