Arrival in The City of Love

NOTE: THIS PARIS TRIP TOOK PLACE FROM AUGUST 26TH TO AUGUST 31ST. I'VE JUST HAVEN'T BLOGGED ABOUT IT YET!

Sara and I hopped on the metro, ran to our train, rode the train for 3 hours, got on a different train for an hour, took a 20 minute bus ride, made it to the (freezing cold) Barcelona airport, slept on and off all night in the (freezing cold) airport, ate McDonalds for breakfast, boarded the plane, fell asleep before the plane took off, woke up upon landing, took an hour and a half bus ride to downtown Paris, hopped in the metro, walked a while and found Blaise's apartment. How's that for a quick summary of traveling to Paris.

Now, you may wonder who Blaise is. He is the guy we "couch surfed" with. Couch surfering is this website where you can message other people around the world and stay with them while you are traveling. It sounds creepy, I know...but it's free! So we found his flat and explored; it happened to be a studio type flat with a futon...and no bedroom. Sara and I were a little freaked out as to how sleeping would work and thought that maybe he would sleep at a friends place. No such luck...but I'll get to that later.

I showered and we hit the town...of course we figured we'd find the Eiffel Tower because they would have maps, etc. there and we could explore. We found it and then ended up at a part of town called the Trocadero, which has a fantastic view of the Eiffel Tower. We hung out there and saw some sweet breakdancing, including one of the dancers teaching a little kid how to dance like Michael Jackson. Blaise called Sara and came and met us. We ended up going for a walk to a different part of town for supper because it was cheaper.

After supper we went back to Blaises because we were super tired! Of course, the futon thing popped up in our minds. Turns out we were all sleeping on it together (it was a king sized futon, but still weird). I told Sara she was sleeping in the middle and she said, "fine." Anyway, Sara and I cuddled all weekend on half the futon and Blaise got the other half...it worked out fine!