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Well we arrived safely in Paris. We got a taxi to take us to our hotel… the driver was very friendly and pointed out lots of sights to us as we drove – the Arc, the Invalides, the Eiffle, the Opera.












Our hotel was quite cute from the outside, on a nice quite little street. But, with each step up a dark winding staircase we grew more and more concerned. When we got upstairs and into our room we were a little disappointed. The wall paper is peeling and the room was tiny, even by Europe standards. Haley and I teemed up in the double bed and Frank took the twin by the door. As it turns out, the beds were very comfortable and the room appeared to be clean and pest free. Now the shower, is 20inches wide and 18 inches deep. Don’t drop the soap! You won’t be able to pick it up. We had to keep all our soaps and shampoos out on the counter and open the doors, which opened in and out in the middle, to get each thing as there was no place to put anything, including a soap bar!




One the other hand, location, location, location. We were literally right around the corner from the Eiffel Tower… and the Champs de Mars park that led up to it. This gave us easy access to buses, trains, and the Seine. So, by the third night, we were pretty cozy and happy with our hotel.. although, it seems a great shame for something like this to cost about $200.00 a night!! I looked for a week and it seemed like the best thing.

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