“Paris is a world capital of art, fashion, food, literature, and ideas, it stands as a symbol of all the fine things that a human civilization can offer”
We arrive to the main station Paris on a sunny afternoon, got our 3-day “Mo-pass” and we were off to our hotel. Paris hostels do not have the best reputation so we found a hotel with a private room for super cheap! The hotel ended up being really really nice and it included breakfast!!! Once we got settled we relaxed a little bit at our hotel, booked a few hostels, and then got ready for a big night. We decided to go on the Paris Pub Crawl. Pub crawls are a great way to meet other travelers.
Before the pub crawl we got some dinner at a very cute French restaurant. We got a 3 course meal for 8 Euro! That is a HUUGEE deal. The French onion soup was amazing! After dinner we met the pub crawl group in the center of the city and within minutes we were off to our first bar. We ended up meeting a whole group of people from San Francisco, some girls from LA, and 2 really awesome girls from London. We ended up hanging out with them for the rest of the night. The pub crawl ended up at a really nice club. Ash and I walked in and immediately a guy that worked at the club asked us if we wanted to be VIP. Of course we said “YES” and went into this really cool area. It basically had a bottle of alcohol at every table with mixers and ice. So we were able to make our own drinks for the rest of the night. It was a very late but great night!
The next day we slept in and took it super easy. It was nice to get a day to catch up on sleep. That night we took the Mo to see the infamous EIFFEL TOWER! It actually was build a hundred years ago with no function but to impress, and impress us it did. It is one of the most spectacular monuments I have ever seen. At night it lights up and when the clock hits 10 it sparkles for 5 minutes. When it sparkles it takes your breath away. After being in awe for a few hours we grabbed some French fries and ice cream and made our way back to the hotel.
Day 3 in Paris we did it all. We started our day off with the “Fat Tire Bike Tour.” If you remember we went with the same company in Berlin and had a super time. We loved the experience so much we went again. This time with a 2 Euro discount because we are loyal customers. We saw the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sainte Chapelle, the Louvre, The Army Museum, Luxembourg Garden, the Pantheon, the Arc de Triomphe, the finish line of the Tour de France, and a woman with the shortest shorts we have ever seen!!! For lunch we stopped off at a café in a park and had some savory crepes. We ended the bike tour at the Eiffel Tower then we were off to the Louvre to visit Mona Lisa. The Louvre is Europe‘s oldest, biggest, greatest, and second-most-crowded museum housed in 16th century palace. The Louvre has over a million pieces of artwork. If a person spent one minute looking at every piece it would take them over 9 months to see them all! Crazy right?! We saw Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, David and Goliath, Aphrodite, and Napoleon’s apartment.
After the Louvre we made our way back to the Eiffel tower to climb all the way up to the top! Obviously the best view of Paris. It took our breath away for 3 reasons:
1. The climb was LONG and hard
2. It was sooo high we got vertigo
3. The view was amazing
After visiting the top off the Eiffel tower we went to the huge lawn area at the base. This is were a ton of locals and tourists grab a bottle of wine and a blanket and wait for the light show. Ash and I bought a bottle of wine and laid back and enjoyed the show. The sky was so blue with a few clouds that it made the view of the Eiffel tower even more beautiful then the day before. It was soooo romantic ash and I decided to take a very special picture:
The next day we were off to Barcelona and wow we have a SCARY train story for you!!!
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