majestic (but painful) notre dame

was it worth the 1 hour wait in the freezing unforgiving cold?

not sure.
the views were extraordinary, but is anything worth waiting in a queue that long for?

thankfully and somewhat ironically what prevented me from going completely bonkers was a couple of young american college students who were just behind me in the queue. their sometimes crass, almost always hilarious, observations and comments made me laugh secretly behind my scarf - very american, very college student-y they were.


'there is no free public toilet anywhere!'
'i walk into a cafe and say i need to pee and they say i have to buy something! i buy a bottle of water and they say no that's only 1 euro, you still cant use the bathroom! i mean, this is the most expensive piss i've taken!'

'i hate queues'
'i hate the word queue in the first place. i mean what a stupid word. at first i pronounced it like kew-ee-ewe!'