Adventures of a Small Town girl living in London: Valentine's Day Weekend in Paris! Day 1

I know this is a little overdue but better late than never right! This is about my long weekend spent in Paris, France.

I left London from St. Pancras International train station on the Eurostar - which is the high-speed train that goes through the chunnel under the English Channel. It was only a little over two hours so it was a pretty enjoyable journey. I decided to go with a tour company and I was glad that I did because I ended up meeting a lot of people that were there with me! I was seated next to Ricardo who was a student from Mexico studying English in the UK. He was a little exhausting to talk to though because he was very eager to practice his English. I, on the other hand, was very eager to get some sleep!

When we arrived in Paris, our tour manager led us to the coach that would be taking us on a panoramic tour of the city. It was really exciting to see everything that I only hazily remembered from my last trip to Paris. The city is laid out so much differently from London so it was great to be constantly reminded of where I was. The best part was that we took a photo stop so I could take a picture with this gem:

Yep, that's me with the Eiffel Tower! No matter how many times I saw it while I was there, it would still make me stop and take a deep breath everytime. It was truly breathtaking! After the panoramic tour, we got checked into our hotel in Paris. I was paired up with a woman from Australia to room with. This all sounded fine until we walked into our room and it was literally two twin beds pushed together - with no room to seperate them! She ended up being very nice thank goodness or that would have been a couple of awkward nights!

View from my hotel room

I was planning on going on an organized tour of Montmartre that evening but had a couple of hours to kill so I decided to hit up a supermarket to get some of my favorite Paris snacks! I got enough cookies for a whole kindergarten class and headed out for my tour. The tour guide was absolutely hilarious and extremely informative as to what we were seeing. I've taken a few tours with this company and I've yet to be at all disappointed. Here are some pictures from my tour and . The rest are on Facebook if you want to check those out.