bonjour.

Bonjour from Paris! 

It has been quite an eventful two days so far. The flight here was so so so long! I really didn't know what to do during that time. I read and read and read Jane Eyre, managed to get about two hours of sleep that flight which was no fun with such small space. Oh plus all the free booze that everyone was drinking  Then we got to the Paris Airport in the morning the next day where we had no clue to go because everything was in French, no figure right? It took us almost an hour just to get our ticket for the train to Paris, that did not include the bus we had to take to just get to the train because apparently all the trains and metro were down on Saturday. Then we went on the metro, which is not as nice as the subways in New York, and that is saying something, but they do have nice carpet seats...gross. But you have to walk EVERYWHERE, no wonder most Europeans are so fit. After getting of the Metro we had to walk, what seemed like a mile or more, to our  hotel which is like a small apartment. Trying doing all of that with a backpack stuffed with heaviness and lugging two suitcases up and down those blasted stairs and in between the seats of the train/metro...equals not much fun and blisters up the ying-yang on your hand. *note to self: bring only ONE bag next time!

After getting to the hotel 4 hours later, we were all exhausted and tired from the long trek we had to go and walk some more. First we got a little tour of our hotel and where the market is, which has the best best croissant I have ever eaten, it was butter and soft yet it had a nice crust to it. Back to the tour, we then walked about a 10 minutes give or take to the Eiffel Tower! It was filled with tourists up the wazoo and plenty of street venders trying to sell you mini Eiffel Towers. It was great to see it and just walk about the city for a bit, but I would have enjoyed much more if I had a couple more of hours sleep. But overall it was a successful day in Paris. It is a nice city filled with neat architecture, and  lots of smokers, like a lot of smokers....I really hate that smell.

After a glorious sleep we were off to church (a small group of 10), all French speaking. It took awhile to get to the church, we left about an hour and a half to get there. We had to the Metro and two different trains to get there, plus about a mile or so to walk to the building. It was fun just traveling about the city finding our way there, walking about the small streets while a like a street market was going was great! Once we got there the church, which is squished in between two building, wasn't open yet but there were three members there waiting. We trying to ask if they spoke English but they didn't so it was hard to communicate with them. Others started coming and we all said our "Bonjour" and they just rambled on in French, which I had no clue what the were saying. First we went to Relief Society in a small room that later we had to change because we had so many ladies. We sang the Hymns in French which was hard to do because I have absolutely no background in French, but I went tried as best I could. Then we had our lesson taught in French but a nice member was kind enough to translate for us non-French speakers. Then we had Sunday school that was in English, it was great to finally understand something, after that we had Sacrament meeting. It was great to see all the members there, most are converts, but it was nice to know that the Church is True where ever you go no matter the language barrier. After Church, we make the trek back to the hotel and later today we are going to explore the city some more, maybe like go see Notre Dame. Tomorrow we have a 3 hour tour of the city then we have free time everyday to see the museums for class or just explore the city until we leave to travel more of France. So that is it for now, kind of a long post but there is more great adventures to come!

Au Revoir!