November 12-16, 2014
Paris, France
November 12
Over all the travel to get to France was pretty pleasant. We had to leave class a little early in order to have time to eat before catching a cab to the train station. We were a little worried because the cabs had been running late all day, but we still made it to the train station with plenty of time to spare.
I slept the entire train ride... big shocker there. I didn't get to catch up on any of my previous blog posts like I had planned. (And still haven't, haha!) The worst part about sleeping on trains is Megan and Brittany waking me up. lol. Of course I'm glad they don't leave me all alone on the train, but sleep is so great, I'm never ready to wake up!
When we arrived in London we had a short walk over to where we would board the Eurostar for a straight shot to Paris! Compared to airport security, this was nothing! We made it through very quickly, with hardly any waiting in line. The only downside was we didn't get a stamp in our passport when we went through passport control to get on the Eurostar and there is no passport control when you get off, so no stamp for us. :(
During the ride on the Eurostar I got two blog posts almost complete, they were just lacking pictures, which was helpful now that I'm going back to finish them up. I was just really lazy on the Eurostar, but couldn't fall asleep again.
People on the Eurostar apparently found us interesting, especially the little boys across from us. They would just sit and watch us, I'm pretty sure they were French, so maybe they'd never seen an American before. lol
Paris was nothing short of interesting. When we were leaving the station a lady in front of me on the escalator backed into me and caused me to fall backward. Luckily Megan was there to save the day and I only got a little scratched up! Luckily, getting to the hotel wasn't too difficult it just required a little bit of walking. When we got to the hostel we dropped off our luggage in the room. It was just Megan, Brittany, and I at that point in a four person bedroom, which meant we had a roommate assigned to us. Our roommate the first night was Canadian. He was very awkward and apparently wasn't expecting three girls. He was trying to sleep anyway, so we were not upset that we had to leave. haha.
Our first stop was to see the Arc de Triomphe. It was incredible to see it by night. We didn't stay too long, since there were some creepers roaming around, and it was too late to to buy our Paris passes there.
Paris was nothing short of interesting. When we were leaving the station a lady in front of me on the escalator backed into me and caused me to fall backward. Luckily Megan was there to save the day and I only got a little scratched up! Luckily, getting to the hotel wasn't too difficult it just required a little bit of walking. When we got to the hostel we dropped off our luggage in the room. It was just Megan, Brittany, and I at that point in a four person bedroom, which meant we had a roommate assigned to us. Our roommate the first night was Canadian. He was very awkward and apparently wasn't expecting three girls. He was trying to sleep anyway, so we were not upset that we had to leave. haha.
Our first stop was to see the Arc de Triomphe. It was incredible to see it by night. We didn't stay too long, since there were some creepers roaming around, and it was too late to to buy our Paris passes there.
After leaving Arc de Triomphe we took the metro a couple of stops and walked the rest of the way to the Eiffel Tower! As you can tell by the few pictures, out of the MANY that I took, I really love the Eiffel Tower. I have wanted to see it since I was little, and watched Rugrats in Paris over and over again. Plus, who wouldn't want to go see it, it is even more miraculous in person!
After getting a little chilly at the Eiffel Tower, we decided that was a good way to end our first night and headed back to the hostel. More to come on the rest of our long weekend trip soon! :)
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