Traveling and Paris!!!

Day 6 and 7

Bojour and bonswar! 

So on the 7th because we all know I barely know the date much less the day! I think it's Wednesday but honestly I have no idea! Anyways on that day we had class... Which sucked as usual. But I was going to wake up early shower... Maybe take myself out for breakfast but I swear it is IMPOSSIBLE to goto bed before 2 am and more realistically 3am which would be fine if we could sleep in a little but no such luck! 5 alarms went off, 5 people ignored them all, and we woke up at 8:57 for our 9:00 class. Awesome. So went to class. Packed like a maniac after, didn't have time to finish lunch, briskly walked to the train. Did got my doughnuts though!!! And oh my god they are amazing. Like if I had to plan my last meal ever... They will definately be there. I can't even put it into words how good they were. You'll just have to take my word for it! I'm getting more in 4 days! And everyday until we leave! 

So then we got on the train off the train on the train off the train about 6 times until we got to Paris. Traveling with 9 people is crazy stressful especially with she who shall not be named. Its like travelling with an evil version of my mother. EVIL. So Arleigh, Julie and I went and grabbed a beer in between trains and then sat in a different cabin. Ahhh so peaceful. I wEnt up to pay for our beers and I got swarmed by like 4 men... I started talking and they were like oh wow! You speak English very well! Hahha of course I do. It was funny. When we got off the train They found us again though. When we got to Paris we had to figure out the metro station which luckily I bought an app on my phone with an interactive map. Completely worth the $1.00! Life saver! Made it to our hotel.. The mariott on the champs de élysées! Google it... Ahhhh-mazing! Living the lapse of luxury! Well kinda... Sleeping 3 to a queen bed and 2 on the floor sucks! But hey we had a privae entrance to our room and our own wing! Just our 2 rooms! And the shower! I already miss it! Won't see that again for a while! Right by the arc de triumph! So then we went to eat because some of us hadn't eaten all day and it's now midnight. Had the most delicious ham and cheese sandwich toasted with the cheese on top! Sooo good! Then off to bed... but once again she who shall not be named sat on the end of the bed and did god knows what and kept us awake until 4am. Ugh so up at 7 to avoid travelling  with a giant group. 

So paree! 
Woke up Eaaaaarly! Ug so early. But headed out with Arleigh and Julie and headed toward the direction of the Eiffel tower! Grabbed a croissant au choclaut along the way and finally found it! So amazing! We bought tickets and took a tram/ elevator to the top! The most amazing views of paree! Don't worry we got some great pics... More pics than we are going to know what to do with! Got down grabbed a sandwich from this adorable little shop and then got a bottle of wine. The shop keeper offered to open it their hahah how well he knows us. Got on a bus with an open roof and toured around the city! Which was so much fun! Stopped at the miser de louvre. Hah so we were walking around the outside of this giant castle looking thing looking for the museum and arleigh is telling me that that is probably it... Meanwhile I'm looking for a giant glass pyramid which I've heard is the entrance. Still walking around the outside of the castle.. Ask this African man where it is. Won't tell us until we help africa. Help Africa. He points to the castle hahah. So now they think I'm crazy about the glass pyramid. Walk into the castle thing and into this giant square walk and they are giving me so much crap about the pyramid and we look through the next entrance onto a giant glass pyramid!!! Hahhah it was pretty great. It was closed but we were too poor to go in anyway. Back on the bus to the norte dame cathedral. Toured it. Saw Americas next top model???? We think being filmed. Don't worry it's documented. Back on the bus drove around. Went to the opera which the auditorium was closed for rehersal and by this time we are exhausted!!! Finished the tour and didn't get back of the bus until the palace I wanted to go in. No one else wanted to so we walked home. I limped home. We have walked SO much that my right foot has some serious bruises just where the flip flop lies. Ow it hurts so bad. Have tennis shoes on now and still in a ton a pain. Guess I'm not wearing those shoes for a week or so. Got to the hotel and all climbed into bed. Took a 3.5 hour nap hah and went to dinner. We are always rushing here... Trains, buses, reservations, Eiffel tower lights. Always running to our next spot. Met up with the whole group for our dinner in Paris which was soo good! Crab cakes. Hake which is a fish and rice, and amaretto cherry rice pudding stuff. All delicious! 

Walked home and stopped at mc. Donalds (the only place with free wifi) and booked our hostel in Amsterdam! 10 person room... We fill 6 of that right in the red light district hahaha. Should be an experience! 

Got the group together and headed off to the Eiffel tower to see the twinkly lights. Don't be fooled into thinking that is an easy process... Took about an hour to round everyone up. As usual. Walked there and saw the lights as we were so close. More running. Missed em. They are only on for 5 min on the hour so we waited an hour and took some pics in the mean time. More from the group showed up... Lights went off. Ooohed and ahhhhed and then walked fast home to get away from the drunk ones and she who shall not be named. Had a nice walk home with Andrew, Jake and Julie! Went to "bed" but didn't really until about 3am. Again. 

Woke up at 7 and figured out what trains we needed to take. Not easy. got another amaZing breakfast at a little bakery and once again briskly walked/ ran to make the metros and our train. We are on our way to bruges Belgium now. 

This whole experience is just hilarious! It is just so humorous to deal with the language barrier! Sitting in the bathroom listening to Arleigh try and order a beer... "beer do you have beer? On tap?" Confussion... They don't understand tap. "Well where is it?" Like whAt is it out of? Hahha

It's all just humorous. I feel like a dog. I've got my five words I know. Thank you. Good morning. Good evening. Bless you. Please. The end. That's all I've got hahha. It's too funny. And no matter how slow or clear they speak.. I've got nothing. I will never again speak to someone slower in hopes they understand. They don't. It does make for some great stories though... 
I'll give you one more. 
We get on the train and Arleigh goes to find the bathroom which is downstairs. Julie and I are just sitting there talking and we hear her "water? Water?" hahah we are all confussed on why she wants water? Well the name for bathrooms here is water closet (aka WC) and she couldn't remember the closet part and he had no idea what she was saying. So funny just to hear her though!!
hope all is well back home! I'm having the time of my life out here! See you in bruges :)