March 20, 2011

The two flights were fairly long and uneventful, in fact it seemed that Toronto took no time at all. We barely had enough time in the airport to get food before we were off on the flight to Paris. The flight went by fairly fast. Many of us slept through all or part of it, while some of us stayed up and watched movies.

The weather in Paris is lovely; barely any clouds and beautiful sunshine and just the right temperature for Shallaway hoodies. We collected our luggage and walked a few feet to our double decker bus!

We journey into downtown Paris and have lunch in the cafe beneath the Louvre Museum. We then take a guided bus tour with a local guide. During the bus tour we see some wonderful sights including beautiful gardens, courtyards, palaces and cathedrals. The most exciting part of the day was getting pictures in front of the Eiffel Tower. Our guide is able to provide us with interesting information about everything.

After checking into our hotel, we head out to explore the surrounding area of Montmartre.We tried French pastries, hot chocolate and some of us even scaled the huge hill here.

We had a lovely supper this evening in our hotel and since we are all so tired from travelling we are heading to bed early. We want to be well rested tomorrow to continue our amazing tour of France!

Susan & Sarah