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Paris II

On wednesday we decided to climb to the top of Notre Dame. The queue was extremely long but we thought WHAT THE HELL, we are here, we have to do it. We stood in the line almost two hours. And after that we climbed hunderds of steps. But it was worth it, the view was breathtaking. Europeans under the age of 26 get in for free, IF THEY HAVE THEIR ID's with them. We didn't have them, so we paid 5,50 € for it.

Later on that day we tried to get to the Eiffel Tower, but couldn't find the bus stop. So then we just hung out at a beautiful fountain (Place Saint-Sulpice). We took pictures but unfortunately we can't upload them now. We've now figured out how to get to the Eiffel tower and will go there tonight. While we were looking for the bus stop, we found an interesting looking castle called Palais Du Luxembourg. We are going to visit it as well (at least the park around it, if not the castle itself).

Yesterday we woke up at 7 to go to Louvre. It opens at 9 and we wanted to be there early enough so we wouldn't have to stand in line for very long. We were there around half past 8, and there was a small queue, but it didn't take too long to get in. Unfortunately Taika's been sick and yesterday happened to be one of the worst days, so eventually she just sat on a bench and Sanni tried (in vain) to find the painting's of Vermeer. (The map was stupid). We both did see Mona Lisa and some other da Vinci paintings. We didn't see all the paintings we wanted, but we'll visit again some other time.

Now that Taika has slept for about 15 hours, eaten medicine and drank coffee, she's back on track again. Now we are going to reserve seats for the train that will take us (tomorrow) from Paris to Toulon. ATTENTION! Important information about trains in France: seat reservations are compulsory in some of the trains. If you don't have a reservation, you will get fined. We almost did, but the Train Man was kind and only warned us. From Toulon we'll take a bus to Bormes les Mimosas.

Our hostel here in Paris is called Hotel Victoria and it's cheap and quite cute. Also the staff is very nice. It's quite far away from everything but you can easily get everywhere by bus. The ticket is only 1,90€.

In Brugge we stayed in St Christopher's Inn. They have hostels in many countries and rooms are cheap and comfy. The beds have curtains, which is nice if you sleep in a mixed dorm like we did. Also there is free breakfast.