What a first day!! I'm so exhausted right now it's ridiculous...The plane ride was smooth, I slept maybe 2 hours before landing at Charles de Gaulle airport at 8am local time.. Someone from the OFQJ was waiting for me at the airport and drove me to the hostel in the South East of Paris where I ate croissants and cheese for breakfast... haha...
After setting up in my room, I made my way down to the lobby where I met other students from the exchange going to various places in France (Marseille, Reims, Grenoble...etc) One of the guys is actually going to Lyon, at my school, in my program, and quite possibly in the same residence... crazy... I also met a cute girl named Jade (pronouced in french).... but thats a story for another time.
Anyways we all decided to start visiting Paris together as a small group, So we took the metro (which is so amazing over here) to Opera Station which we were told was a good place to start. We visited the National Music Academy which is just gorgeous, walked through the streets to the royal court followed by The Entrance of the Louvre and finally we visited Notre Dame.
Already exhausted we stopped at a local grocery store where we bought some bread cheese and wine for dinner and made our way back to the hostel. At this point we'd been up for over 28 hours and some people decided to call it a night whereas I tagged along with a girl named Evelynn who had a friend living in Paris come pick us up to go eat at a nice restaurant.... The city is even more stunning at night!!
When I got back to the hostel, I tried calling the family with that stupid card but for some reason it's not working... maybe i'm just too tired... Anyways I managed to hijack a wireless signal from my room, so this is me saying:"I'm OK and in 1 piece"
Tomorow I plan on visiting the Eiffel Tower and hopefully the Catacombs
I'll try calling again tomorow mom don't worry HAHA.
O yeah.... it's 15Celcius over here
Martin
1 comment:
Martin,
Happy you had a good day. This is the fourth time I'm trying to write you a message, hopefully it will work.
Your first day was fantastic. Seem like you have done quite a bit. I told you the metro system in Paris is incredible.
I'm glad you met people immediately and that you all went out as a group.
By the way the picture, is it Jade or Evelyne. You know your dad, just want to know! ha ha ha
Last night I stayed up and surfed the Charles de Gaulle Airport to see if you would land on time.
Just checking up on you remotely.
Maybee google earth can have a satellite so I can watch your every move. It must exist I know Jack use the satellite all the time.
The habs are not playing this week, so nothing to report. Too bad you will miss the parade.
Love you
Papa
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