One night in paris..

Paris , the city of romance , lights and sketchy street hawkers..ahhh it feels like it was yesterday / oh wait it was yesterday .. At last ! I started traveling agian and my first destination was paris .. i woke up early because my train from carcasonne was leaving at 8 that morning.. After getting my first salary ever and already dreaming of the wind in my hair when i stand on the effil tower I realize that i had forgotten my camara .. did i get a bit rusty with this whole traveling thing.. anyway so im on then train to paris without a camara a very heavy backpak and 6 bottels of wine ofcourse hehe what i would nt do for good frence red wine !

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Ok so i had it all planned out ; I first go to the reservation desk to book my ticket to florance , then take a relaxed stroll to my hostel where i ll be staying the next 3 days ::: I dont think so !! or thats what i understood from the french woman behind the desk when she said that all the trains to italy is full for the next 2 weeks !! now my brain is going like OOO fok wat anders ;; ek moet vrydag in italie wees kinda thing.. So I go outside to get some fresh air and to come up with a solution // so maybe maybe i could go via another place in france i thought // dijon , cognac , toulosse no there all full ; wat about NICE ( i remember it from the lame vodacom advert ) and YES i got the last seat on the train!! theres only one catch though it leaves the next morning at 8 00 //  paris is huge / and i have exactly 16 hours to see and experiance as much as i can::

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After a well lekker cold beer and some intens reading through my rough guid to europe i deside that i would do 2 things :: Go to the louvre ( run in see the mona lisa run out ) and meet lisa markus and liesbet at the effil tower at 7 00 // on my way to the loyvre i bought a very nice new camara and dahm the thing could stop taking pictures when i say the giant glass piramid of the louvre .. surprizingly there was no Q because there where hundreds of people standing outside ;;; It was amazing ! my eyes got swore after about 1 hour of brisk walking in absolute admiration :: Liberty leading the people  , rodin , michelangelo and of cours davinci s mona lisa;;

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I could see the effil tower from the louvre so i thought id just walk , no that was a bit misleading !! i walked and walked and walked and finally as i went around the corner ;;there the infamouse effil tower stood in front of me ( mental note : i imagined paris alot warmer ) It was 5 to 7 so i was just in time and very exited to see lisa , markus and liesbet agian ;; Standing under such a structure is mindblowing ; 7 15 ; my neck went numb as i stared up the 300 meter wolke krabber 7 30  Bought a littel effil tower from a street hawker just before the police chashed them all away 7 45 finally lisa , markus and liesbet apear in the distance.. it was a great feeling seeing fimilar faces agian .. We disided to go up to the top and as we went higher and higher the all the people in the lifts faces lit up in amazement.. it was a beauti ful view from the top but when the lights went on everybody just couldt stop staring at the tower ; it was mezorizing /  and the littel rat from ratatouille and the face of Amelie went through my head; pari oh pari heheh

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Afterwards lisa markus and i went back to my hostel to have a few drinks.. markus had a very good time after he finished all my absinth ( its not the real stuff  )  hehe it was loads of fun having goeie afrikaanse geselskap .. I should have gone to bed when lisa and markus left but hey one night in paris right ;; gotto make the most of it // so i met some cool guys from allover and we partyed the night away

I alarm woke me up this morning at 6 to catch the train .. met n moerse babelas!! hehe  slep on trains lugage rack though and felt mucth better afterwards;; Now im in NICE which really isnt that nice , and its cold / im taking an overnight train to florance tonight and cant wait to wake up in italy ..

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The life of a back packer is a tuff but rewarding one ;; off to italy , not noing what to expect and loving it   

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