Paris: Day 3: The EuroStar

This morning we ate breakfast once again in the restaurant next door to our hotel. I had a crepe this time, with nutella in it. Nutella is a really big thing here, I think. I see it everywhere.

We took a farewell walk of sorts around the city, and bought some 'abricot et pommes' croissants for our train ride into England. We sent off our postcards and rested (we had been getting to bed late and waking up early) and packed and made sure we weren't leaving anything behind.

At around 11:30, we called our cab and checked out of the hotel. We were now on our way to train station! Once we got there, it was so confusing and it took us forever to figure out where we needed to go. Also, we were confronted with sooo many people begging for money. It's incredibly annoying. :/ Anyway, we found our queue and got through it at a decent time. We didn't have to sit on the train for very long before it left the station.

I think it only took about two hours to get from Paris to London on the train. I had a window seat and so got to observe all the cute little houses and farms. The tunnell under the Channel didn't last nearly as long as I thought it would. It sure made one's ear pressure funky, though. ;)

Day 2: Lost in the Louvre

This morning Dad and I ate breakfast at the restaurant next door to our hotel.  We ordered omelettes, and they were enormous! I al,ost couldnùt finish. I think the breakfast portions here are bigger than in the States...

After breakfast we walked to the Louvre. It is basically a beeline from our hotel, so we didn't get lost. =) Once there; ze got free ad,ission since dad is disabled and I a, his 'accompanist.' We explored the Sully wing of the Louvre (there are three zings, all of which are absolutely enor,ous) because the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo are there. We got to see both of them, but ze coulnd't get very close to the Mona lisa, since it is protected by glass, a wooden barrier, security guards, a rope barrier, and a gigantor throng of people. We snuck around the crowd and ,ade it like 20 feet away, i think. The Venus de Milo is a very pretty statue. She has a nice face, i think.

Then, as we att,ped to get to the Egyptian stuff, ze got horribly lost and ended up staying for like 2 hours. After that ze zere no longer appreciating the art and just trying desperately to get out of there. It is sooo hot in there...

Once ze escaped we tried to get to Champs Elysees, but we were ,iserable by the ti,e ze got there (we had to walk through what I believe to be miles of park) and so decided to go back too the hotel and took a well-needed nap.

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I bought a white dress and almost bought a black dress to zear to the theatre, but decided to wait till ze zere in England. It was a very expensive (but extre,mely cute!) dress, but I ,ight find something I like better.

After another break and dinner, a Citroen car picked us up for a tour around the city at night. I had no idea hoz large the Eiffel tozer actually is, or, for lack of a better zord, spiderweblike. Really, it re,inded ,e of intricate lace or a spiderzeb. So beautiful!

And today is ,y native countryùs independance day. I hope you all had fun!

Day 1: AZERTY keyboard layout

So, here I am; sitting here in my hotel, blogging on an AZERTY keyboard (which I'll have you know, is quite hqrd to remember where evything is; so I zill just type hoz I qm used to and fix everything zhen I get bqck! So don't judge! Sigh; this mqy tqke q zhile...Why do I have to press the shift button for a period? And qlso there is this kid from South Africa zho thinks Europeans are deprived little cavemen zho have never heard of an iPhone (he is explaining Apple to my very patient hostess as I zrite this, meanzhile I a, laughing silently at him).

I have been awake since 8:00 July 2nd US Mountain Time, and right noz it is 7:00 in Paris. So I think I have been up for around two days...it feels crazy. 

The cab drivers here are awesome. Every ride is a thrilling adventure. Lots of people here can speak English; zhich is a relief. The wife of the ozner of the bistro I qte dinner at today didn, even have much of an accent. She gave us some pointers on tipping. Apparently you don,t tip waiters here; but you do cqb drivers. Also, the hotel hostess is sooooo nice! She is incredibly patient with the dumb A,erican tourists:

µ§£ look at those crazy characters! sweet...perhaps i will take a picture of this wacky keyboard...

After we checked into our hotel, Dad and i went to the catacombs! They were really exciting, and I shall be adding my pictures I took after i get home. The pathways were really muddy fro, all the water dripping, but all those skulls and femurs were amazing to look at.

After our dinner we bought to,orrow,s breakfast: cherries; pastries; and sodas.

Good night, all!