We decided today would be another great day to sleep in. Gen was now done with classes and Jill and I had seen almost everything we wanted to. We got up, made breakfast and made our game plan.
We decided that we really wanted to see the gay and Jewish area of Paris. We took the metro that way. It was a very cute area with plenty of restaurants and shopping. We walked through a few stores before getting pretty hungry. Gen was told that this area had great falafel, so we went on a search for it. After about 5 minutes of searching we weren't really sure where to go, so Gen kindly asked a local waitress near by. She gave us directions and sent us in the right way. When we got their we were so excited. There was a line around the corner and the inside looked packed, it must be good. We found a seat inside and order. We all got the special, falafel, humus and much more deliciousness.
After lunch we decided to shop a little more. We all ended up with very cute things. Around 3pm our feet started to get tired, so we decided to head back to the apartment and relax for a while. Jill napped, Gen sent emails for her new job and I just relaxed.
Finally we decided the best thing to do would be to watch a movie. Gen had never seen Pitch Perfect, so we knew we had to show her!! By 8pm we realized we needed to eat. We paused the movie headed to a vegan restaurant for dinner. After dinner Jill and I both got two huge banana Nutella creeps. Once again they were amazing!!!
We headed back to the apartment and finished the movie. By this time Jill and I had to get ready for bed, it was going to be a long day tomorrow.
Day 16
We woke up bright and early, 630am, got ready and headed to the metro. At first the metro looked like it was still locked up. This made us worried. We then realized it was open across the street, so we proceed on our route. We had to take one metro to another metro. Get off at the train station and take a bus to the airport. That was easy. Once we got to the airport it was a little more confusing. We walked over to delta, but had heard we had to go to airfrace. We tried to check in there where we were told to go back to delta. We waited in a non moving 20minute line. Again we were told to go back to the delta kiosk, from where we were sent to stand in another long line. We finally got our boarding passes and luggage sent off. It was now time to head to the gate. We would first have to pass through customs. This was the longest line I have ever seen. It took us about an hour to get through. Many people in line were worried about missing their flights. From there we had to take a tram to our gate and go through security. After a that we found out our flight was delayed. This has already been a long day! Finally at about 11am we boarded. We got ourselves situated in our seats as set back home to America!!!
After 16 days, 5 cities, metros,trains, planes, busses, and tubes we made it!! Making new friends, meeting up with old one, never holding back, missing tours, making tours, exploring, getting lost but always finding our way and of course our sweet glasses....Europe was an amazing trip, one we will never forget! I couldn't have asked for a better travel partner....to next years travels, I can't wait!!!
