So I've been letting Ben write all these blogs because I'm a little lazy & because we all know he is a superb writer. But I miss writing so here I am. Two days ago we spent our last day in Paris with a little bit of a rushed morning. We tried to sleep in as late as possible but our sweet Asian roomies decided to get up before 7, we ignored their noise for as long as possible until we forced ourselves to get up before we missed breakfast. After breakfast we checked out of our hostel and checked into our new hotel which was actually cheaper than the hostel (for good reasons). We were so exhausted from our few days of busy Paris that we crashed until 2pm. We wanted to give Versailles another chance but decided it was too much of a hassle and after walking around the city for 2 and half hours we grabbed an early dinner in a rather sketchy Chinese restuarant. We took our time eating and leisurely walked to the Louvre because after 6pm students get in for only 6 euros. Oh wait! I almost forgot... we went to the Louvre earlier that day around 4 because we heard that if your a European under the age of 26 you get in for free. As you can assume we pretended we were British and Ben used his "perfect"British accent to talk the ticket guy into letting us in for free but the ticket guy spoke perfect english and we think he knew Ben was bluffing. We laughed a lot about it and decided to come back at 6 for the cheaper price. The Louvre is so AMAZING!!! It has the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the dying slave, and just tons of old art that was endless and fascinating. We stayed there for 2-3 hours and then decided to take a nice stroll to the Eiffel Tower because it lights up at night. On our way we were obsessed with finding a Patisserie, unfortunately none were open because it was past 8pm. On the bright side we found an English speaking restuarant that sold cheap French wine, so we grabbed a bottle and headed for the romantic center of the world. When we got there we saw a good seat but we knew we didn't want to settle until we found the perfect seat. We kept looking and kept looking until finally there was this park bench that showed every detail of the Eiffel Tower with nothing to obstruct its view. We opened the bottle, sat back, and enjoyed the magic. I've never felt so in awe, it was like every dream I ever wanted to come true. I was literally in Paris at night sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower with the LOVE of my life, drinking amazing french wine....IS THIS A JOKE???? I'm so happy!
The following day we wanted to get up early but we just couldn't so we went down late for breakfast which was advertised as FREE. So we indulged in our "free"breakast and it wasn't even good..two cheap baguettes & two small croissants. When we were done the hotel manager who also served us told us it cost an entire 10 euro! We were shocked & handed him the money because we needed to pack. When we checked out of the hotel we had a "small"confrontation with the hotel manager. Well the confrontation turned into a fight and lets just say we ran out of there but we left the hotel manager feeling really guilty "for spending our only food money for the day on his rip-off of a breakfast". After that extravaganza we traveled all day to Amsterdam. We could have taken the expensive route for 52 Euro but no we decided to take the cheap route for 6 Euro and 3 extra hours of confusing Belgian trains. When we finally got to Amsterdam we were pretty amazed by the beauty of the city. Dreadlocks abound, they put mayonaise on the fries, and there are more canals than Venice.
This morning we of course slept in. Then we caught the 1pm free tour. Our guide was pretty disgusting and even though the city is beautiful and interesting he made it seem less (lets just say he had hygeine problems). We will be starting our 3 day traveling trip to Greece tomorrow, so if we do not blog its because we are still on a ferry. Sorry about the lack of pictures apparently the Dutch keep their USB's under lock and key (our pics from the Eiffel Tower are amazing so the first opportunity we have we will post them). We are finishing our day with a big meal and just taking time to get to know Amsterdam.
Love You
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day:
I too am not a bit tamed--I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world. --Walt Whitman
The following day we wanted to get up early but we just couldn't so we went down late for breakfast which was advertised as FREE. So we indulged in our "free"breakast and it wasn't even good..two cheap baguettes & two small croissants. When we were done the hotel manager who also served us told us it cost an entire 10 euro! We were shocked & handed him the money because we needed to pack. When we checked out of the hotel we had a "small"confrontation with the hotel manager. Well the confrontation turned into a fight and lets just say we ran out of there but we left the hotel manager feeling really guilty "for spending our only food money for the day on his rip-off of a breakfast". After that extravaganza we traveled all day to Amsterdam. We could have taken the expensive route for 52 Euro but no we decided to take the cheap route for 6 Euro and 3 extra hours of confusing Belgian trains. When we finally got to Amsterdam we were pretty amazed by the beauty of the city. Dreadlocks abound, they put mayonaise on the fries, and there are more canals than Venice.
This morning we of course slept in. Then we caught the 1pm free tour. Our guide was pretty disgusting and even though the city is beautiful and interesting he made it seem less (lets just say he had hygeine problems). We will be starting our 3 day traveling trip to Greece tomorrow, so if we do not blog its because we are still on a ferry. Sorry about the lack of pictures apparently the Dutch keep their USB's under lock and key (our pics from the Eiffel Tower are amazing so the first opportunity we have we will post them). We are finishing our day with a big meal and just taking time to get to know Amsterdam.
Love You
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day:
I too am not a bit tamed--I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world. --Walt Whitman
