I'm basically going to be posting a lot this month due to traveling to 11 cities within 7 countries. There's NO way I can wait until May 1st/ 2nd to write about all of these experiences.. That would be the LONGEST post ever and also, I can barely remember what I ate two days ago, let alone what I have done within a month.
Paris
I wrote last about my first day in the actual city of Paris (as opposed to the fantasyworld of Disneyland Paris). We had gotten there Saturday and just left this morning (6:20 am yuck!). So Sunday, I accidentally slept in (woops) and Adam thought watching his TV shows was more productive than waking me up. However, everything happens for a reason and we had the perfect Sunday funday because of our late start. It took us awhile to leave, then because I'm a person who needs to eat almost immediately after waking up (or else I get HANGRY), we stopped in the mall near the Louvre to eat at McDonald's. I know, I know. We're so cultured. After waiting a ridiculously long time to get food, we finally made our way to the Louvre. As I was about to put my credit card into the ticket machine, a VERY NICE french man gave us his two tickets for free. I guess it was because it was 3 and the museum closed at 5:30, and he was done with his tickets for the day. We saw the Mona Lisa and went around a good chunk of the museum.. Went to all three exhibit hallways and everything! We saw the foundation for the Louvre Palace (I think) and saw the Egyptian and Italian exhibit rooms. We got lost and walked around in aw for a good 2 hours. After the Louvre, we went to the Notre Dame. We got crepes outside of the church (I got two because I was starving again lol) and then sat down and took in the beauty of the Notre Dame. Afterwards, we realized it was open later than expected and was free entry (either it's always free, or it's because there was a service). We got to go inside of it and take a ton of pictures. Our journey continued as we headed to Basilique du Sacré Cœur where we took a funicular to the Basilique.. we were lazy. Then we saw the most BEAUTIFUL view of Paris from there. Then went into the actual Basilique and were rebels by taking a couple of pictures of the inside.. Woops. We walked down the stairs and headed to the alley before the metro to see some souvenirs, which made us sad because we had accidentally bought overpriced souvenirs earlier that day before the Louvre... Whatevs. We headed to Moulin Rouge at nighttime to see how it's lit up. We are broke college kids, so obviously we could not afford getting into a show, but it was still cool. Then we decided to head to the Eiffel Tower (again) to see it lit up at night. On our way, we stopped at Arc de Triomphe to see the lights as well. Eiffel Tower at night is SO beautiful, but what made it even more breathtaking was seeing it sparkle at 10:00. It sparkles ever hour for 5 minutes. After taking a million pictures, we headed back to the hotel to finally wind down.
The next morning (Monday), Courtney arrived in Paris and met us at the hotel. We went BACK to the Eiffel Tower (obviously after eating) and actually went up it to the 1st and 2nd floor. The top one was closed but it was still amazing. There was barely a line and we enjoyed ourselves. Then we got more crepes and headed to try to find the Opera, but kind of failed at life. We also went to Bastille and found a really cool park... that had better wifi than our hotel. We just relaxed and hung out together since everyone was exhausted. I went back to the hotel (and got a mimosa because we were in France) while they went on a boat tour. We're basically obsessed with this bagel place nearby our hotel and got our dinner there (as well as where we had had breakfast).
Brussels
The struggle is real. We woke up super early to catch a train to Brussels. We got in around 8 am and found our hotel to drop off our luggage before a day filled with sightseeing. We got breakfast at McDonald's.. it's becoming a trend. It was also the only place open nearby.We got tickets to a hop on/ hop off bus tour, where we took two different lines to see the sites around Brussels. I kinda fell asleep on the second one, but the sites I saw were amazing. We got to walk around afterwards and see "Grand Place" which was beautiful. We then tried finding a Waffle Factory to get our Belgian Waffles. I had the most delicious one with belgian dark chocolate. These waffles were the best I've ever had that I can't even describe them. We went to the Manneken Pis. Then we went souvenir shopping before trying to head back to the hotel to catch our breath. We'd literally been sight seeing since 8:30/9 am. In a little bit, we're probably going to grab dinner and go to this bar that my cousin told me I needed to see (Delirium?) just so I can have a Stella in the country of origin. Tomorrow, Courtney and I get to sleep in because check out is at 12 and our bus to Amsterdam isn't until 3:30 pm. Adam, however, is leaving much earlier than us to visit his friend in another city in the Netherlands before meeting up with us in Amsterdam.
More to come as we keep traveling!
Also- can't really upload pics now but check out my insta for a few! @anitababii
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