Bonjour! So about a week ago on June 6 we arrived in Paris, France. Originally we had planned to go straight to Italy from Spain but we couldn't find any trains available so our schedule shifted. So now we're doing France, then Switzerland, and then Italy. Our first night in Paris was rough... the hostal we had booked turned out to be really dirty and LOUD so neither of us slept much. Thank God that we were only there one night... the next day we found a different place to stay called Hotel Cheap Beds! it sounded so sketchy b/c of the name obviously and b/c it was outside the city, but PRAISE THE LORD, it was wonderful! It was a hotel so we had our own private room and bathroom for four nights, woohoo! It was clean, safe, affordable and only about 15min from the heart of Paris! God just keeps on providing for us around every corner :)
So after getting settled into Hotel Cheap Beds, we ventured into Paris! On Tuesday we saw the Eiffel Tower and ate a picnic lunch in the park right by it. It was much more impressive than we imagined and we learned that it was originally built as the entranceway to the World Fair in Paris. Then we went to see the Arc de Triomphe which is a monument built by Napoleon to honor the French army. After every war that France has been in the victorious army marches around it and then down the famous Champs De Elysse. We followed the same path and had fun windowshopping along the strip. On the way back to our hotel the train we needed to take wasn't working so we arrived really late and were so hungry! The only thing open at 11:30 was a Mcdonalds, lol... so sadly, we had dinner there. It was the same as back home. What we really enjoyed there was a Coke! We hadn't had caffeine in a week so that was a treat!
On wednesday we spent the whole day in the Louvre Museum! We saw the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and SO much more! It was all beautiful and inspiring :) On the way back that night we stopped at a supermarket called Carrefour... we thought it was a small place until we got in and realized that it was huge! It was like 3 WalMarts stacked on top of each other! We spent an hour grocery shopping and had fun trying to decipher French names and prices. We did really good though. Got enough groceries for a few days for really cheap.
On Thursday, we slept in. It was fabulous! then we went to see Notre Dame. On the way we passed through the Luxemborg Park and got to see the Luxemborg Castle. It was beautiful. apparently it was built by King Louie XIII for his mother. what a present! We tried some French crepes with Nutella at a street vendor, DELICIOUS! And then called it a night...
Overall, Paris was fun. We really enjoyed all the sites and the history. It was a lot dirtier than we expected and the people were much nicer than we expected. After Paris we headed to Gimmelwald, Switzerland in the Alps! It's beautiful here! We'll try to blog soon about our hike today and where we're staying... Miss you all and love you very much! Thank you for praying for us and following our blog as we continue our adventure! God is good :) He's blessed us so much with our time here so far :)
Much love,
Tyler & Carmel
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