the starrs

Thursday, February 16, 2012

My college roommate emailed me in October and said she had found some great airfare prices to fly to Paris. She wanted to know if I would want to meet her over there sometime in January. Since I had just found out Thomas would be deploying, my answer was a resounding YES. It seemed to take forever, but January finally rolled around, and I was off to Paris! I decided I wanted to try taking the train there rather than flying, so I booked my tickets on the Eurostar - the one that goes under the water through the Chunnel! I was pretty excited, but nervous about finding my way to the hotel in Paris once I got there. I took the train right from my little town, switched in London to the Eurostar and made it to Paris with no problems. I was armed with all my maps and walking directions from the metro stop straight to the hotel where I was meeting Debbie, and I made it there without having to ask directions once! My dad would be so proud. :)

I had heard some negative experiences about visiting Paris, so I tried to go in with very few expectations so that I wouldn't be disappointed. I shouldn't have worried though, because we had a blast! It was a very beautiful city, with great food, and all (OK, most) of the French people we encountered were extremely friendly and helpful.

We went on a walking tour, went up the Eiffel Tower, visited the Louvre, Museum d'Orsay, Museum L'Orangerie, Notre Dame, Saint Chappelle, and Palace of Versailles - and we were only there for four days! :) I apologize for the picture overload, but it was hard to narrow down all of the pictures we took!