Big Adventures, Little World

Towards the end of September was an exciting time as Elese was arriving on the 27th before we would make our way to Paris for a few days then to Oktoberfest in Munich. So much to look forward to, and I needed to be at the airport to pick Elese up around 1:00PM. So what did we do the night before, we made our way out to the Slug of course for £1.50 drinks of course! We had a great night, and the next morning Dung and I got up looking a little worse for wear and off we went with Mark to greet Elese at the airport, a long with balloons and random signs we had written! We waited for a while and eventually Elese came walking though the doors with all of us excited to see her. Then it was off for our journey home again, and Elese’s new home so we could relax and get some rest before Elese and I ventured of to Paris the next morning.

These early morning were always the same, always filled with excitement as it was off to some other destination. It’s tough, but the rewards are worth it. Getting to travel the world and experience so many other cultures and different things. We had to get to King’s Cross Station, so we could catch the Eurostar under the water to Paris. This was a lot less exciting than I had anticipated, and I think I slept through most of it anyway. I guess all I really wanted was to be able to see the water out the side and see all the fish swimming around, even though I knew this wouldn’t happen, it would have made the journey more exciting!

After reaching the hotel, we did what seemed to happen most of the time after these early morning trips, and that was sleep. The early mornings did take there toll, and after a couple of hours of sleep, we had enough energy to head out. We’d both been to Paris before, so we had a few particular things we wanted to do, but other than that we tried to get out and do some of the things we hadn’t had chances to do on each of our visits previously. We were staying in the Monté Marté area, which was just down the road from the Moulin Rougé. We walked through the streets for a while, having a bit of a look around the area and then made our way up to the Sacré Coeur, which in French means Sacred Heart. It is a large beautifully white basilica that sits at the highest point of the city and has some great views from the area surrounding it. We walked through and while being similar to other churches and basilicas I had been in, it still manages to amaze me, as they are all so different at the same time. After a bit more of a wander we headed back to the hotel where Elese had another nap. She was tired, which was no surprise as she had only arrived in London the day before and was somewhat jet lagged and definitely lacking in sleep. It was early, but we decided to call it a night.