On the road with Orphaned Land: day 6 travel to Paris

avatar 17 May 2010 by Nathalie Share

Day 6: travel day to Paris

The morning after the show at the Besancon festival we start the long drive to Paris. Some rest during the drive and some catch up with work. We draw up a plan of what to do once we arrive in Paris. In the evening Yannick will join us and be our guide in the City of Light as he knows it well. Matti has a request to visit the Eiffel Tower as there was never time before to do it when the band was in Paris and according to him: “You have not been to Paris if you have not seen the Eiffel Tower”.

On our way to visit the icon of France, we stop by at the Rue de Rosiers, which is the heart of the Jewish quarter of the city. Of course we have to eat humus, shwarma and falafel since the Israelis miss the food from back home.


We make our way through the city by metro and get out to walk through the Marais (trendy quarter) to the last stop of the evening.

A broad smile lightens Matti’s face as he finally gets to take a picture with the steel giant. Instead of Kobi, who had to stay in the bus and give his voice a rest, we took the mascot of the tour with us. He poses for us like a professional.


After Matan, Uri and Matti bargain with the men selling souvenirs it is already time to get back to the bus and take a good rest because the sold out show in the Nouveau Casino promises to be a hot and exciting one.