Today was THE travel day. We had to get on our train, and then make a 7 minute switch onto the next to get to Paris. It was super stressful and there was a lot of general agitation, but luckily it was a small station and everyone helped each other out, so we made it. There is a certain level of teamwork involved that only a group of 30 college kids who have been through what we have can accomplish. We all grew up really fast, but we did it together.
Once we got to Paris we had to ride the metro to get to our hotel, and one of the guys got pickpocketed. He was lucky, because his id and passport along with his extra credit card were all in his money necklace. We were able to call and cancel the card within 10 minutes, partly because Marc is just on the ball with this stuff. It just didn't start us off right though.
We got to our hotel, which is very fancy other than the room being SO small. Marietta and I share a bed, but it's really the only thing that fits in the room. My suitcase doesn't even fit; we can't open the bathroom door open the whole way with it in here. But we make do. It's clean, and they feed us breakfast!
We went on our walking tour of the city, and it was then that we realized Paris is not going to be the warm and balmy temperature we were used to in Italy. I'm going to have to buy myself a hoodie tomorrow.
We saw notre dame, and Marc showed us a little eating area and oriented us to where our hotel is. I had a crepe, my first ever, which was good but i now know to get salt and pepper.
we found a really pretty bridge with a lovely view of the moon... A bunch of rats playing, but I was told I wasn't allowed to get near them... And a bunch of live music again, my favorite.
Bad news though; it looks like Ted and Mary beth aren't coming back after all. They both were dealing with some medical issues, and just found out that Ted won't be able to return. Right now we have kristie from study abroad, but we don't know who is replacing her while we're in England.
Moral of the story- I'm in Paris!
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