Paris!

Over the weekend I went on a trip to Paris. It almost every study abroad student went so there were about 70 of us. I got to take the Eurostar and it only took about 2 hours so that was cool. We stayed in a decent hotel by the Gare de Lyon train station. It was a completely different area from where I stayed two years ago. We were right by a Metro station so that was cool. The first night we all went on a boat cruise down the Seine. Even though I had been on one before it was still cool and this time it was at night. The next day we all had to wake up bright and early to go on a bus tour of the city. Afterwards my friends and I went up the Eiffel Tower, which I never did when I was there.  After that we made our way to the Louvre. Even though it is February it was still very crowded. We didn't spend much time in there which I didn't mind since I had been there before and we were all exhausted. We decided to go back to the hotel and take a nap then get ready to go out to dinner. We went out to dinner near our hotel at a place called Hippopotamus. The food was pretty good but the service was terrible but it was probably the girls first day so we didn't complain. We were going to meet up with a friend of a friend and go out but we were tired so we went back to the hotel. On Sunday we woke up early yet again to go to the Catacombs to beat the line. When we got there we didn't realize it was right across the street from the Metro so we wandered around for about an hour and finally found it. It was really cool and amazing at how many bones were down there. I was glad we went because the Catacombs were also a place I never got to go to when I was there two years ago. After the Catacombs we made our way to the Marais and got some falafel! It was still as good as last time and I am so glad we found it. We wandered around the Marais for a while and then decided to go back over by the Louvre so my friend could buy some souvenirs. Yet again we were exhausted and decided to just sit for a while. Overall it was a pretty fun trip and I am happy I got to go back to Paris!