On the Road Again!!

Sonntag 5 July

Cori and i were up till...hmm.... about 4am. Well, Cori I actually think later. I "pulled a Cori," and passed out on her bedroom floor as she finalized everything for our trip to Paris. This morning we woke up around 7 and hit the road for Paris!!!! YEP! PARIS! The city of ... EVERYTHING! It was only a 5hr drive to reach the city, and a beautiful drive it was. I don't know if any car ride could ever beat the view of Europes country side. ... I think I fell asleep for some of this drive, yea, pretty sure. lol. Sorry Cori.  

Getting gas was our first stop in France. We both needed to use the lou, fill up the tank, scrape off all the bug guts from the windshield and place our feet on french soil.

We had a few more hours to go in the car, and the excitement was just building up. We kept driving, passing through several tolls, and taking in all the beautiful scenery.

FINALLY- we made it!  We made it to Paris, the architecture was amazing, the air was crisp, and the streets were practically paved in gold. We were immediately in love. 

Cori did such a great job handling the hectic Paris traffic- 10 pts for her. :) We drove to the heart of the city, kind of freaked out a bit when we passed Le Tour Eiffel, and then we continued to drive further into the heart of the city. We needed to find our hotel/hostel for the night before we went exploring. It was so hot outside! And no where in Paris is there free parking- haha, as was explained to us on several accounts from the locals. We found a few hotels and checked them out- their prices per night were much higher than what they listed on line. blah. so we decided to park the car and just walk around till we found a place. We checked out some places that were ...yea.... disgusting. You know the Wisconsin Dells/ northern howling wolf print, that for some reason is quite big in the midwest, yep, well that was the blanket for one of the hotels that was just thrown over the tiny twin size bed that was maybe 1.5 feet wide and 4.5 feet long. Haha. We only needed a place to get a few hours of sleep a night at, but still... this was gross. And it was located in the middle of an alley. We continued looking.

 We settled on the Tim Hotel, where a really hot italian stallion worked as our concierge. He offered us two nights for 150 9 which was basically giving us one night free....and he was hot.) We had a room! We signed in, got our key, then found a parking garage for only 15 euros a day, man gave us a deal, and allowed us 3 days for 30 euros! I owe all this credit to Cori for finding this space. We grabbed our uber stuffed backpacks and caught the next metro back to Pigalle (AKA, sex ave. because were right in the red district. Directly across from Le Moulin Rouge) where our hotel was located, dropped off our stuff and then began our exploring. We walked everywhere. Found ourselves at the Eiffel Tower for our first meal all day, a real french bagette, a bottle of cheap wine that didn't open, an awesome apple, and some cheese. we found a grassy patch and enjoyed our first meal in France. Some reallly good looking guys were playing frisbee and "accidentally"   threw the frisbee in our direction. They invited us to join them for dinner and open a bottle of wine. Cori, without thinking said "non-merci" and continued eating her cheese. .... I stared at her, jaw dropped, wishing she said "ah-bah-oui!" Haha. 

The warm evening sun was setting behind the Eiffel Tower, and it was one of the most beautiful sites I have ever been able to endure. After notre diner, we walked our way to the Seine River and overlooked all the boats passing by. There was a party going on next door, that Cori and I danced to.

The best part of our "Seine Experience," was when Cori was taking pictures with her artistic ways, and then everyone surrounding us began cheering and ooh-ing and aww-ing. She mumbled, "what, have they like never seen the Eiffel Tower before-" I tapped her arm and she turned around towards the Eiffel Tower, " WHOAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!" And she became your typical tourist for about 2 minutes, taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower, because they had turned the lights on and they were sparkling lights. I swear her "WHOA" was louder than everyones reaction combined. Hahah. It was so great. After that, we just walked all over Paris, up and down the Champs D'Elyses and almost went to the club to see Lady Gaga perform, but went back to the hotel around 2am and we both "pulled a Cori." Bonne Nuit Paris!