Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Paris Day Deux!

Second day in Paris was still a little stressful in the morning. I still didn't have my luggage even though I was told I would get it. I attempted calling multiple times to no avail. I called my credit card company I purchased my flights with because I have travel insurance. The credit card company provided me with $100 a day for up to 5 days for necessities.
Since I had the money to spend now on more clothes for the trip, otherwise I would've been stuck with the same clothes until my luggage came, I went to H&M around the block and bought myself a sweater along with two tank tops.

That same day I went on the Batobus. The Batobus is a boat bus on the Seine river. It takes you around to a few points of interest and you can get on and off. It's about 20 minute wait per stop but it's not really an efficient way to get around because it takes quite a bit to get to certain spots. For instance to get to the Louvre from the Eiffel Tower takes about 2 hours because of all the stops. Unless you get off at a different stop that is very close to the Louvre.
I think the Batobus is really good for the first days for you to get to know the city and the locations. Start it early in the day, take the full ride all the way through without getting off then go on and off one by one. Then you can do the same thing the next day with their two days pass. Instead you can get on and off without going all the way around without getting off. It's still really inexpensive at only about $24 USD. I enjoyed it and especially arriving back to the Eiffel Tower at night as it was lighting up was great.

I did start my dad a little late that day because I was on the phone with my card company figuring out my bags and shopping for clothes. So, I didn't really see the sites. I did get pictures of the Eiffel Tower during the day. That you can see on the side there. I also went to the Monoprix grocery store. It wasn't really a grocery store because I didn't really see many groceries. I saw advertisements for them on the window, but man if I saw them...I bought a sandwich and juice. I didn't like the sandwich.

Other than the Batobus ride and my sandwich I really didn't do much. It was pretty uneventful. I wish I did more but I was still kinda tired and my internal clock was off. At least got to walk around while the day was nice.

Have a great day!
eny

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