BEST WESTERN Aurore
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Old Friends, Paris
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Said goodbye to the guys as well that afternoon. Exchange seems like so long ago now so it was nice to see the guys again just to make sure it wasn't just an awesome dream =P. Don't think we ever had that much in common but was nice to just reminisce about Sweden and to hear that they were all doing well =).
Wandered along the Seine a little bit more to my favourite bridge in Paris (Pont des Arts) and of course Sin Ki and Brian needed ...
It's About To Go Down.
... did ride the metro and NOT get lost. It was a pretty awesome experience to see the graffiti and the differences in stations. Some are nice and some look scary as ****. But luckily, I had made good friends with someone who is a fluent French speaker. And thank goodness I have a good sense of direction. We finally made it to Notre Dam but we were hungry, so we sat and ate. Mm mm mm. I had steak and frites, which was delicious as hell. And escargot, yum yum. ...
Arrival in Paris
... of course and we decided to pay the 9 Euros each to climb to the top. I’ve got to say that it is a lot bigger than what I remember and the spiral stairs going up seem to go on forever. It was worth the effort however with wonderful views down all the avenues and of course the Champs Elysee. When we got down a ceremony was starting so we stayed on to watch. I’m not sure whether this is done every day but it seemed to be ...
Paris in the Rain
Today was the second day of the course. Stephen came to see if he could change into my course, which the professeur, Kristyna, was happy to arrange. We carried on from where we left off yesterday, though this led to us spending a lot of time on things I know while, like the use of ne__pas. Plus, the dreaded audio lessons came out towards the end. While I acknowledge their educational value, I find them intensely annoying and find they are repeated too ...
Flowers and food...that was our day.
... into the ticket office and started to wait in line while I went and found us breakfast. The line ended up moving very quickly, so we made it on a 10:20 train to Vernon. From there, we caught the bus to Giverny. We walked the 5 minutes to Monet's house, stood in a very short line to get in, and walked through the house. When we left the house, we went to the gardens. It was raining on and off while we were there, but ...