Right so it's day one ( well half of day one). We arrived at the hotel earlier than expected at around half 11 french time. The journey had been durable but only just; I'd managed to bag myslef two seats together, that combined with the genius idea of bringing my pillow, i managed a good few hours sleep on and off.
Determined not to waste a single minute in the city of love, I headed over to the FCP(the sister course to mine) hotel to meet my friends and we headed over to the tram stop. Employing my best GCSE french I determined which tickets we wanted to buy and how to get to the main train station. Following the advice of our course leaders we headed straight into Bastille for a much needed snack.
(straight to the good stuff, we're from trent yeah that's how we roll...)
After this we headed to the Eiffel Tower, it was freezing but seeing one of France's most magnificent architectural trophies after so many years, was an opportunity i couldn't pass up. We trekked through the cold biting winds, until before we knew it we were at the foot of the tower itself, it was a shining beacon of hope in the darkness.
I convinced the girls to climb up the first to levels with me ( a 30 minute hike and no mean feat). We made it in about 20 minutes, taking in every moment and watching the vast array of lights and glittering structures expand as our horizons did.
After we got to the second level the girls bailed and i was the only one who made it to the top, it was absolutely beautiful. The lights spread for miles like a million candles flickering in the darkness; the experience was breath taking and I'll never forget it.
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