We arrived in Paris and had our first true French experience. After figuring out what metro to take to find our hotel, had tried to ask someone were the hotel was. I tried with my broken French and basically got the look of death. Those French people are so nice. We finally found the hotel and what a nice surprise, they had a market right outside. This market had all kinds of cool things, and there is nothing like walking through a market to get into the culture. We bought a scarf for myself and decided to go on a mission.
The receptionist told us we could take a bus to get to Notre Dame, so the adventure seekers got on the bus. All of a sudden, the bus stopped and basically told us we were at the end of the line....but where was Notre Dame? The question that we found ourselves asking quite frequently during our time in Paris. The bus stop said "Invalids" and it was not more fitting to how we felt about our adventure so far. We saw the castle from far away but decided to head toward the Champs Elysees.
It was cold and raining, not the romantic adventure we were hoping for. We found ourselves on the correct path eventually, finding all the walking a little overwhelming. Paris is a big city, but only when you are there and you think you know where you are going does it really hit you as to how big it is. We made our way up the main drag taking in all the scenery and enjoying the people watching. With the Arc in sight, we had a new goal and mission, get to the Arc, and walk to the top.
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