18.07.2007

Bonjour

Today we arrived in Paris. After saying goodbye to Elisa, we hopped on the Eurostar train from Waterloo station to Paris. This is a great way to travel, interesting scenery and quite comfortable. We faced the initial challenge of the Metro Underground system but were soon at the hotel on Rue St Lazare. In contrast to Singapore, this is the first of the sensible hotels of the trip, simple, clean, secure and well located in the Opera district. We settled in and almost immediately fell into nap mode. After a couple of hours we arranged to meet our friend Ewen. Ewen is originally from Brittany, but is now a Parisian and we met up with him and his South Australian girlfriend Yvette and a friend of theirs, I think his name is Aron (sorry, I know I got it wrong). We met up at this really cool bar which was situated by the canal. It had tables inside and a DJ playing a mix of Alternative rock and dance, with stuff like the crazy frog and some other weird crap mixed in. We sat out on the edge of the water, which most patrons were doing. The atmosphere was so relaxed and the beers were nice too; Ambre and 1664. Next door, is the fire station. Every time they go out on a call they have to beep or use the siren to move the drinking masses out of the way of the trucks. Not very compatible neighbours but it makes it more interesting (for both).