Paris

Day two was a free day in Paris! The day started with breakfast at the hotel. They had chocolate filled crossoints, toast with jam, yogurt and Nutella! It was delicious and a very good break from Ginger Hotel breakfast. Our bus dropped us off at the louvre museum at nine. I explored by foot in the morning with Erica, Hilary and Seohae. Hilary is from Australia and the other two are from South Korea. It was fun to talk with them throughout the day and learn about their culture and life. 

It was a beautiful day. People were complaining about the heat but I was loving it because It was much cooler and not as humid as chennai. It was warm and sunny and I wasn't sweating! 

I experienced the bad side of Paris when I was approached by two guys who wanted me to sign their petition because I speak English. They each grabbed one of my arms and were right on me. I knew that they were bad news and kind of spun to get them off of me. I walked away to join the other girls. I felt for my front pocket of my shorts to grab my phone and take a picture and realized my phone was gone! The guys had taken it out of my pocket in the commotion of trying to get me to sign their petition. My heart stopped and I was like shoot!! The guys were lingering about fifty feet from me so I ran over to them and harshly demanded my phone back. They laughed and wanted me to sign their petition paper. I refused to sign and demanded my phone back. After laughing with each other they gave me my phone back. I was relieved to get it back but nervous that they took it so easily and without me noticing. The rest of the day I didn't put it in my pocket and was even more careful. The whole event shook me up a little. But we continued on our day and exploring Paris! Here are some picture collages from my day.

Around one in the afternoon Hilary and I went on a boat ride on the seine river. The river goes through Paris by a lot of the major sites. I met a mother and daughter from Las Vegas on the boat. It was nice to talk to another American. 

After the boat tour I got a Nutella crepe! It was the most delicious crepe I've ever had! Hilary and I sat under the Eiffel Tower and enjoyed our creeps. 

In the afternoon I went on a bike tour of Paris. It was nice to be back on a bike and a relaxing way to see Paris. Our tour guide was from Nevada but has been living in Paris for two years with her French husband, what a life?! 

We had a picnic dinner in the park by the Eiffel Tower. There was really good cheese and crackers with dinner! The view of the Eiffel Tower never got old.

After dinner a group of us ventured to the top of the Eiffel Tower. We climbed the stairs to the first floor. Just as we arrived the sun was about to set. So we hurried to the second floor to watch it. I felt like I was racing the sun haha but the sunset was beautiful! 

We then got in line to take the lift to the very top! The view of the city from the top was beautiful! Everything was lit up!

It was a fun filled day in paris. It is still unreal to me that I am back in Europe! I am loving it though! Today we are headed to a town in the Swiss alps in Switzerland! The views from the bus driving in have already been beautiful so I am excited to arrive.