Paris was a wonderful trip with many ups and downs. We stayed our first night with our family friend who has a house and business just outside the city. He was a interesting French man. It was an akward experience, but one that we will remember for a long time. He hardly spoke english, was sick and seemed to be on many pain drugs, and smoked like crazy. We did not last long sitting and trying to communicate with him. He went back to bed when we ventured into the city by ourselves on the metro (underground subway). First thing we did when we got into Paris was book a hotel for the second night!!! Then we walked a long way down to the Eiffel tower but the line was to long so we decided to wait until the next day to go up to the top. We had a good Chinese dinner and took the metro back to Gerard, the French man's house, just praying that he had kept his doors unlocked. We got of the train and walked, which seemed like a long ways as it started to get dark in an unfamiliar area. We finally got to
his house and there was not ONE light on in the house we went straight to bed, don't even think we brushed our teeths that night!! Woke up early smelling like smoke and wrote him a thank you note and told his secretary/ex-wife we were leaving and thank you for the stay. She luckily drove us to the metro station because we had our big backpacks on and we went straight to the hotel in Paris, checked in and relaxed. Went for an awesome breakfast and then tried to see the sights of Paris even though our legs and bodies were exhausted! We went through Notre Dome, walked the famous road down to the marble arch, and went up the eiffel tower. Being the end of the trip we were tired so we headed back to the hotel and went to the internet Cafe to check on all of our flight info. When we walked out we were caught in a THUNDER STORM, and it was pooring down rain! Our clothes got soaked but got over it! Enjoyed a great dinner of French Onion soup and French vanilla ice cream! Paris was a true adventure which just adds to the awesome memories of European trip!Thanks to everyone who were with us through this blog, we had a
great time updating it, and we are going to miss our European Adventure.........Until next time!!
Paris was a wonderful trip with many ups and downs. We stayed our first night with our family friend who has a house and business just outside the city. He was a interesting French man. It was an akward experience, but one that we will remember for a long time. He hardly spoke english, was sick and seemed to be on many pain drugs, and smoked like crazy. We did not last long sitting and trying to communicate with him. He went back to bed when we ventured into the city by ourselves on the metro (underground subway). First thing we did when we got into Paris was book a hotel for the second night!!! Then we walked a long way down to the Eiffel tower but the line was to long so we decided to wait until the next day to go up to the top. We had a good Chinese dinner and took the metro back to Gerard, the French man's house, just praying that he had kept his doors unlocked. We got of the train and walked, which seemed like a long ways as it started to get dark in an unfamiliar area. We finally got to 
his house and there was not ONE light on in the house we went straight to bed, don't even think we brushed our teeths that night!! Woke up early smelling like smoke and wrote him a thank you note and told his secretary/ex-wife we were leaving and thank you for the stay. She luckily drove us to the metro station because we had our big backpacks on and we went straight to the hotel in Paris, checked in and relaxed. Went for an awesome breakfast and then tried to see the sights of Paris even though our legs and bodies were exhausted! We went through Notre Dome, walked the famous road down to the marble arch, and went up the eiffel tower. Being the end of the trip we were tired so we headed back to the hotel and went to the internet Cafe to check on all of our flight info. When we walked out we were caught in a THUNDER STORM, and it was pooring down rain! Our clothes got soaked but got over it! Enjoyed a great dinner of French Onion soup and French vanilla ice cream! Paris was a true adventure which just adds to the awesome memories of European trip!Thanks to everyone who were with us through this blog, we had a 
great time updating it, and we are going to miss our European Adventure.........Until next time!! 
I love your story about staying with the French man! We enjoyed our fun time in Gimmewald together. We just got back this week, I miss it already! How is it being home?
ReplyDeleteOh tear. :( I wish you guys were enjoying Paris right now with us!
ReplyDeleteI love that picture of you two- its raining just as hard right now. Its ridiculous. I'm still in my shorts and flip flops from this morning! Haha love you both, cant wait to see you and swap stories soon!