Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Friday in Paris

Mindy had the day off on Friday, so she took me on a grand tour of Paris :)

First stop: Trocadero.
This is one of the biggest tourist spots in town. Everyone comes here to get a picture-perfect shot of the Tour Eiffel (yes, good job, "Eiffel Tower" in English - French really isn't all that complicated :P haha... hah..)

We spent some more time at the Eiffel Tower, while I snapped photos like there was no tomorrow...

Me standing in Trocadero square

A little tower in Paris you may have heard of...

...and again

Paris Update!

Keep your eyes out for more photos! I've been taking SO many pictures while I've been here, it's been hard to upload/sift through them all.

Anyway, here's how my stay in Paris has been going:

Thursday (the 9th):

Left the Avignon train station for Paris! Unfortunately, the car I was supposed to be in was all full... turns out some army guys from Nice were in there, and all their bags were taking up a lot of room :( However, someone let me have their seat while they went upstairs and sat in the bar, which was nice; yet sufficiently awkward :P

I arrived in Paris a-okay, and David (for those on my Dad's side, he's my cousin Mindy's husband) was at the Gare du Lyon (a train station in Paris) to pick me up. Everything went well, and we found Mindy in the giant station, then we headed to Chez David & Mindy. Their place is owned by David's hockey team; it's for the international players on the team. There's another couple who live with David & Mindy, who are from Quebec and are very nice.

We finished the day off with some good ol' ratatouille (my favourite French dish :D - although crepes do come pretty close...) and figured out what we were going to the next day...