Paris, and an unexpected detour
We left Paris yesterday and headed for Prague. Paris was really lovely, albeit pretty expensive. My favorite things we did were the dinner cruise along the Seine, and seeing the Eiffel Tower up close. We did get to go to the very top, which was amazing! Probably my least favorite thing we did in Paris was Versailles. It was a really hot day and the lines were super long. The gardens were really nice though…everything inside the palace you can pretty much see at the Louvre. I found myself much more impressed by the architecture of Paris than anything else. I’d love to go back someday and do some less-touristy stuff. 
Prague is beautiful so far! We definitely missed out on our night train due to a fire on the tracks in France that delayed our connection and halted all trains for about 2 hours. We ended up staying the night (can you call 2 hours of sleep a night?) at the hotel next to the train station in Cologne, Germany. We got up to make a 4:20 train and 3 connections later had made our way through Frankfurt and Dresden on our way to Prague. Finding the place where we’re staying was a bit of a struggle as well, but we’re finally here, safe, and getting settled in. Sean and Jenny, friends of ours from Seattle, met us here after having some similar train travel woes.
Tired and going to bed…hope everyone is well!
-Jill
June 28th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Probably you should take me to France next time… I tend to do less touristy things… Hope your still having an amazing trip!
June 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I just discovered your website (yay!!!). I’ll have to catch up on reading. I’m excited to see you’re writing again.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
P.S. We miss you and Jeremy at Exodus. Can’t wait until you two return.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Travel can be difficult. Glad to hear you guys are making the best of it.
And if Ryan gets to go, can I go too?!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
haha–yay! The more the merrier. : )
We just got to Florence after 30 hours of train travel from Prague…our hotel here seems to have been a little overly enthusiastic about its amenities and general non-crappiness, we’ve found. It does not, in fact, have internet either, so I will do a proper update when we get to Rome.
Miss you both!! Thanks for making it feel like we are not alone out here. : )
July 1st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Not fair, me three!