viva la france!
paris was really great! we took the eurostar, and we went first class so that we would get food. it was good, i thought that i would freak out more about being in the tunnel for so long (underneath the english channel for about 20 minutes) but it was fine. and they cleverly feed you while you're in the tunnel so it helps your ears not to pop so much.
we arrived at the train station in paris and i managed to buy us tickets for the metro in french, and i even understood what the guy said back to me, so i felt good after that, i knew i'd be able to speak a bit of french to get us by. so we got to the hotel and checked in, and i thought that the guy kind of laughed at our request in the computer about the room with a view of the eiffel tower. so when we got up to our room i figured that i wouldn't see anything when i pulled back the curtains, but there it was!!! all lit up and beautiful, i was so excited! and every hour at night all the lights are bright and twinkle, it's so nice. and we even had a little balcony to sit on and look at it.
most of the time we spent just wandering around and seeing some of the sights. i loved just sitting in cafes and watching the world go by (although a small tip, don't just order "cafe" if you want coffee, because apparently that means espresso in france!) and i loved the arc de triomphe and going on a boat trip along the seine. and of course going up the eiffel tower was great, seeing all of paris from up that high. unfortunately there was a power failure while we were up there and so we had to take the stairs down! but it was still really great.
the only thing that really surprised me about paris was that we had trouble finding a nice restaurant. they had hardly any real restaurants, just cafes and brasseries, and there was hardly anything for vegetarians to eat. and at the one restaurant we ate at, we were sitting outside and a mouse ran by us and a woman let her child pee right on the road by the tables!!! and it smelled like pee in the metro stations and stuff as well, people in paris seem to just pee anywhere! what the heck???
Overall it was a really good weekend though, and i enjoyed paris. the croissants, pain au chocolat and nutella crepes made up for all of the not so good restaurant food! i would love to go back with heaps of money to spend in all those designer shops, and i'd do a bit of research to find out where some nicer restaurants are!
au revoir!
we arrived at the train station in paris and i managed to buy us tickets for the metro in french, and i even understood what the guy said back to me, so i felt good after that, i knew i'd be able to speak a bit of french to get us by. so we got to the hotel and checked in, and i thought that the guy kind of laughed at our request in the computer about the room with a view of the eiffel tower. so when we got up to our room i figured that i wouldn't see anything when i pulled back the curtains, but there it was!!! all lit up and beautiful, i was so excited! and every hour at night all the lights are bright and twinkle, it's so nice. and we even had a little balcony to sit on and look at it.
most of the time we spent just wandering around and seeing some of the sights. i loved just sitting in cafes and watching the world go by (although a small tip, don't just order "cafe" if you want coffee, because apparently that means espresso in france!) and i loved the arc de triomphe and going on a boat trip along the seine. and of course going up the eiffel tower was great, seeing all of paris from up that high. unfortunately there was a power failure while we were up there and so we had to take the stairs down! but it was still really great.
the only thing that really surprised me about paris was that we had trouble finding a nice restaurant. they had hardly any real restaurants, just cafes and brasseries, and there was hardly anything for vegetarians to eat. and at the one restaurant we ate at, we were sitting outside and a mouse ran by us and a woman let her child pee right on the road by the tables!!! and it smelled like pee in the metro stations and stuff as well, people in paris seem to just pee anywhere! what the heck???
Overall it was a really good weekend though, and i enjoyed paris. the croissants, pain au chocolat and nutella crepes made up for all of the not so good restaurant food! i would love to go back with heaps of money to spend in all those designer shops, and i'd do a bit of research to find out where some nicer restaurants are!
au revoir!
posted by nb @ 2:23 PM
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