The Hotel

Bon soir everyone. Marnie and I made it to Paris! You must forgive my typing while out of the country as the keyboards are completely different! So if there are any mistakes, blame France.

I also need to figure out how to upload photos on this thing. I have a pic of our hotel room I wanted to show you. It's pretty tiny, but we're in the Latin quarter, and it's clean!

So after arriving in Paris at 7 am, Marnie and I trekked through dirty metros into the city. It's so amazing!! It feels like I never left. Riding on the RER train was so beautiful. Funny thing, though, it was pretty dirty. I guess as a missionary I never really noticed it. I mean, I wore the same skirt almost everyday and sat on those seats!! I never felt the need to use so much hand sanitizer either. I guess the Lord truly blesses and protects His missionaries in all capactities--including dirty metros. I love people watching. I saw a woman on the metro today that was wearing a pair of earrings that I recognized. They came from the store Yves Rocher. They were a free gift with purchase around Christmastime...How do I know this? Because I too have that pair of earrings! It was just funny to me.

As soon as we got to the hotel, I showered, Marnie napped, then we went to a matinée showing of Harry Potter. We totally watched it in French. It was pretty cool. I was proud of myself because I actually understood a lot more than I thought I would. The theater seats were pretty nicely padded--really comfy. It was filled up too. I guess today was opening day...

After the show I napped while Marnie showered, then we decided to go someplace familiar--downtown Paris to St. Merri. This is were the church is. We actually ran into a set of Elders--the assistants to the President actually--and we knew them!! They told us they were in the middle of a zone conference. They invited us to stay, but we didn't want to be awkward...only because we knew we didn't know any other missionaries there.
I am happy to report to all the Paris France missionaries, that the Expo will be reopening tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!! The APs just told us today. Yay!!!

Well, guess that's it for now. Marnie and I are just dead tired from travelling and shopping all day today. I will definitely continue to report on our mad adventures as they occur.

à plus,
Jessica