Friday, October 19, 2012

Hello from Salzburg!

Three things about traveling:  your feet always hurt, grocery shopping in a different language is not as easy as one may think and everything you see turn into "this is my favorite so far"! Without having a computer this past week to blog, I have no clue how I am going to blog all about what we have seen and did so far.  But here is a feeble attempt at Paris only.  I will blog about Austria when I get back to Galway as it is most definitely the highlight of my trip!

40 Hours in Paris.

Mac, Pat, Ben and I landed in Paris on Thursday evening.  Even with none of us knowing French we managed to figure out how to take the subway and wander down some streets until we found our hostel. With it already being late, we pretty much called it a night and rested up before our one big day in Paris.  Good choice.  The next day we woke up early ready to conquer Paris.  We were quite proud of everything we saw in one day, but our feet were not so happy.  We were extremely happy to wake up to sunshine and warm weather, a nice change from the dampness of Galway.  We started the morning at Notre Dame and  then walked along the river to the Louvre Museum.  The cathedral was absolutely amazing! As was the Louvre.   Actually, everything we have seen in the last 8 days has been amazing, so from here on out, if I mention it assume it was great! We made our way to the the Arc of Triomphe and had great time watching the crazy drivers navigate the giant, laneless round about!  We made it the Eiffel tower in the late afternoon, but then after dinner we decided to come back to go to the top! Standing inline for 2 hours was most definitely worth it.  Even though it started to pour as we go  to the top, the view was amazing of Paris at night.  It was also incredibly windy being that high up and trying to stand upright for a picture proved to be very difficult. Following the trip to the top, we bought Nutella-Banana Crepes.  YUM! For anybody that has seen the movie "Midnight in Paris" you will understand the importance of our next adventure.  The boys wanted to make sure  that at exactly midnight we would be at the steps of the church as it is in the movie.  As designated navigator for our entire trip I was in charge of getting us there.  We ran through back streets of Paris as I yelled left or right a little bit behind the boys.  Luckily, the map didn't lead us a stray and we got there with a minute to spare.  We called it a night after that since we had an early morning flight to Vienna the next day.  Paris was exactly what I thought it would be like and 40 hours isn't nearly enough time!


The Louvre

View from the top of the Eiffel 


Come back Sunday for  more pictures and stories on Salzburg including climbing mountains, Sound of Music scenes and more!  

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