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Paris has started out on such a better note than London did, it's ridiculous. I arrived at the airport at 6 where the transport once again gave me a hard time, but it's always hard the first time in a new city. They're all completely different. From there I struggled my way to the hostel and met Devon and Chris. A wicked little reunion was had and we headed to the room to catch up. Turns out i've missed out on a lot. But that's all well and good because i still have a ton of time to catch up. Now less about the friends, and more about paris.<br/><br/>

Paris, on the eiffel tower and in the subway.

Dustin_keating
2005-12-23 15:35:08

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Paris has started out on such a better note than London did, it's ridiculous. I arrived at the airport at 6 where the transport once again gave me a hard time, but it's always hard the first time in a new city. They're all completely different. From there I struggled my way to the hostel and met Devon and Chris. A wicked little reunion was had and we headed to the room to catch up. Turns out i've missed out on a lot. But that's all well and good because i still have a ton of time to catch up. Now less about the friends, and more about paris.

Turns out the hostel i booked sucked *says devon and chris*. This may have a lot to do with the fact that Devon got us, and himself, into a huge fight with 2 aussies and 2 americans. In all honesty they were knobs, but i would have personally preferred to continue on good terms. By the end of the night one fat american wanted to fight us (we gracefully declined his offer), and the other 3 just thought a whole lot less of Canada and the skinny white guys. Believe me, it's not as big a loss as you think.

From the shitty hostel (hotel republique/basfroi), we headed to another hostel, peace and love. This hostel was much better, the receptionist/bartender was really nice and the rooms were decent. Once checked in there, we decided it was time to bite the bullet and try and see everything paris has to offer. The decision to walk to most of them was a really bad idea (Paris is much bigger than it looks on the map) but we ended up at the "circle of death". If you're thinking "the circle of death doesn't exist", you're right. It's what we nick named this place where you can stand and see a lot of the paris monuments/museums. Which included the eiffel tower, the louvre and the arc de triumph. Pretty decent if you consider how far they are apart.We walked the louvre grounds and decided we'd go in another day, because it closed in 40 minutes. Once we realized ...