Day 17 (real entry) – Switzerland to Paris as exploring Paris by night!

Ahhhh finally in Paris! It was a loooong drive. We left Lucerne at 8am (after a ten minute run in the rain with our luggage as the police yelled at our poor coach driver and he couldn’t park anywhere near the hotel). It was a bad night with a bunch of people on the tour getting written off and running up and down the hallway screaming from midnight to 2am. Get drunk by all means but have the decency to pass out when you do! I am now infamous as the person who called them all assholes haha.

The bus trip here was 9 hours (including stops) and was unremarkable. I slept a bit and coughed a lot (yay asthma) and we played I spy for awhile. As we drove into Paris we could see the Eiffel tower off in the distance but the weather is really bad and it was quite fogged in. Our hotel here is finally a decent one with a bit of space, wifi and a decent bed!

We decided a few days ago to pay some extra money and not share a room for our last three nights in London, just so we can have a little bit of space before the looooong trip home. I have to admit I’m looking forward to not having to time showers or bathroom share.

Tonight we went on a night time tour of Paris and saw some of the sights. It is still foggy but that didn’t make it any less awesome! Paris is very pretty even in a cloud of fog. We got to see the Eiffel tower at night and watch it sparkle! Tomorrow it is an early start to the louvre (we are catching the RER instead of waiting for the coach lift in), followed by going up the Eiffel tower, then the arc de triumphe, notre dame cathedral and SHOPPING! No catacombs as they are closed 😦 but it means I’ll have an excuse to come back to Paris.

Tomorrow night we are going to dinner and a show at moulin rouge! Hopefully my pretty dress still fits my fat ass haha definitely put on a few kgs eating all the delicious European food.