Aug 08, 2005 17:45
Bonjour! Man was trip to Paris awesome! But before I get to the good stuff, let me tell you about the airport. So we get to Dulles at about 3:30pm to catch a 6:00pm flight. Plenty of time to get there. Then when we get to the terminal we find out that our flight had been delayed for two hours because there was some equipment thing going on. Then the east coast thunderstorms start to kick in and then that delays our flight for another three hours so the airplane coming to get us is grounded at Pittsburgh. So then finally our plane gets there 5 hours later then it was supposed to be and we start boarding at 10:00pm. WE WERE IN THE AIRPORT LONGER THAN THE FLIGHT!!! I was bored out of my mind! Then we get to Charles de Gaulle airport at around noon French time/6:00 am east coast time. Then just to make thing worse, we take a bus to the hotel and once we get there my parents say that the correct hotel, is the wrong hotel. So then the bus takes us to someplace that isn't even near a hotel and then realize that hotel that they thought was wrong was right. So then we spend like an hour and a half finding the place and when we get to the room we all just collapse on our beds, which may I mention that European hotel rooms a literally like closets! NO JOKE!!! Anyways, let me tell you now about my sight-seeing adventures. I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower at night!!! It was sooooo cool! Even though there was a super long wait to get there, it was worth it. Then we went to Notre Dame, which was pretty cool. Got kind of boring after a while. We also saw a lot of other cathedrals, which eventually got really boring. Then we went to The Gardens of Luxembourg which were very peaceful to have lunch. Later we then went to the mini-Statue of Liberty which I thought was pretty cool. But unfortunately my mom's wallet got stolen. That really freaked her out and I don't blame her. So then we had to hurry up to cancel the credit cards that were in it. We also went to Versailles where there was a really big, fancy mansion with really tacky gold leafing inside. But a least the secret garden behind the building were awesome! Then its time to come home. Luckily our flight was delayed only about half an hour for reasons unknown. Then 8 hours later we land back at Dulles. Home sweet home!