Gold Beach
After breakfast this morning, I went to the market with Lael and Jenna! We saw several other people from our group there. Lots of people were selling breads and cheeses. Lael and I had to get some bread after sampling it -- it was so good! I also bought a hat and a scarf. We stayed for an hour walking up and down all the aisles so we could see everything.
At 11:00 am, the group left the hostel for the last time! We would be in Paris again tonight. But first, we took the bus to Gold Beach for the day. It was a perfect day, beautiful weather....It was ironic to look out on the beautiful ocean and see the German floating barriers that are still in the water from the war!
Erin, Lael, and I spent most of our time at Gold Beach together! We walked as high up on the hills as we could in order to get good pictures of the ocean and the city. Then we shopped a little in the town, got ice cream, and spent the remainder of our time on the sand.
We all met back at the bus and rode back to Paris, arriving at our hostel around 3:00 pm. It is in a great location, in the middle of everything -- only a 5 minute walk to Notre Dame cathedral, a 30 minute walk to the Louvre, and just in a good part of town. This hostel is specifically geared towards large educational groups, so we got a great deal :). We ate dinner at the hostel (it had a cafeteria-style eating place down the street), and then a group of us left to go to the Eiffel Tower! Sarah, Jennifer, Denyce, Beth Ann, and I went. We met 2 Au Pairs in the metro (one from Australia and one from New Zealand) who were also going to the Eiffel Tower, and they helped us get there! The lines were really long, but we eventually made it to the front and got to go to the top of the tower. It was so pretty!!! Beth Ann and I signed our names on the top :)
Because of all the people there, we were almost late to our hostel coming back (we were given a curfew of 1:00 am)! We ran on the way back, and we even had to sneak through a few metro turnstiles...but we walked in the door right on time!
At 11:00 am, the group left the hostel for the last time! We would be in Paris again tonight. But first, we took the bus to Gold Beach for the day. It was a perfect day, beautiful weather....It was ironic to look out on the beautiful ocean and see the German floating barriers that are still in the water from the war!
Erin, Lael, and I spent most of our time at Gold Beach together! We walked as high up on the hills as we could in order to get good pictures of the ocean and the city. Then we shopped a little in the town, got ice cream, and spent the remainder of our time on the sand.
We all met back at the bus and rode back to Paris, arriving at our hostel around 3:00 pm. It is in a great location, in the middle of everything -- only a 5 minute walk to Notre Dame cathedral, a 30 minute walk to the Louvre, and just in a good part of town. This hostel is specifically geared towards large educational groups, so we got a great deal :). We ate dinner at the hostel (it had a cafeteria-style eating place down the street), and then a group of us left to go to the Eiffel Tower! Sarah, Jennifer, Denyce, Beth Ann, and I went. We met 2 Au Pairs in the metro (one from Australia and one from New Zealand) who were also going to the Eiffel Tower, and they helped us get there! The lines were really long, but we eventually made it to the front and got to go to the top of the tower. It was so pretty!!! Beth Ann and I signed our names on the top :)
Because of all the people there, we were almost late to our hostel coming back (we were given a curfew of 1:00 am)! We ran on the way back, and we even had to sneak through a few metro turnstiles...but we walked in the door right on time!
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