Tea and Toast Blog: Parisparisparis!

Eiffel Tower

I have totally been slacking with the blog these last few days, and I apologize to all three of my fans out there. But on to more important things...

The last week I have been in Paris, and it feels like I've been here for a month. I mean that in a good way. There's so much that you need to absorb quickly, and just the fact that you are living in a city makes each day exciting and different.

Here are some things that I did not know before hand, that I learned the hard way:

Their toilet paper feels like like tissue paper that I put in gift bags.
Not everyone speaks English.
Some people pretend that they don't speak English.
When purchasing groceries, the store does not supply grocery bags. You must bring your own carrying device or buy a bag at the register for 20 cents.
French men are extremely clingy.
Food at most cafes or patisseries is not refrigerated while in the display case. Even tuna sandwiches. But it still stays fresh.

The first night we were here, we saw the Eiffel Tower (obvi) which was a beautiful violet color with white stars. We also saw the Catacombs which was really cool/creepy. You had to walk down a 34943539 mile stone spiral staircase and then 23487291 miles of tiny dark stone hallways to get to it. And then you had to go up all those stairs after.

In the Catacombs. Those are all femur bones stacked on top of each other. The round things are skulls.

We also saw the Sacred Coeur which is in Montmartre, an adorable little town with cobblestone roads. The houses there were so quaint, and the way the paint was peeling off their shutters was just so chic and french.