Bon Jour everyone! So this week, after spending Monday through Wednesday in Edinburgh, eating leek and chicken pot pie, I got the chance to go to Paris for an extended weekend. My mom had meetings at the France office earlier in the week and invited me to fly down to visit (who can reject Paris I'll never know?!) On Thursday after class, around 2:30, I took a bus to the Edinburgh airport and flew to France. The flight was a bit bumpy, but only took 2 hours. Upon landing, I got into a taxi and drove to the hotel where my mom was staying. We were staying at the Hotel Astor, the closest monument would probably be the Arc de Triomphe. I was planning to take the train from Charles De Gaul airport into Paris, but
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