after a very long twelve hours, we have made it to paris! the seven hour flight wasn't too bad, and we were able to sleep a little bit which was nice. we arrived in paris around 10am this morning local time. everything upon our arrival was almost too easy... there was hardly a line at customs, our bags arrived (we were a little worried kate's might have been lost in the connection from halifax) and we exited to find the train station. we were able to purchase our tickets, find the right train and get on it without asking for help once!! we were bound to encounter a problem by the time we arrived at the central paris station. we think we were scammed by a guy who was awfully helpful to us, but we aren't really sure. he led us to a ticket machine and explained the type of pass we should get, and before we had really said yes or no, he had shoved his OWN credit card in the machine to make the payment. it ended up being about thirty euros each for this three day p
ass, and we thought we had been totally ripped off, but it turns out it is for the metro, the bus systems, and the RER trains which can take us all over the city and to versailles, so we might be OK. it was unsettling though, and it certainly taught us to be careful of friendly strangers!! we made it to the hostel on the metro, and now we are waiting for our room to be ready at 2pm to freshen up before heading out and hopefully visiting the eiffel tower and getting some much needed food and coffee!! its looking a little grey outside, but paris is lovely already. the trees are all changing colour and they line the streets. we can't wait to explore!
after a very long twelve hours, we have made it to paris! the seven hour flight wasn't too bad, and we were able to sleep a little bit which was nice. we arrived in paris around 10am this morning local time. everything upon our arrival was almost too easy... there was hardly a line at customs, our bags arrived (we were a little worried kate's might have been lost in the connection from halifax) and we exited to find the train station. we were able to purchase our tickets, find the right train and get on it without asking for help once!! we were bound to encounter a problem by the time we arrived at the central paris station. we think we were scammed by a guy who was awfully helpful to us, but we aren't really sure. he led us to a ticket machine and explained the type of pass we should get, and before we had really said yes or no, he had shoved his OWN credit card in the machine to make the payment. it ended up being about thirty euros each for this three day p
ass, and we thought we had been totally ripped off, but it turns out it is for the metro, the bus systems, and the RER trains which can take us all over the city and to versailles, so we might be OK. it was unsettling though, and it certainly taught us to be careful of friendly strangers!! we made it to the hostel on the metro, and now we are waiting for our room to be ready at 2pm to freshen up before heading out and hopefully visiting the eiffel tower and getting some much needed food and coffee!! its looking a little grey outside, but paris is lovely already. the trees are all changing colour and they line the streets. we can't wait to explore!
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So glad to hear from you guys! Very exciting... :) See you in less than a week!
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