Paris: The Best Christmas Present
While Christmas vacation began in late December, I left my temporary home in Andalucía, Spain, for France. First stop on the list: PARIS. Paris, seen from Notre-Dame Cathedral Riding the TGV Rue Mouffetard, near my hostel After an, uh, unpleasant experience missing the night train in Barcelona , I had to (painfully) shell out an extra 100€ to catch the train that was leaving in the morning. In the end, I think it was worth it to miss the night train since I got to ride the TGV, or high speed train! And boy was it FAST. Like, sinfully fast—200mph. I would look out the window at a mountain way ahead of the train, return to my book for a minute or two, and when I would glance up again it would already be parallel with me. I left Barcelona in the morning and, after a transfer at the Spanish-French border, hopped off in Paris’s Gare de Lyon in late afternoon. Progress! Orsay Museum The Orsay Museum I arrived in Paris around 4:30pm but the Orsay Museum—one of my only