the next few posts are some e-mails i sent while i was in europe! enjoy!
helloooooo!
Right now we are leaving Paris on a train to Amsterdam! We had an amazing stay in Paris! I had no idea how fast I would fall in love with the Paris culture! Every morning we would go to a cafe and be the only Americans in the place, maybe even for the day! The apartment we stayed at was about an hours walk away from all of the tourist destinations, so that was nice! We would get a caffe and a croissant at all of the cafe's and that is all we would have for breakfast. I was shocked at how full I was after having just that! Tory would order in French each day and I would just say thank you and see you later! I got pretty good at it and will sorta miss speaking French! Needless to say, I think we will be coming back soon!
We knocked a lot of the touristy stuff out on our first day, went to Notre Dame, walked by the Louvre, walked up the Eiffel Tower, over to the Arc de Triumph! It was about a 12 hour day of walking around. We went to the Orsay museum yesterday, but were not able to make it to the Louvre, but that's fine! We heard it was super crowded and pretty much just the Mona Lisa, so that's fine! We met a wonderful American couple one day at a cafe and talked to them for about 3-4 hours! They were super nice and bought us a round of beers! We met up with Tory's friend Zach on Saturday! We had a blast with him, had a sit down meal. Tory had steak tartar, which is raw meat mixed with onions and raw egg. I tried some, it wasn't as bad as I expected although today is the first day that my stomach has felt okay. I ordered a hamburger well done and it looked like Tory's steak tartar on a bun!
Last night was the big election for the President! We had bought a baguette, cheese, and salami and were eating it at the apartment when we heard screams coming from the streets! It was crazy!! I think the more liberal president won! It was like when Obama won!
All in all we had an amazing time in Paris! We're looking forward to Amsterdam! Hopefully the weather will hold out for us! I'll try to send emails when we are en route to our next destination! I'm already having a great birthday! It will be hard to top it!
Love and miss you all!!
Jenn
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