A girl and her bike

Today was a wonderful, wonderful day. Not only was it gorgeous weather (high 70's and not a cloud in the sky) I decided that I would take a bike around the city! People are constantly biking everywhere here. It's supposedly the best way to learn the city. So, like I said yesterday I decided that, that is how I would spend my day.

I woke up this morning with a little bit of a late start considering I decided to venture out last night to the Irish pub across the street from my house. It turned out to be a fabulous decision, it was filled with American and Irish expats. I spent the evening chatting with the locals and hearing stories of what brought them to Paris. It was very interesting. Needless to say I stayed a little to long and woke up with a bit of a headache, hence the late start to my morning.

I started the late morning out with a much needed trip to Starbucks to grab a Mocha which would hopefully jump start my morning, then off I went to the 4th arrondissement to pick up my bike. When I got to the rental place it turned out that they were doing a guided tour through the city. I was welcome to hop on if I wanted. Considering I don't really know my way around all that well, I thought it was a great way to get lots of information as well as have someone lead me to the best spots.

The tour was extremely informational and jam packed with the history of how the city came to be what it is today. We saw tons of different sites including the Holocaust Museum (which I will most definitely be going back to check out) Notre Dame, The Seine river walk, The Louvre, The Pyramids, The Christian Dior Fashion show tent (I was very impressed by this), The Latin quarter where I indulged in the MOST delicious creme puff I have ever tasted in my life. And lastly the open air flower markets. All very interesting and exciting places to see. I was making a list in my head of all the places I was intrigued by that I would venture back to on my own to check out more in depth. The tour was bout 3 1/2 hours long so I definitely got a work out in. Its been a long time since I have been on a bike for that amount of time. I will most likely be feeling that tomorrow.

I am starting to feel very at home here. I would say I have a very firm grasp on the metro, I am falling into a good routine with work and my host family is amazing at making me feel very comfortable. I definitely really miss everyone at home but starting to relax and enjoy myself here!

Tomorrow is another wedding day! Looking forward to seeing what this one will entail.

xoxo
C

Open air flower markets, they smelled fabulous!! 

Notre Dam! 

The pyramids in front of the Louvre