Paris!

So, I finally got into town yesterday (they delayed my flight in the morning too!), I promptly got a new SIM card so I could call my hostel and find out where they were (and also to call an old friend from Hopkins who lives in Paris now). They gave my room away, even though I emailed them asking them to save the room and just charge me for the night I was missing anyhow. Turns out there was no charging at all but they just gave it to someone else. poops.

So I found another hostel about 2 blocks from where I got off the metro (to go to the first one). Nice enough. So I dropped most of my stuff and decided to go to Notre Dame, up the towers first of course, then inside for a peek around. I liked the towers :) I then started wandering with the intention of ending up at the bigass arch, but weather hates me and it started raining (even though it had been wonderfully sunny all day thus far). So I wussed out and hopped on the metro instead, called Meredith, and met her at the Arch and then we decided to have dinner. Ridiculously good french food as it turned out, she said she like the sound of the side of beef with pepper sauce for two...and who was I to argue!

Then I headed back up to Montmartre to cruise around my hostel's area. Stopped in for a beer at a place with a soccer match on. Marseilles vs. Some Punk Team. Why SPT? Marseilles plays in the 1st league, the SPT in the 4th or 5th league in France. SPT won. Looked at the Moulin Rouge, the Sacre Coeur, and some other interesting streets and buildings. Then, time for bed so I could be as Louvre-ish as I wanted today. Made it in by 10 and left well after 2. Then I wandered around the left bank and such just taking it all in. Found a hotel in the Sarbonne area, and well, that's up to date now!