In Paris!

I think today I took one of the scariest taxi rides of my life. I've taken some scary ones, but this one is definitely in the top 5! We hailed a cab from our appartment to the Brussels train station and caught the train with little to no problems, and just a little trepidation of whether we were at the right platform. Finding the right train car was another issue, but we managed, and now we've made it to Paris! We had crepes for lunch, with a stop off at Starbucks'. I know, I know....you go all the way to Paris and you have Starbucks?! Well, it was nice to have something familiar and to buy a coffee that was more than a teaspoon of liquid, so that's my reasoning. However, it will probably be the last Starbucks I have because it cost 4.40 Euro, which is $6.60...yikes! probably the most expensive coffee I've ever bought, but who can put a price on familiarity. :)

Anyway, the friend we are staying with lives in a great spot in Paris and is very close to many things, so after coffee we walked to the Paris Opera and even thought about getting tickets for tomorrow nights show! But the only tickets left were 130 Euro (~$200) so that was out of the question, but it was worth a shot.

Tonight we are going out to dinner with a bunch of people who I don't know, but are friends of the girl (Maria) that we are staying with. Apparently its bottomless wine?? Hmm.....

So not sure what the plans are for the rest of the weekend but we're thinking about going to the Musee D'Orssey (sp?) since I didn't get there the last time. Maybe doing a tour of Notre Dame since it was under construction when I was here 4 years ago. Not sure, but mostly its going to be fun to just be in Paris again!