The German Adventure!: A Weekend in Paris

Bonjour Madames et Monsieurs!!

It's really cool because in my school schedule, I have Fridays off. You know why they do that? To give us more time to TRAVEL!! How cool is that?? That means that I can go to Paris for the weekend if I want... which is EXACTLY what I did last weekend.
What a beautiful city!! I left on Wednesday in order to get to Paris in time to see a band called the Aristocrats. I've been in touch with the drummer, Marco Minnemann, and after the show I got a chance to talk with him and meet the other members of the band too. So that was really cool.
One really funny thing that happened that day on my way to the show: I was walking down the street trying to find the venue, and I was getting a little bit lost. I get to an intersection, and then this older man comes up to me and starts speaking in French, but of course I didn't understand what he was saying so I just tried to wave him off. He was trying to show me something on his iPhone, and I was like, uhhh je ne comprends pas! But then he said with a British accent, Do you speak English??? And I was like, YES!! hahahaha! He seemed friendly and not creepy so I wasn't scared. And then what he was showing me on his iPhone was the name of the venue that I was trying to find, so I said, are you here to see the Aristocrats? YES HE WAS!! hahahahaha!! Totally random. So he helped me as much as he could in finding the Bastille Memorial, which helped me find the venue, and then we parted ways and were like, maybe I'll see you later! hahaha. And then I did end up running into him while waiting outside for Marco, and we started talking with another group of French students, it was so fun! Of course we talked about music, Dream Theater, metal, etc. The man, Reese, was a real Dream Theater fan. So that was really really fun, cool to make some new friends!
For the rest of the weekend I pretty much just spent my time enjoying the city, seeing the sights. My friend James from study abroad wanted to see Paris too, so he ended up meeting me there on Thursday. I enjoyed the time that I spent there alone, but it was definitely nice to have a travel buddy. We went to see the Eiffel Tower of course, and we also went into the Louvre, to the top of the Arc de Triumphe, and to Notre Dame. It was all so beautiful, I could've literally spent an entire day at each one of those places just looking at them. And of course there were the cafes. Croissants, Croque Madames, Chocolat Chaud, Crepes... man apparently all french food starts with the letter C... haha.
So the moral of the story is... I'm definitely going to go back to Paris again. What an amazing city!! I was blown away.

Au revoir!

Swiss Roobios on the train to Paris