Paris: the stories continue, Paris; las historias continuan

So, we thought we won't tell you more new stories, I was wrong as always, just when I though things were going smoothly not really!!! So, we took the train on time, just found out right on time that the station was acroos the river not the one we arrived on. That was an 1 ride, but we only had 10 minutes change from one train to the next, and we thought we had a chance, not really, our train arrived just as the other was leaving, we had to wait for 2 more hours, and finally arrive at Paris at 11pm. So far so good, but it wasn't until we show up at the hostel that things would turn against us. They were looking for our reservation, and the guy couldn't find the dates and the name and then he realizes that the booking was done for August rather than September. Oopps, Vicky who did the booking didn't check and neither did I, we use a internet booking system and probably use the date of that time for the reservation, so we had not choice to look into another hostel. They were totally full. For an hour, by now it was 1pm, we search for a place to stay and only found one from Friday until Sunday, not Thursday, meanwhile the guy found us a place to spend the night another Hostel. So we have one place to look up tomorrow, they won't take a reservation, rather they want you to show up at 3, didn't seem safe for me.

So we took a taxi to the hostel was a like a 15 minute ride, not to close, but is a close place from everything in Paris, at the Republique!!! Got there late, and into a room where people were sleeping, (guys for the most part, I must say that was weird) so just try to sleep, I didn't maybe an hour or so. Got up to get breakfast early, is included in the price (nice!!!). And we were trying to figure out the bags situation for the rest of the day and ask if they did have a private room for the two of us, and they did, that was probably the best news ever, since we didn't have to worry about carring the bags throught the metros, which I need to say they are old and don't have elevator yes cathi same thing we sow years ago they haven't done much!!! and plus the best thing is only 20 euros more from what we would of end up paying at the other places is 40 a night with breakfast and pivate bath for the two, 40 each, not cheap but at this point I would of pay even more. The place is clean, and much better than the one in Cologne so we were happy.

Thanks to this we didn't have to waist any more time and we head to the opera to find the Tourist information center, we did, and bought a Paris pass for different museums, we then head up to the Orsay, really preatty, I have a share of Monet, Van Gouh, Rainor, etc. really coold, didn't see it first time.

In the afternoon, whent back to the hostel put our bags back in our place and then took a nice shower rest and head to Saint Chapelle, and Notre Dame, the Pantheon, and found a nice chapel for the saint etenne, really preatty.

So far that was our first day in paris!!!

Isa
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Pense que nos les volveria a contar historias, pero me equivoque como siempre. Primero tomamos el tren de Colonia a tiempo, pero igual nos dimos cuenta que teniamos que crusar el puente y tomar el tren al otro lado del rio no donde llegamos. Todo bien hasta ese momento, pero teniamos una coneccion de 10 minutos, por que sabiamos era poco. El tren en que veniamos se demoro justo el tiempo de 10 minutos por lo que no pudimos, tomar el prox tren asi que tuvimos que esperar 2 horas mas. Nada horrible estando en la estacion de tren de Frankfurt, hasta vimos un edificio de Foster. Bueno llegamos a Paris a eso de las 11pm. Todo bien y llegamos al Hostal como a eso de las 11:30, pero ahi fue cuando se nos vino todo encima, llegamos y el tipo no podia encontrar la reserva que Vicky habia hecho. Y se dio cuenta que fue hecha para agosto y no septiembre, Upps!!! Literalmente Cag...
bueno fue amable nos cobro la primera noche, y nos busco otra hostal para pasar la noche pero teniamos que encontrar otra para los prox dias. No encontramos nada todo lleno lo unico que encontramos fue algo para el viernes en adelante, llamo la Vicky pero no podiamos hacer reserva sino que llegar ahi despeus de las 3 no me tinco mucho a mi pero era eso o nada.

Bueno llegomos al hostal despues de tomar un taxi como a eso de las 1:30 a una pieza llena de hombres, como comprenderan eso fue raro asi que me acoste con los puesto no dormi nada por los ronquidos, y etc, fue todo raro. Nos despertamos tomamos desayuno que hechos nos ofrecen, y teniamos que cranear que hacer con las maletas mientras buscamos donde quedarnos, la noche anterior le preguntamos al tipo si tenia algo y dijo que no. Pregunte de nuevo en la manana, para algo privado osea una pieza para mi y la vicky con bano y la tipa dijo que tenia algo. Fue la mejor noticia, nos quedamos en el mismo lugar, es limpio, y ademas nos dan desayuno algo que vale en paris una comida menos!!!

Asi que partimos a la Opera para buscar un centro de informacion para sacar pases para ir a los museos, y demases. Luego fuimos al Orsay, bakan tengo mi cuota de Monet, Matisse, Van Gohd, Renoir, etc.

En la tarde nos fuimos al hostal para hacer el booking y ducharnos y descansar un poco porque no pasamos una noche muy buena que digamos. Luego nos fuimos a Saint Chapelle, Notre Dame, Pantheon, y vimos los parques de Luxemburgo por fuera porque estaban cerrados. Luego vimos un poco de la noche parisina con la torre Eifel iluminada.

Bueno dormiremos mucho mejor hoy y mas descandas que tenemos un lugar para quedarnos hasta que no vayamos,

saludos y espero sus post

isa