day 5, about to leave paris

am waiting to catch my half twelve train to basel, so sat in hostel bar, train station 15 mins walk away. yday watched the first set of the french open, had a killer nap, then went for  a wander round the seine canal, got some food, got back to the hostel around half nine, where i met Takeshi in the bar, he hadnt been to sacre coeur yet so we went off to there, by the time we got to the top it was pissing down and there was a massive lightning storm again, was proper cool just sat on the steps looking out over paris with loads of lightning, then took the metro home and had a cracking sleep. John, the indian chap i shared the room with, is from milan and he said it wasn't the best city, that it shuts down around 8/9 and wouldn't recommend staying for more then a couple of days. Will see how switzerland is and how expensive it is, still unsure whether to go to bern or straight to lautterbrunnen from basel, shall see. looking forward to basel!