Awwwww Paris.... I have been to Paris once before when I was 12 years old, and to be quite honest didn't really enjoy it all that much. I did, however, enjoy the countryside quite a bit. Yet, I decided to give Paris another go. Especially since two of my friends speak French fairly well and one of them, that being Ben, had lived there for a year.
I must say this time I thoroughly enjoyed Paris. Ben showed us his favorite spots from when he was living there as well as some major tourist things to check out like that big metal thing that's really famous.
That night we out to dinner in this little Fondue place. It was such a good meal. They served us wine in baby bottles, which apparently started a long time ago during some prohibition movement or something, but the place kept in tradition. We later went to a few pubs and just really enjoyed the night.
Finally we made it back to our hostel, which also happened to be a bar on the first floor. We made friends with the bartenders and had a great night. I think I only paid for one drink there, it was pretty epic. Finally the place closes up, and the barkeep asks me if I wanna go out to this place he knows. I recall the words of my brother-in-law as if he were Obi-wan speaking to me through the force, "If someone asks you out, even if it's four in the morning...just say yes." So I heeded these words. We ended up at this little club listening to live music. It was an epic night. I finally made it back to the hostel around 7am and got up at 8:30am to head out to Disney Paris with Ben.
Disney Paris was freaking awesome. It was all made possible by cousin back home who gave me a free ticket to any Disney park in the world, as a birthday present. I was very happy, needless to say. The park was the most detailed Disney park I have seen thus, far. It also has the best Space Mountain of all Disney parks. Ben has been to Disney Paris a few times, and knows the park fairly well. So when we went on Space Mountain, he neglected to tell me the joys of this particular Space Mountain. So as we begin our descent we hit a loop, and I flip for I completely forgot that this was the park with the indoor loop. The entire time I'm laughing and yelling, "There's a loop...and a CORKSCREW!!!!" It truly was a great time.
We later met up with the rest of our group. They had gone to the Lourve, which I have been to before, but would have loved to seen again. We spent the rest of the time exploring Paris by night, and taking some photos of the lights. When we got back to the hostel, my friend's told the barkeep it was my Golden Birthday and he put on the most childish Happy Birthday song I have ever heard. Thus began part 1 of my Golden 21st Birthday Epicness!
We headed back home the next day and I got a birthday beer via train with the guys for part 2 of MG21E! When I arrived home my host family had surprised me when I entered the door with a few gifts as well as a cake. They prepared a traditional German meal for me, then my host sister took me out with a couple of her friends for part 3 of my MG21E! It was a good Birthday day, but was still be actually celebrated a few more times.
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