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Paris

Ah Paris....What is there to say about Paris...Well a lot actually but I am going to sum it up for you as best as I can starting with our bus ride....

The bus ride started out as a nice normal bus ride from Geneva to Paris....It was about 9 hours or so....After about 6 hours or so of driving out head Rotary person got a call on his cell phone....about 20 minutes later he made an announcement to us that we didn’t have anywhere to stay...Our hostel had booked us for the next weekend and had no open rooms....Everyone started to freak out.....Calls were being made to hostels outside of Paris, but none of them had any rooms available....we had nowhere to stay....So our chaperones made the decision and told us that we would have to skip Paris and go straight to Belgium...We had no choice....Everyone was sooo mad and there was a lot of screaming, crying and cursing on the bus.....Nobody was in a good mood after that...About 30 minutes later the head guy got back on to make another announcement...nobody wanted to listen to him....When he spoke into the microphone he only said two words....can you guess what he said..... APRIL FOOL’S......We all started screaming and more crying.....we couldn’t believe that he did that to us....It was such a mean joke but a good one...So after that whole ordeal we proceeded onto Paris....Once we arrived everyone was so tired that we all just went straight to sleep....Well most of us...

Day 1

Our first day in Paris was filled with a lot of sightseeing but first we woke up early and went to Versailles....We weren’t there for very long....just a few hours and we didn’t really see that much....However, when we returned to Paris we went to the Centre Pompidou, Arc de Triomphe, a castle that I don’t remember the name of, and the Moulan Rouge ( sorry if I spelled it wrong)......We so many more things but I just don’t remember all of them....When we had free time for dinner the took us to the most expensive part of Paris and gave us 10 euro to go find something to eat....Guess where we all ended up...McDonalds....How are you going to give us only 10 euros in the most expensive part of Paris and expect us to find something good to eat....We were all a little mad but, whatever....Later that night we went on a little tour in a city on the outskirts of Paris....We finally arrived back at the hostel at 12 am.....

Day 2

Yet again another early wake up.....Today was also a full day....The day started with a boat tour of Paris....This was so nice and relaxing....After the tour we went to the Notre Dame and had a look....Then some more walking....and then we finally ended up at the Louvre....We had the option to go in or we could wait outside and shop....I think we all went in...What was also really nice about it is that if you are under 18 you get in free....I was happy...We had about 3 or 4 hours of free time to walk through the Louvre....That wasn’t enough time but we made due....The main attraction that everyone wanted to see was the Mona Lisa.....there were so many people gathered in front of the painting....I thought it would be a little bigger then it was.....They had tight security around the painting....You weren’t allowed to go within so many feet of it and you couldn’t take any pictures....After seeing the Mona Lisa a lot of the exchange students left and went to wait outside for the rest of the time, which by then was about an hour or so.....The weather was nice out so we found a spot and we just laid there trying to tan.....that didn’t happen....anyways, after our free time was over we returned to the hostel to have dinner and then left again....We had no clue where we were going but we would eventually find out...After walking for an hour or so we ended up at the Eiffel Tower.....OMG...It is soooooo big and pretty....We arrived when it was still a little sunny but within 30 minutes or so it was dark and the Eiffel lit up....I was even prettier at night.....and then to top that we were told that we were going up the tower.....Earlier when we asked if we were going up they told us no, so when they told us we were everyone was so excited....some people even cried......We had to wait in line for almost an hour to go up the tower....we didn’t go all the way up because it was too foggy and you couldn’t see anything but the view from the first floor was absolutely amazing....I never could have imagined being in Paris and going up the Eiffel.....Around 12 am we started to head back to the hostel....everyone was still talking about the Eiffel and everything...Now you would think that after returning to the hostel we would sleep....o no....not exchange students....in our hostel there was a little club and that’s where we all went....We stayed there until about 4 am, which was when we were told to go to bed by Rotex....so at 4 am we all went to sleep and at 7 am we were woken up by pounding on the door.....Talk about no sleep.....

Day 3

Today after we were woken up so early we had to pack, eat breakfast and load the bus....It was now off to Belgium.....