hey guys,
we made it paris! but the strike is terrible. haha. we braved the RER to get to the hotel (i think we were the only ones from our plane to take the train.), but it stopped short about 5km because of the strike. the taxi lines were about 150 people long, so we asked around and took the metro from there the armed guards were very helpful in herding the crowds onto the super packed rush-hour trains. finally made it after about 1.5 hours after leaving the airport. not too bad though, because all the trains are FREE!
the weather has been rainy, and a bit cold, but not too bad. it's hard getting around with the strike going on, but we made it to the Eiffel Tower last night, it was beautiful. very cool to see at night. we were going to travel to Versailles today, but the RER is not running, so we're going to see the Catacombs, if we can get there, hehe.
so far, we've had some good crepes, and no gross french food. haha. we're doing our best to try some of the small local restaurants, but the weird french food keeps scaring me off.
okay, have a nice week!
Ian & Mikayla
we got to the catacombs, and they were closed till january. great!
doh!
That's rright, I almost forgot about that strike going on. beat. Hopefully Belgium doesn't get any ideas about doing the same thing, because I might be going over there next month.