Counting Baguettes

We finally made it to Paris! Out flight landed at 2:45 US time, around 7:30 or so in Paris. We had a pretty good flight. We didn't sleep much, not that we expected to. For dinner, Justin had a chicken and rice meal and I had a pasta florentine. It was pretty good. For breakfast, they served egg and cheese on an English muffin. After we landed, it was easy to find where we were headed. Everything was written in English. We stopped at the tourist info place and when we walked in the man said bonjour and even though we knew to say hello back, Justin and I must have had this look on our faces that said "please speak English." He sort of rolled his eyes and said "hello." it was really funny. He sold us tickets to the bus that would take us into Paris. We boarded the Roissy bus and in 50 minutes, we were downtown Paris, bumping around with a bunch of other tourists looking for the metro. We found it and after a lot of assistance, we were on our way. the city is beautiful. The leaves are golden and orange. The weather is low 50s. All the buildings have such ornate design and iron work. Absolutely gorgeous!

After getting of the metro, we got turned around and ended up dragging our suitcases for 20 or so minutes, before asking a police officer for directions. He pulled out a map and pointed us in the right direction. Or so he thought, he came running down the road after us, "excuse, excuse!" I'm so thankful he took the time to let us know he was mistaken or else we would have been really lost. We checked our bags into the hotel and went looking for food.

We found the cutest little street cafe and sat down. The tables were very close toegther. We were warm and cozy. We could see the top of the Eiffel tower from our table. It was starting to rain. The server came to get our drink order and we asked for coffee. "American coffee?" he asked. No, French! :) we joked that we were offended. He brought out two teeny-tiny espressos. The coffee was delicious but not for the faint of heart. It had the consistency of used motor oil. Yum! One cup of that will definitely do ya. 40 minutes later, the server still wasn't back. Justin and I had distracted ourselves by counting all the baguettes that passed us. Every other person was carrying a HUGE French baguette! No kidding, at least 30!

We eventually had to track down the server because I was getting a little hungry. He looked confused but then pointed us to an inside table. Within 10 minutes we had ordered, gotten wine, bread and our meal served. We still can't figure out if they forgot about us or if French people usually take that long to drink that little espresso. It will remain a mystery :) Justin ate croquet Monsieur and I at eggs Benedict with salmon. The food was amazing! But it came at a price...50 euros! That's like 70 bucks for breakfast. Tomorrow we're going to find that baguette place and buy bread, haha.

We're back in the room now. It is absolutely phenomenal. The view is breath-taking. I'll try to post picture later. It is decorated so beautifully and though small, is definitely spoiling us. I told Justin not to get too attached, the rest of the hotels aren't nearly this nice. It's 2pm and we're going to nap a bit. We were wanting to do a little more but with the rain and the sheer exhaustion, we decided to wait until tomorrow for the sight-seeing. We'll just stay close to the hotel tonight. We'll all you when we can!

With love from Paris!