April In Paris
Random Fact: "The Louve is open for free on the first Sunday of every month. However, you must NOT take a picture of the Mona Lisa."
Half of this website is in French, and I am using a French Keyboard, so I apologize for the errors. Paris is very beautiful...in a cold & rainy sort of way. LOL. So, here is the brief news so far:
I am currently at a internet cafe so I can't talk long, but I wanted to update you on everything. First of all, the Eiffel Tower literally took my breath away (which has only ever happened in Karate, LOL). My friend had to take pictures b/c the second my American camera saw that we were in France it yelled Sacre Bleu! Paris? NOOOOOO!!! *dies*. I have disposeable cameras for the time being. We visited so many places that I can't remember them all off the top of my head: Arc de Triompfe, Eiffel Tower, Chateau de Versalles, Notre Dame, the famous chapel next to it, and it's all amazing!
Tomorrow, I am going on a walking tour to Moulin Rouge, Bastille, etc with a finale at the highest point in Paris. Sunday, I will be going to the famous Louve for free (love to The Da Vinci Code) before going overnight to Barcelona. Remind me to thank my Spanish teachers later for teaching me Spanish (very similar to French).
Time passes so quickly here! Anyway, the only bad things are that I'm with someone who expects me to be with her from 8 am to 1 am out on the town and ready to travel everywhere. I can't handle that much traveling that quickly. I rarely traveled in America due to lack of funds and have grown accustomed to enjoying things like alone time and internet. Which leads me to the other one: I expected the ticket to be free b/c that is what her friend & Eurail told us, but they did not tell her that she had to reserve it for a FEE! I figured, ok, about €10 is ok. We got there and discovered this: the ticket is €150 without Eurail, but with Eurail the ticket is free, but the reservation is €67!!!
Seriously, we both felt so ripped off b/c her friend told her that he didn't have to pay for reservations and he did a similar trip last year. I went ahead and paid for it, but I think I'll have to end my travels early b/c I really don't think this is allowed in the budget I made. I can't believe that we have to pay that much for reservations. I mean, traveling has been fun--though very exhausting--but I need to play it safe with my money for now.
Half of this website is in French, and I am using a French Keyboard, so I apologize for the errors. Paris is very beautiful...in a cold & rainy sort of way. LOL. So, here is the brief news so far:
I am currently at a internet cafe so I can't talk long, but I wanted to update you on everything. First of all, the Eiffel Tower literally took my breath away (which has only ever happened in Karate, LOL). My friend had to take pictures b/c the second my American camera saw that we were in France it yelled Sacre Bleu! Paris? NOOOOOO!!! *dies*. I have disposeable cameras for the time being. We visited so many places that I can't remember them all off the top of my head: Arc de Triompfe, Eiffel Tower, Chateau de Versalles, Notre Dame, the famous chapel next to it, and it's all amazing!
Tomorrow, I am going on a walking tour to Moulin Rouge, Bastille, etc with a finale at the highest point in Paris. Sunday, I will be going to the famous Louve for free (love to The Da Vinci Code) before going overnight to Barcelona. Remind me to thank my Spanish teachers later for teaching me Spanish (very similar to French).
Time passes so quickly here! Anyway, the only bad things are that I'm with someone who expects me to be with her from 8 am to 1 am out on the town and ready to travel everywhere. I can't handle that much traveling that quickly. I rarely traveled in America due to lack of funds and have grown accustomed to enjoying things like alone time and internet. Which leads me to the other one: I expected the ticket to be free b/c that is what her friend & Eurail told us, but they did not tell her that she had to reserve it for a FEE! I figured, ok, about €10 is ok. We got there and discovered this: the ticket is €150 without Eurail, but with Eurail the ticket is free, but the reservation is €67!!!
Seriously, we both felt so ripped off b/c her friend told her that he didn't have to pay for reservations and he did a similar trip last year. I went ahead and paid for it, but I think I'll have to end my travels early b/c I really don't think this is allowed in the budget I made. I can't believe that we have to pay that much for reservations. I mean, traveling has been fun--though very exhausting--but I need to play it safe with my money for now.
posted by Novice Novelist | 6:47 PM
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