Bonjour!

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I was in Paris this weekend with Jen, Tanya, Kyle, and Brian L. and it was amazing! I got about a half an hour of sleep before leaving, so I had been up for about 36 hours by the time we went to bed Thursday night. That didn't keep us from being busy! Here's a brief rundown of what we did...

Thursday:
*Serenaded by accordion players on our first train
*Dropped luggage off at Aloha Hostel, then went to the Eiffel Tower (20 minute walk or so from our hostel!)
*Notre-Dame
*Luxembourg (we just sat in the gardens for a short while)
*bed at 7:30 pm!!

Friday:
*Louvre for several hours
*Catacombs
*L'Arc de Triumph (climbed it too)
*Champs Elysees...admiring, no actual shopping 😞
*Eiffel Tower at night (to the top)

Saturday:
*Got lost on 3-4 trains to Versailles
*Made it to Versailles, but Brian, Tanya, and I decided not to spend the time/money to get in
*Shopped around Versailles
*Sacre-Coeur and more shopping on Montmartre
*Ate ice cream and walked by the river/Eiffel Tower
*Went to take a picture of Moulin Rouge at night

We were literally going one place to the next and it was EXHAUSTING. A lot of funny stuff happened in between (especially on the metro) and some annoying things happened as well. But we made it home safe and sound, and it was really easy to get around and figure things out. I hope Italy goes this well!

I will upload Paris pics to photobucket later when I have more time...and organize that into albums too. But for now I'm going to relax and go to bed early again!

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