Okay... blogging has to get serious now. PARIS.
Paris was great, although, I admit that I liked London more. The weather was pretty yucky in Paris (40s and rainy) and I think as a group we were all really tired.
We didn't really like 3ducks (the hostel) all that much. It was pretty rough around the edges, and we actually had to walk outside to go to the bathroom (so there was NO getting up in the middle of the night, that's for sure!) Unfortunately, the group of us only took up 7 of the 8 beds in our room and our random roommate (who had been living in the room for three weeks already!) smelled pretty awful. We also had to rent linens, and although breakfast was free it was just white hard rolls and jelly.
BUT 3ducks, to it's credit, was in a pretty great location. With only about a 15 minute walk straight up the street we were at the base of the Eiffel Tower, so our first night in Paris we were able to see it light up and sparkle at night!
The rest of the day included a free tour (which we skipped out of at the Louvre to escape the rain that started to really come down) and free entrance to the Louvre (the first Sunday of every month!) a not so free crepe, and a not so free dinner out (but delicious and probably the warmest since arriving in Paris.)
Then it was off to the airport hotel where we spent a good six hours, and enjoyed long hot showers (quite a commodity this semester!) before hopping on the plane early Monday morning!
The weekend was exhausting, packed full, and probably a little too short on time... but I'm definitely glad we did it! I got a taste of two more famous cities!
Paris was great, although, I admit that I liked London more. The weather was pretty yucky in Paris (40s and rainy) and I think as a group we were all really tired.
We didn't really like 3ducks (the hostel) all that much. It was pretty rough around the edges, and we actually had to walk outside to go to the bathroom (so there was NO getting up in the middle of the night, that's for sure!) Unfortunately, the group of us only took up 7 of the 8 beds in our room and our random roommate (who had been living in the room for three weeks already!) smelled pretty awful. We also had to rent linens, and although breakfast was free it was just white hard rolls and jelly.
BUT 3ducks, to it's credit, was in a pretty great location. With only about a 15 minute walk straight up the street we were at the base of the Eiffel Tower, so our first night in Paris we were able to see it light up and sparkle at night!
I was pretty disappointed in my camera. It's blurriness is getting worse and worse... at this point i'm tossing more than half of the pictures I take because they're too blurry to even keep. Bummer.
Anyway! The next morning we woke up and headed back to the Eiffel Tower to take the elevators to the top! How cool! It was awesome to be able to see everything from above, and to be able to point out the Louvre, L'arc de Triomphe and the Notre Dame from above.
The view of the Louvre from the top. See the pyramid? That's how I spotted it.
To prove I was really up there.
The Notre Dame behind me!
Waiting in line for the Louvre.
Mona Lisa- Got seriously jostled while trying to take this picture. People were literally shoving one another to take pictures of this painting.
Me and my post-Louvre crepe. Butter and sugar!
The Arc.
Then it was off to the airport hotel where we spent a good six hours, and enjoyed long hot showers (quite a commodity this semester!) before hopping on the plane early Monday morning!
The weekend was exhausting, packed full, and probably a little too short on time... but I'm definitely glad we did it! I got a taste of two more famous cities!
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