Day 1 - 30/07/2014 - Paris!

Hello there world! So I said from the day we left that I would blog/note/keep a memoir of the fabulous trip around Europe Archie and I did in August with Interrail. 'Famous last words' eh? But! I finally (a month later) have got round to it woohoo!! I definitely didn't want to forget any of this though, it was the best month of my life! I'll start you off on out first day...

After a tearful goodbye with complementary hugs and kisses off my Mother and Sister (as they dropped us at the airport) myself and Archie hobbled off into Birmingham Airport, equipped with rucksack and all! Because its a tradition in my books, we just HAD to get a Burger King  and before we knew it, we sat in our gate awaiting to board the flight to Paris CDG. Funnily enough, whilst walking onto the plane we heard someone call Archie's name and coincidentally an old school friend, Tim Crump, was also on his way to Paris with his girlfriend. Now, at this point, I'm absolutely petrified. Not because of Tim Crump, but because I was on a plane, no option to get off, no way back. Uh Oh. I just hate the take off, I can't help think of that scene from Final Destination.

Safe and sound in Paris, and quite a while after passport control, we excitedly attempted to find out how to get into the center. I tried 'un peu francias' and soon realised it isn't a great hit with the locals. Eventually, we got this shuttle type thing and desperately asked a friendly looking guy for help! Haha and how nice he was! He used his phone to get us directions and considering we only knew half the name of our hostel, he did a pretty good job!  When we made it to 'Vintage Hostel' we were amazed as we opened our door to find a room to ourselves! With own bathroom, TV, BALCONY and free soap, towel and hair dryer! (This place included breakfast too for only €30 a night!) 

To make the most of our time (and 'cause we were starving hungry), we wandered out to get some dinner at a jazzy kinda cafe right on the corner and had the loveliest food. Onion soup with Croque Monsieur and Archie had fancy coconut chicken - mmmm. After that we headed for the Eiffel Tower but stopped off for a cheeky look at the Arc de Triomph first using our metro tickets. And then, after catching a glimpse of an ingenious shopping trolly that barbequed corn on the cob we hopped off the metro for le eiffle tower. I'd seen the tower before with the school, but not like this, not at night time! C'etait magnifique! We strolled back, stuck the telly on in the background, opened our balcony door for a cool breeze and had a lovely sleep.

Bon nuit!