We had to wake up at 6:30 because the Rome airport is 20 miles away! We had our hotel book us transportation because we didn't want to get ripped off by a cab at that distance. We also had to forfeit our free breakfast because it didn't open until 7. We stopped at McDonalds to take care of that. During the flight we passed over the Alps again and had a connection in Zurich.
The Paris airport was also 45 minutes away from the city so we had to catch a bus to the metro and ride the metro (with our bags... ugh) to the hotel. It was an exhausting day of boring and stressful travel that lasted until around 4pm. Luckily our travel agent has got the rest of the transfers fixed so we should have stress-free travel from here on.
We got to the hotel and we're pleased to find it right next to a grocery store. We are gonna try and keep lunch and dinner tomorrow cheap. We were also only a 10 minute walk from the Eiffel Tower so we thought we'd check it out.
The sun was kinda in the wrong spot for that picture, but it was another really nice sunny day in the 60's. We headed to dinner nearby at a frou frou French restaurant that was highly rated on tripadviser. We were both a little new to French cuisine so we didn't know what to expect. Linz said it was the best salmon she's ever had, and my steak was good too. We got dessert also, to really send our bill through the roof, hence grocery shopping for tomorrow.
On our way back we debated going up to the top of the Eiffel Tower but it had gotten colder and we had no jackets. We also didn't have our matching berets with our names embroidered on them yet...
Tomorrow we'll use the metro to hop around to all the sites within the city. Unfortunately with only one full day, I don't think we'll have time to make it to Versailles :(
Location:Rue Saint-Didier,Paris,France
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