Saturday's seem to be the most interesting...which I am beginning to enjoy and look forward to!
After taking Angelika to Montmartre, I came back home to get ready for the evening. Cathie's birthday was Thursday, and we were all planning to celebrate Saturday night. She had heard about a boat ride/cruise if you will, that happens once a month for international students. If you go the week of your birthday, free bottle of champagne and reduced entrance. So-we all joined in to celebrate of course! We gathered at metro Trocadéro and walked to the lookout to watch La Tour Eiffel sparkle at 9. Since the weather wasn't so great, there weren't many people there and we had a front and center view of La Dame de Fer. It was beautiful, as always, and with good friends it makes the experience 10 times better. We did take a group photo but it wasn't on my camera so you'll have to wait until I can get it from Iris!
We rushed over to the stop where the boat was suppose to be docked (after 30 minutes of trial and error directions) and made it just in time. Along the way we picked up Chris, who has been couchsurfing for the past 9 months all over Europe. He is Australian and met Kerry through the Couchsurfing website and I think its safe to say we enjoyed getting to know him! He is doing a very similar thing as to what my friend Taylor did, and has spent his time traveling everywhere. After his 12 days in Paris he is going to Ireland to spend a couple of weeks. Pretty awesome way to see the world, and meet some pretty interesting people like ourselves along the way! ha....
As we were standing in line to get our tickets, we noticed that there were a lot of people dressed in 70's costumes. Oh man! I hate we missed the memo on the 70's theme because I am always down for a little Rod Stewart or Earth, Wind and Fire. Turns out it was a private party we wouldn't have been able to get into anyway....whew... dodged the disappointment! Got our bottle of complimentary champagne (free champagne always = not good) and classy plastic glasses and went to the top of the boat for a toast.
The "cruise" lasted about an hour, then we docked for the rest of the night. I can't say it was the most "touristy" thing I've done because the boat ride didn't pass anything familiar except the Eiffel Tower. It was more of a-meet new people thing than a touristy thing.
Over the course of the night we met a ton of great people. Most just stopping through for a couple of weeks, but some were students studying for a semester. The dj was pretty good, we danced the majority of the night. Later on in the night, every one was beginning to get sleepy and you could tell the crowd was tired. The next song the dj put on was Spice Girls "Wannabe"...and you would think someone just dropped a million dollars in the middle of the room. Everyone (including the guys) jumped up and started YELLING the lyrics. It was hilarious!! It was a giant dance floor "pick-me-up" and I loved it!
We missed last metro, so we just grabbed a taxi back home. Went to church this morning with Ashleigh and came back to catch up on my sleep! Doing homework tonight and getting ready for class in the morning. If the weather is nice tomorrow I'm going to Pere Lachaise cemetery tomorrow with Laura!
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