Part 5: The End of the Trip

The train from Rome to Paris took all day and we ended up arriving in Paris pretty late at night.  Since we were back in Paris, the following day we decided to do some more touring.  First, we went to the catacombs which were absolutely incredible.  You walk for about 20 minutes underground surrounded by bones.  After this we headed to Notre Dame cathedral and climbed to the top.  This gave a great view of the entire city.  Notre Dame itself is absolutely huge but it is so crowded that it is tough to appreciate it.

After Notre Dame we headed to the Louvre which we had missed on our last trip to Paris.  The Louvre is an amazing structure that could take weeks to go through.  We decided that we wanted to see the Mona Lisa (because you almost have to if your in Paris) and then we would just walk around and see whatever we saw.  The Mona Lisa is very underwhelming as it is a small  painting surrounded by bullet proof glass that is hard to see while having people push and shove to get a better view.  Even so, I am glad I was able to see what made Dan Brown a millionaire.  The rest of the Louvre was amazing but also very intimidating.  After another hour or two of walking around we got tired and left.

The next morning we headed to the train station and got a train to Roscoff, France.  This is a small town on the sea.  From Roscoff we had a 12 hour, overnight ferry booked that night right to Cork.  The day in Roscoff was uneventful and the ferry back was the same.  The ferry was more like a cruise ship and I actually ended up getting some good sleep.  The next day we arrived back in Cork and our European adventure was over!