Paris, France by the Numbers
Number of hours spent inside a plane to get to Paris: 20
Number of screaming children inside the plane: 3
Stairs climbed to get to the top of the Arc de Triomphe: 284
Minutes spent recovering from climbing those stairs: 10
Topless woman seen: 12
Strange etchings found in the concrete: 1
Number of pastries eaten per day: 4
Kilos gained: 3
Number of French words known: 1
Fellow Australians found in one tourist spot: 23
Dogs seen in the airport: 4
Number of times I looked the wrong way before crossing the street: 7
Times I almost got run over: 8
Number of proposals seen: 2
Armless statues seen: 1
Servings of cold tomato soup eaten: 0
Parisians annoyed: 12
Number of French flags seen: 51
Phallic symbols climbed: 1
Number of stairs up to my hotel room: 36
Number of times I got a blank look from the hotel reception guy: 15
Hours spent lost in a museum: 3
Number of times I was slammed up against the language barrier: 11
Pyramids seen: 4
Number of statues mistaken for real people: 1
Palaces seen: 2
Times I ate at McDonalds: 7
Times I eat at McDonalds when at home: 0
Tour guides that were helpful: 0
Number of annoying aunties following me around: 1
Naked gold statues seen: 1
People seen going into confessionals: 0
Kilometers from home: 16,962
Snails eaten: 0
Number of buildings mistaken for the Notre Dame: 2
Priests found inside the Notre Dame: 3
Number of times I ate Daffy Duck: 2
Topless women seen dancing with snakes: 1
Clear blue skies seen: 0
Days spent in the city: 13
Days until return trip: 367
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