Day 16

Paris sous la pluie! Paris in the rain!


I arrived last night to Paris but booked a hostel in one of the ghetto parts of the city, and was warned to not go out at night alone. So I made the responsible choice and went to bed early. The annoying thing was my hostel was connected to the bar below us and I could hear all the loud music all night long. It wouldn't have been that bad expect I heard black eye peas just about every other song! So this morning I moved to the hostel with my Sherbrooke friends! Which is great, Claudia, Alain and Cynthia and very welcoming and easy to get along with.

Our first stop was the Opera house which was beautiful! Very glamorous building and one of my favourite buildings thus far on the trip. Next we visited a famous shopping mall named Lafayette which was packed with every famous and expensive designer possible. Very depressing to walk through, especially while I am in running shoes and a rain coat while the fashionistas of Paris give you dirty looks up and down wearing Prada heels and Gucci bags. Bitches!

After lunch we broke off and Claudia and myself headed over to see the Notre Dame church which was huge. With extremely high walls and colourful painted glass windows. After we moved over to the Bastille and the Pantheon and looked around in some camping stores to find my sleeping bag and tent for my volunteer program. I would have bought what I needed except I didn't feel like paying over 200 euros for a silly tent. Think of the clothes I could buy with that!! Okay so maybe not that much with the prices in Paris but still way over my backpackers budget.

Tomorrow is the big day, we are planning to see Versailles, (which is in my top 5 places to see in Europe), as well as the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower (I know I have been in Paris over 24 hours and STILL have not gone to the Eiffel Tower!) We are praying for no rain tomorrow, and at this point I would even take half a day of no rain to be honest. Either way I will be out enjoying Paris rain or shine! Bed for now, tomorrow is another 7am wake up!