I hope your sunday has been less confusing than mine! Last week was supposed to be my first week going to church in Paris, but I thought there wasn't any church because it was closed when I went. This morning I left early and was eager and nervous to finally be in a ward again! When I got the the building...I realized that what I had previously thought was the church was actually just the front of the institute building, which is why it was closed last sunday, and the chapel was through some doors, down an alley, and behind a parking lot. Can you blame me for being confused? It gets better though-- there were signs on the door saying there was stake conference today at Palais des Congress in Versailles. Awesome. Versailles, again.
I checked my watch and saw I had 45 minutes before it started, and Versailles was only 30 minutes out by train, so I might make it. I caught a metro, and another, and another, on a wild goose chase to find conference. The first train station lady told me there was no such thing as Palais des Congress in Versailles, and I should go to Pont du Versailles in Paris. So I went there, that lady told me I should go to Porte Maillot. On my way to Port Maillot, I got off the metro and checked at another train station-I KNEW conference was in Versailles, not Paris. So I walked up to the ticket window and asked her which train to Versailles would get me closest to Palais des Congress....annnd she told me it was complicated, and I said ok, and she said "today?", I said yes...she told me it was impossible, the train I needed didn't run on sundays. Awesome.
So, after more than an hour and a half metro riding (That is a lot, most of my trips are 15 minutes or less) I decided I needed a break.
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| Click to zoom and see my crazy trip. Each hash mark is where I switched trains, and separate trips or purposes (ie church, train, etc) are in different colors, Starting with the black hash at Bonne Nouvelle. |
I walked along the Seine in a very slight sprinkle of rain. There were lots of joggers out and very few tourists. I found a little bridge with some dry seats beneath, and they were playing jazz music out of speakers at the bridge. It was a gorgeous morning and a beautiful place to sit, so I took out my journal and my scriptures and enjoyed it for a while. In the end, I am really bummed I missed conference and church altogether, but I am so glad I ended up where I did, because I probably would never have been able to enjoy the Seine so peacefully, and it was a much needed break from the world.
I am home now and about to enjoy some ravioli with cheese! I hope you have a good sunday, enjoy church for me! ;)
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