Paris!

Sadly there will be no pictures, I got home to find out they all got messed up and wont open on my computer. I do however have a few from friends...

The bus ride to Paris was interesting. We left around 10pm and got in at 9AM, thanks to the fact that we missed our chunnel train by a few minutes and ended up waiting until 3AM to catch the next one. Once we got into Paris, we made our way into the city via the metro and walked around for awhile to get our bearings straight and figure out where to go. We ended up seeing the grand palace, louvre, notre dame, and then split up for lunch. I saw a friend for lunch and ended up taking a rest for a bit since it was impossible to sleep on the bus. Then I met up with a friend who had taken the train from London and we got an extremely nice french meal with wine, cheese, and french fries! (Even though theyre not really french...) After that was the eifel tower, arche de triumphe and finally, the hotel! Getting to the hotel was a bit of an adventure. We stayed about 15 minutes outside Paris since it was a. cheaper and b. within walking distance (see: about a 45 minute walk...) of the music festival we were going to. After making our way through the backroads of suburbia we crashed for the night so we could be well rested for the festival. The festival was just as amazing as I'd expected since so many of my favorite artists were there. After my friends left around 6pm I made some new (english speaking!) friends from UCSB who happened to be studying in Paris. After the festival I made my way back to the hotel and went to sleep because we had to get up at 7AM to make our way across Paris to the station. After traveling 8 hours back and under the English Channel I can say that the trip albeit a little short was more than I could have asked for. The food was expensive, the locals a bit rude, but the sights/sounds/smells were so unique! I know I will be back soon... with new friends, and a newfound love for Paris, I'll be back (and with bus tickets at just over $60 round trip), who could say no to another weekend in Paris?