day 3

Today, we spent 4 hours on the train from Amsterdam to Paris. Paris is crazy! For one thing, its difficult to understand EVERYONE, and when I try to talk in french, I usually end up embarrassing myself. The first thing we did was try to get a taxi, which was a nightmare. Paris has places where there are signs that say TAXI and there is usualy a line of taxis waiting. However, we did not know this until we waited 10 minutes for a cab driver to point us in the right direction. Once we got to this spot, there was a 20 minute line, like a disney world ride, that had a person directing people to cabs at the front of the line. Eventually, we got to the hotel, where we could finally relax which we did. The only thing we did tonight was go out to dinner. we spent so much time trying to find a good authentic place to eat, we eventually went to a small restaurant called la cantella, an itallien pizzaria, but it was italien with a french twist. I ordered penne 4 fromage and tarte aux pommes avec un boulle de glace vanille. (apple pie with vanilla ice cream). In this restuarant, i spoke so much french. Since my hotel is in a more residential area of paris, the local restaurants have waiters & owners that speak just french, so it was up to me to order. The reason it took so long to find a good place to eat, was because we began to look for restaurants at 6:30, but french people begin to eat dinner around 8pm because here, it doesnt start to get dark until 11pm. So, verything was empty and looked closed, so half an hour later, places started to open up and we eventually found this restaurant. The reason it took so long to find a good place to eat, was because we began to look for restaurants at 6:30, but french people begin to eat dinner around 8pm because here, it doesnt start to get dark until 11pm. So, verything was empty and looked closed, so half an hour later, places started to open up and we eventually found this restaurant.