Paris is to France as New York City is to the United States (sorry to all my non-New York readers) and is also very French (so says my guest blogger this week, Katelyn, who is Captain Obvious). Katelyn, my friend for way too many years, came to visit me in France! We met in Paris on Friday and spent the weekend there with her French exchange student from high school, Caroline.
Katelyn has never stayed in a hostel so of course I needed to introduce her to the "traveling lifestyle." Our hostel, the Regent Hostel, is situated about 10 minutes from Montmartre and included a free breakfast (essential). We lucked out and only had two other people in our 6 person room, two girls from Long Island one of whom goes to Geneseo. Talk about a small world (ask me about my Italian cousin story)!
We visited all of the typical sites and had amazing weather for almost the whole weekend, minus the fact that it rained while we were waiting to go up the Eiffel Tower but by the time we got to the top it was sunset and beautiful. Fun fact it is 670 steps to the second viewing point on the Tower and from there you take an elevator to the tippy top. Did you know that Gustave Eiffel had an apartment on the top of the Tower and hosted guests such as Thomas Edison? As always the view of Paris,both literally and figuratively, took my breath away...it is a site that I will never get sick of seeing. I am so glad that Katelyn now understands my love for this country, the people are actually really nice and the food is of course AMAZING.
Case in point Caroline's family hosted us at their house on Sunday night and made a traditional French dinner. This included foie gras (avocado and tomato for me), duck, salmon, green beans, salad, three different types of cheese, plenty of French bread, champagne, red wine, white wine, French pastries, and a fruit salad. Caroline's parents are really nice and insured me that my French is actually pretty good (wahoo)!
Katelyn and I are back in Nantes for the week, so I can show her my new home and we can watch Halloween movies together. Bisous!
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