Day 5 - Bonjour Paris!

Maddie: Today we got up and quickly packed up our things so we could catch the Eurostar train to Paris. The train was about 2 ½ hours long, but it felt like a million! My mom felt sick to her stomach and I was bored out of my head. Luckily I was sitting next to Grace, so we gave each other manicures. Aunt Beth kept Charlotte busy with stories and made up songs. We arrived in Paris at 2:30pm and caught a taxi to our apartment on Rue de la Huchette in the Latin Quarter. My mom spoke in French to different people, and had to speak in French to both taxi drivers (we couldn’t fit in one), and then at the apartment she taught us a bunch of French words like bonjour (hello), au revoir (goodbye), toilettes (guess what this means), pardon (excuse me) and je t’aime (I love you).

Our apartment is just around the corner from the apartment we stayed in last year. It’s a little bit bigger since we have more people this year. It has big windows going all the way up to the tall ceiling. We are on a busy street with lots of shops and restaurants. We are right across the Seine river from Notre Dame cathedral.

After unpacking and touring the apartment we went out to explore the neighborhood. We went to the boulangerie (bakery) and got baguettes, croissants, and pain au chocolat (it’s like a croissant with chocolate in the center). Outside we ordered crepes with chocolate…yummmmmm!


Then we walked to the grocery store Monoprix and got some stuff for the apartment. We came back and worked out the sleeping arrangements. There is a big loft bed, a bed underneath it, two window seat beds, and a futon bed. Grace and I voted to sleep in the loft bed, but Aunt Beth voted that we sleep by the window…we got outvoted. We were going to go out tonight, but everyone was so tired so instead we stayed in and took hot baths and made dinner here. We had pasta, tomatoes, baguettes, a big chunk of blue cheese and red wine (wine for the grownups) for dinner. Christian and I were forced to do all the dishes! It took us forever because we’re used to having a dishwasher. Now we’re turning out the lights for bed. I can’t wait for tomorrow!!!

Au revoir and bon nuit (goodbye and goodnight)!