France

Arrived in Paris yesterday early morning, the journey was quite long, but the coach was comfy and we managed to get a bit of sleep, it was good to travel overnight so we didn't waste any days in Paris.

Paris is a beautiful city, although the traffic can be a little bit daunting at first, the cars don't seem to care about traffic lights very much so you need your wits about you!

Today we went to a park local to our hostel in the Crimee area - (St Christophers....it's really good and has a good bar too) it was really nice with a big cave and a massive hill with a tower on top that you can walk up to get a good view of the city.
Next, we went onto the Eiffel Tower, it took us a little while to find (even when it was right in front of us) and the que was pretty long but when you finally get to the top it's all worth it! It is 12 Euro to get to the top (less to the 1st and 2nd floor) and even though it is a bit scary it has an amazing view from the top - and you can't go to Paris and not go to the top of the Eiffel Tower!

We bought a Metro pass that lasts a week, which is 16 Euro (but make sure you bring a passport photo) - you can also get a 10 ticket book for 11 euro which is good if you are only staying a couple of days - so we've been travelling all round Paris on those for a lot of the day seeing the sights!

Tonight we are going down to the hostel bar for a kareokoe night which should be fun and tomorrow we are planning on doing a pub crawl around Paris (organised for us) - so the night life is pretty good (although drinks can be expensive).

Tomorrow we are planning to go to Notre Dame Cathedral- which is free, and the Louvre which is 9 Euro but free after 6 on Fridays and free on the first sunday of every month (all the museums are free on that Sunday).

We're off now, for pizza and drinks in beautiful Paris!