Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 393

You can't go to Europe without visiting Paris. Cobbled streets, delicious food and delightfully strange people, what is there not to love? The city itself is full of history and gorgeous scenes from the past. My first visit to Paris was shortly after I arrived in London, for Bjorn's 30th birthday. From London, the cheapest and easiest way to get to Paris is via Eurostar. The Eurostar Terminal in Paris is located at Gare du Nord, which is right in the heart of Paris. From the main train station, the Metro is just a short navigation through (sometimes) confusing tunnels. The Metro itself is fairly easy to navigate, if not a little confusing when it comes to trying to figure out where the hell you should be going (there are a lot of stations) but once ... read more

Todo empezó la primera vez que fuimos a París... a partir de ahí se abrió una gran curiosidad por conocer otros paises, por ver diferentes culturas, por mezclarnos con la gente. Nos hospedamos en el Hotel Darcet, en el barrio de Montmartre. Estuvimos en París durante 8 increíbles días, en los que disfrutamos como enanos. Vimos muchos rincones de la ciudad, vimos Eurodisney, Versailles, pasamos un día entero en el museo del Louvre. Desde muy temprano por la mañana saliamos hasta muy tarde por la noche, sin apenas descanso y disfrutando de cada imagen que nos pasaba por la retina. No sé si es porque fue el primero, pero la ciudad nos enamoró!... read more

Yeah, we are still in Paris, but this internet s so cheap, and we keep finishing up the day so much earlier than in London, that this just seems like the best thing to do. Today was a fun day. We had planned last night to be waking up at around 8:00, and so we set the alarm as such. It went off as planned, however, I insisted that, as I was very tired, we sleep for five more minutes. They passed far to quickly, so I aksed for another ten.... needless to say, we woke up at 9:45.... yeah, go us. Its okay though, we needed to sleep in a bit. So it was good. After we woke up, we made our way to the train station and off we went to Versailles. This was ... read more

I have returned! So, once again I will apologise for the cut off on the last entry, stupid fascist computer... trying to stop me from expressing myself.... Anyway, today was a very good day, except the whole part where I had to get up at 7:30. Early mornings should be abolished... (if and when I rule the world... the first thing to go...) So we woke up today, and got dressed and such. I am so in love with our hostel this time! It is just so quaint. Another bonus is that it is clean, which, I actually came to realise aids in my cockroach count for the trip being as low as it is, a wonderfully fabulous ZERO!!!! I cannot expres my joy that I have not yet seen even one trace of a roach. ... read more

Okay, it's me again, but this time I have a longer time to figure out this ridiculous keyboard - every letter is in the wrong place and it took me forever to find the @ sign. Yeesh. So last we wrote we were still in London, staying at that godforsaken hostel. I need to vent about it, so here are all the horrible things in point form: Our beds looked like they were picked up at a garage sale, 1/2 price; they were squeaky and uncomfortable and the top bunks didnt have railings so Sarah damn near rolled right off the bed. The carpet looked as if it had also been picked up at a garage sale but this time for free and nobody has ever bothered to vacuum since. This horrible girl in our room ... read more