Paris Once Again

Only two days in Paris, my second and last visit this year. We took the Eurostar from London St. Pancras to Gare Nord, got there sometime in the afternoon. So once we got to the strange hotel, yet really nice because it had a small balcony and it was right next to the Luxemburg Gardens, we left for the Eiffel Tower. We walked, and on the way we tried to find food. Finding a restaurant that also has English translated menus that is not near to the Eiffel Tower is difficult. We did find one and I just got some cheesy mashed potatoes and some bread, however it was filling and satisfying. Took us about 40 minutes to get to the Eiffel tower. When we got there we decided to go look around for a blanket because the grass was filled with cigarette buds and trash, we gave up because most stores that were still open, didn't sell them. I guess it would be more dirty than when I was there in March because it's tourist season. Once we gave up, we were behind the Eiffel Tower and it started to glitter, I couldn't believe it was already 11pm, it was still twilight. March, it was so dark outside. We then grabbed dessert, I got a vanilla macaroon and he got a Nutella crepe. Also, something hilarious happened.. when we were standing under the tower we heard a bunch of jingling all of a sudden. It was all of the men selling the metal Eiffel Towers, they were running. At least ten of them ran right past us, and then three cops on bicycles followed. Coming back, we took the metro. Discovered that Paris has double decker metros. You would think London would have them instead.

The next day (our full day), we went to the Modern Art Museum (the last museum in Paris that I wanted to see). It was wonderful. After, we got some food for a difficult picnic. I only say difficult because we still didn't have a blanket and we didn't have a knife for our camembert cheese. It was still good. I had my baguette and the cheese and a cafe macaroon. We had it right in front of the Eiffel Tower as well. Then we took a metro to Montparnasse Tower for the view. My second time up there and I was still speechless. Then we took a nap at the hotel. Woke up and left for the Eiffel Tower, with a blanket. We grabbed some food to take away, and eat by the Tower. It was really expensive and crappy food. Not satisfying at all. I had cheese pasta and it had no flavour at all. He got a fourteen euro cheeseburger and it was crap too. We then laid around until 11pm again, just to watch the Eiffel Tower do it's magic for five minutes. After, I got another macaroon. It was a grande chocolate one. He got a cafe eau claire. Coming back, we got caught in the huge mob of tourists. It was crazy busy. The sky was also very very light grey, it was creepy and cool. Oh this morning, we took the metro the wrong way and ended up in zone three, on the out-skirts of Paris, oops.

The last morning, we walked around our hotel and found a large populated and shopping street, sat down at a cafe outside and got some coffee. I had a latte and he got a cappuccino. Found a space invader. Also, tried a donut that looked like a Italian bombalone but it was lie. Stupid jam inside than the cream. Also, hey, Paris has a ton of these weird motor bikes. They had two wheels in the front and one in the back. Anyway, after all of that, we laid in the Luxemburg Gardens and then grabbed some macaroons for the road. Took the Eurostar back to London and a Southeastern train to Canterbury. We only had one day to do laundry and re-pack for Spain.