So I’m writing this a little late as it is already Monday. But, this week was full of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Monday the girls were off school so we went swimming then hung out at the park all day.
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| How cute are they? |
Tuesday night I started getting sick and Wednesday it was in full swing. I finally got to the doctor on Thursday to get some medicine and from what I could understand from the doctor it was some sort of throat infection. Thank God they kicked in super fast because it was early to bed with a 4am alarm set for Friday morning.
Friday was off to Paris to meet up with Jaclyn! Woke up at 4 and the taxi picked me up at 4:30 to get to the Tring train station. On the way the train broke down and I nervously checked my phone as it seemed to get closer and closer to my 6:55 Eurostar departure. Long story short, the train finally got going 20 mph tops due to some flat tires and we rolled into the station at 6:20am. I took off running out of the station, along with many others, and hopped in a taxi outside. Of course, I got dropped off at the wrong station and was sprinting to the next station over just to get into the ticket area with about 10 min till my train was suppose to depart (your suppose to be there 45 min before, minimum). Sweating, panicking, I threw my stuff at the lady and she quickly printed my tickets and told me to run to gate 3 if I wanted to make it, so of course I did. I got through check-in, security, border patrol, to my platform and in my seat in 5 minutes and had a few minutes to spare. Wouldn’t be a trip for me without something like this happening, right?
So, I finally get to Paris around 10:20am on Friday and it was a really perfect fall day. I eventually figured out the metro and found my way to the stop by our hotel to meet up with Jaclyn. We checked into our hotel, Hotel de la Tour Eiffel which was a nice place but definitely not the same as the pictures! We quickly showered and got ready before heading out for the day around noon. We went straight to the Eiffel Tower just a few blocks over and took a lot of pictures because it was such a nice day outside. We met some Americans while taking pictures, one that goes to the University I went to here in London, small world. We went and had lunch at a little café and then went to the Arc de Triomphe and walked down Champs Elysees the main street in Paris with all the high-end shops. We stopped at McDonald’s to get a drink and met a cute little South Korean kid who told us where to find the straws.
We tried to walk down to the Louvre and get some night pictures but totally underestimated how far it was and ended up getting on the metro and going straight to dinner at my favorite Paris restaurant, Le Refuge des Fondues. If your ever in Paris, you must go to this place. It’s a little hole in the wall with two rows of tables, cafeteria style, so you have to climb over the table to get to the inside. Your given a baby bottle full of wine and the choice of meat or cheese fondues, we went with cheese. We sat next to this guy and girl from Chicago and a group of east coast students studying in Barcelona so there was never a dull moment.
After dinner we had plans to go to the Eiffel tower and stop and get a coffee but it was past midnight and we had both been up since 4am so we went straight home and passed out in about 2 minutes.
Saturday morning we got up around 10 and it was raining and chilly so our first stop was to get Jaclyn an umbrella, a cheesy Paris one just so everyone knew we were tourists. We went to Notre Dame, the Louvre and Sacre Coeur and found a perfect little place for dinner after quite the search. It was on St. Michel right be Notre Dame, only seating about 20 people so it was definitely a cozy little place. We had the most French meal I think a person could eat: escargot, beef bourguignon, crème brulee and red wine. It was delicious and the perfect way to end another night in Paris.
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| Breakfast of champions |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Louvre |
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| My girl Mona once again |
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| Sacre Coeur |
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| Apricot crepe! |
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| Escargot |
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Sunday morning we planned on getting up at 8 but of course were too exhausted. We did get going early though so we could stop and get a quick breakfast at the pastry shop down the street and then stop at Pierre Herme to get the infamous macaron. We had some time to spare so we popped into a little café to get a cappuccino and eat our macarons before heading to the metro and going our separate ways.
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| The macarons were SOOO good! |
I headed off to the train station and Jaclyn to the airport to end our trip in Paris. What a great city, definitely want to go back in the future because it is really the perfect European city, I’m in love.
But, what a better way to end a perfect weekend then to be harassed by border patrol coming into the UK. Looks like I may be back in the US sooner than expected! Ugh, buzz kill…
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