Christmas market and a Ferris wheel.

Last weekend, I went into Paris again to see some friends and go to some Christmas markets. The markets were pretty neat, even if the prices were through the roof.

Some of the market stalls along the Champs-Élysées.

We wandered down both sides of the street, looking at all of the stalls and buying nothing. The thing that really caught our eye was at the end of the Champs-Élysées, at the entrance to the Tuileries.

Of course, we decided that we had to go on it. I mean, how could we not? The line was surprisingly short, and we got on about 10 minutes after we got in line.

As one could guess, the view from the wheel was absolutely amazing. You could see everything and, since it was dusk, the city was just beginning to light up.

All in all, it was totally worth the 10€ that it cost to get on.

My countdown to Christmas is now officially on! It's less than a month until I go back to Canada for two weeks over the holidays. I'm very excited to go home for a while. A real winter will be nice!

The Eiffel Tower.

Yesterday, I went to the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Mary. It was the perfect day for it; the sun was shining and it wasn't really cold out. The only downside to going yesterday, a Saturday, was that the top level was too busy and we therefore couldn't go all the way to the top.

The view from a park below.



One of the views from the second floor.



Looking up to the top from floor 2.



Mary and me on the second floor.



Perfect opportunity for a hockey jersey photo.

Hopefully, I'll go back and get up to the top level, although I don't think I'll get the same weather for quite a while.

L'Isle-Adam.

As I've been working this week, I haven't really had much of a chance to go out and take more photos. So, I thought I'd post some photos I took a couple of weeks ago around the town where I live.

Outside of the town hall.

Three shots of the Oise:

One of the main streets in town.

Château de Versailles.

On Wednesday, which was the last day of the Toussaint holidays, my friends and I went to the Château de Versailles for the afternoon. It's absolutely magnificent. It's unbelievable that people actually lived there once upon a time.

Back to school now, though. However, next weekend's a long weekend, as it's Remembrance/Armistice Day. Now that it's November, I'm really looking forward to Christmas. Not too long now!

Père Lachaise Cemetery.

As a somewhat Halloween-y activity, I went to Père Lachaise Cemetery yesterday with some of my friends. It is unlike any cemetery I've ever been to. Everything is so jam-packed together and all of monuments are huge and fancy.

Many famous people are buried there, so we set off to find the ones that interested us the most.

Molière, the playwright.

Édith Piaf, the singer.

Balzac, the author.

Jim Morrison from the Doors.

Disappointment: Oscar Wilde is currently undergoing restorations.

In all, it was a very interesting adventure. It is a very cool place to explore. Later in the evening, we ended up taking part in a pub quiz at a bar somewhere near Notre Dame. Amazingly enough, we didn't come in last! Our team, Les étrangères anglophones (the English-speaking foreigners), came in second-last. Thank God for the music category and the fact that I could recognize 'La Grange' by ZZ Top, although kudos for that should go to my parents for raising me in a classic rock-loving household. They would've been as shocked and appalled as I was that some of my friends don't know who the Doors are.