Paris, Day 1

Well, here I am, sitting in our hotel room at the foot of Montmartre. After twelve hours of traveling through airports and about an hour-long wait to get through Immigration, we took a 45 minute bus ride from Charles de Gaulle to the Rue de la Fayette where we took a 6€ taxi trip to our hotel. At that point, it was about 9AM Paris time, which means my body is six hours behind. And fortunately for us, due to a mistake by our travel agent, we were able to get to our hotel room as soon as we got there that morning. We were all dead tired.

Mom and Dad really wanted some fruit for breakfast, so we walked to a supermarché nearby and bought three peaches for our breakfast for a total of 2,80€. Which was super cheap compared to the 11€ the hotel wanted to charge us per person to get the breakfast buffet. Even though that looked delicious too.

One of the best things about being here so far has been my ability to communicate with the French people. Last time I came to France, I would try to speak French, and the people would just switch automatically to English as soon as they spoke. I must have improved a lot since then because I have spoken French to several people now and they always answer in French—and I can understand them! It’s so great!

So after eating our delicious peaches, we decided to take a nap to try to get our bodies to catch up with us. Our beds felt so good. Seriously. Like. Amazing.

So we slept for an hour and a half and only had four people try to come into our room! And when I say try, I mean that they unlocked our door and started to come in until they saw me lying on my bed. I’m not sure how that many different people can get in to our room when the door is locked, but I hope it’s not a recurring theme during our trip. It was a little crazy, and definitely not the best sleep I’ve ever had.

Then we walked up Montmartre to see the Basilica of Sacré Cœur and the amazing view it offers of Paris. Mom and Dad got to see their first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower, and we walked around and found a little Brasserie where we ate some salads and drank some carafe d’eau.

Now we’re back in our hotel room and Mums and Pops are taking another nap while I type this up. I think our plan is to go to the Louvre tonight and look at the outside and then take a leisurely stroll along the Seine.

Ahh, Paris!