France!

No more night trains. Thank goodness. Hannah and I were planning on taking a 12 hour train ride to Nice from a smaller city in France, but we missed our connecting train, so we ended up staying in a hotel! It was really nice to have a room with just us, a BATHTUB, and a hot water heater. We were pretty excited, haha. We woke up early in the morning and headed to Nice. We got there in the afternoon and took some showers. It was super easy to figure out the town, and it was pretty touristy, but it was also gorgeous to be in the South of France. Hannah and I walked around the town and checked out the shops and the coast. We had a drink by the water and then we ate at a tapas bar before heading back to the hostel.

In the morning, we met our Irish roommates in the hostel, Nathan and Michael. Hannah and I headed out to breakfast at a nice little cafe, and then we went to the beach to relax for a bit! It was awesome to swim in the Mediterranean Sea, even though it was super salty. So weird compared to the Great Lakes. Anyway, we ate lunch and walked around Old Town for a while, before climbing up lots of stairs and seeing the lookout point. It was an awesome view, and then we went back to the hostel. Nathan and Michael didn't really have any plans, so they came out with us as we walked around the beach and then had a drink by the water. Then we got some wine and pizzas to go so that we could hang out on the beach and talk with a beautiful view in the background! It was a super fun time, and I know that Hannah and I are really grateful to have met such awesome people in our time abroad. After the beach, we went to an Irish Pub for a little bit to watch part of the USA game and went back to the hostel to sleep!

Yesterday, we all got up and got ready to get out of the hostel. Hannah and I had a quick breakfast near our hostel and went to the train station to catch our train to Paris. We got here and figured out the metro so that we could get to our hostel. After showering, we had a delicious Korean meal for free at our hostel and headed out to the Eiffel Tower. It was a beautiful time of day to see it, and it wasn't overly crowded, so that was nice. We stopped at a cafe nearby, and I ate some Nutella banana crepes and drank tea. It was really lovely to walk by the water and see the Eiffel Tower.

Today, Hannah and I plan to go see some sights and head to Versailles this afternoon. It's definitely a quick turn around here in Paris, but I am enjoying just seeing the major parts of the city! Can't wait to continue our journey and go on to Belgium and London soon.