Back to Paris

June 17^th –

Our trip was finally coming to an end, and it was time to leave Southern France and head back to Paris. We took another train ride, and this time we made sure to leave extra early to be sure we didn’t miss the train. Thankfully, we didn’t. The ride went well, but I started feeling sick towards the end of the trip. I had been looking down a lot at books and a laptop, so I think I got a little motion sickness. Combined with that, these two men would go outside the cabin to smoke and then when they came back in the smell coming from them made my stomach feel ten times worse. At one point I was certain I was going to be sick, but thankfully didn’t. I was happy when we finally got off the train.

We checked back into the hotel we stayed at for the beginning of the trip. I didn’t think it was possible to get nicer rooms than the one we had before, but Will and I managed to get the nicest looking hotel room I have ever stayed in. I couldn’t believe how large it was for just the two of us! There were huge curtains that separated the sitting area and the bedroom. Behind that there was a ridiculously large walk-in closet. It didn’t get much use though, since we were only staying in that room for two nights.

We had some time to relax in the room, and then it was time for dinner. We decided to go out for some fondue, and the hotel recommended a restaurant for us. The restaurant was pretty nice, and we all enjoyed some cheese fondue and a baked potato. Walking back to the hotel afterwards, we saw a lot of police just standing around. There were even some outside of our hotel room. We asked the hotel what was going on, and it turns out that the Orthodox Pope was in town…and apparently staying in our hotel? Kind of weird. Too bad we didn’t run into him, although we did see a priest walking around.