Channing and I have made it safely to Paris, unharmed but a little tired. We ended up staying out all night since our flight left at 6 AM and we needed to be at the airport by 4:30. And good news, we didn;t have to run to catch our plane! WAHOO!
Upon getting to Paris yesterday we met up with our host Mathieu and dropped off our stuff at his house and went into the city. He took us to this nice little cafe where we had lunch (although only after we waited for an hour because nothing opens until 12--what the heck Paris?!) and it was delicious! I had sausages and sauerkraut and Channing had coq (pronounced cock) aka chicken. Mathieu really liked the coq as well.
We then went around the city on a quest to shop but alas Channing and I were so tired we couldn't even focus. We're in the Galeries de Lafayette and we can't even get the desire to shop! Sad day, but we decided to go back and nap which was a good plan seeing as we hadn't had any sleep up to this point.
We then went to Mathieu's friends' house and hung out to celebrate one of their birthdays. It was super fun and we ended up going to Notre Dame at night and watching the street performers and attempting to speak French (at least I was, Channing is really good at it). All in all it was a fun night and we made a lot of new friends!
One low note though: Channing got her wallet and iPhone stolen on the metro to downtown but thankfully they didn't take her passport or the cash she had. Stupid thief! So we're good, and everything was cancelled asap thanks to the wonderful power of technology!
But that was our first day in Paris, and now we're ready for our second! We want to go take a picnic on the lawn in front of the Eiffel Tower so we're off to make that happen! Pictures will be posted soon :)
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