Paris

This past weekend I took my last trip of the term to Paris. It was actually also the first trip I took outside the UK, so it's surprising that I wasn't the one who forgot my passport (sorry Sam, I had to mention it!).. not a big deal though, we took a later Eurostar train for no extra cost and got to Paris 2 hours later. The Eurostar is extremely convenient, I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking of going to Paris from London!

Once we arrived in Paris, we had to take the metro to our hotel. Lucky for us, the line we needed was running and came within 10 minutes (Paris transport was on strike, so most lines weren't running. We also got to ride for free) we easily found out hotel, which was a cheap one but very nice. The first few pictures in my Paris album are views from the balcony off of our room.

The next day, we met Sam's friend Kate who is studying abroad in Paris. It was really nice to have her around, because she showed us all the touristy sites and we usually didn't have to pull out a map. Unfortunately I can't really remember some of the places we saw, but we did go to the Opera House and the Louvre at night. We also went on top of this building where we could see all of Paris--there are pictures in my album.

The next day we went to the Musee d'Orsay, and at night we had an amazing dinner at an expensive French restaurant. I had scallops, which were expensive, but totally worth it. Afterwards, we went to Haagen Daz and got this icecream special, with 18 balls of icecream (multiple flavors) and a variety of fruit, with a bowl of hot fudge in the middle to dip everything in, along with hot chocolate to drink. We were all pretty sugar-high and silly by the end of it, but it was a great dinner.

I didn't end up seeing the Eiffel Tower up close, because it was too out of the way to walk to, which we would have had to do because the metro was down. I had a lot of fun anyway, and Paris is definitely a great city. Plus, I made use of my french! I knew it would come in handy some day! However, I will say that Paris is absolutely FREEZING this time of year. It is actually mcuh warmer in London. We had to make a lot of pit-stops in cafes on the walk back to Gare du Nord.

Overall, a good trip, but I still London is the best city! Check out my photo site for pictures. Sorry, I didn't put captions on any of them because there was some error in uploading and I missed the part where you add captions. Anyway, here is the link again:

http://www.webshots.com/user/justinekelly87