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Me and my friend made this trip through Europe in summer 2006.
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7.6.

After a LONG night we arrived to the city of dreams. We arrived to Gare du Nord station and after like 10minutes there was a guy who offered us a some hostel brochure. We were too tired of looking anything else so we took that and went to Peaco and Love hostel near the station. There was a bar downstairs where we made our reservation, we get to sleep in a mattress on the floor for 20€/night. After that we just left and wander around the city. After a while we were totally lost, but we found Seine and Louvre by accident:D There we were sitting in a Louvre´s park and thinking what to do next and we decided to visit Eiffel tower today. We walked all the way to the tower and I was really shocked, because the tower was light brown!! What the hell?! I wasn´t not expect that!:D But I did get over it and we climbed to the first floor of the tower, it cost 3€ by stairs (300 stairs).
There we enjoyed the views and after a while we climbed down and started a long walk back to the hostel. But we didn´t have like no clue where our hostel was so I bought a map, and then I tried to orientate back to the hostel, and I succeed of corse. I was so exhausted when we got back to hostel that after a shower I immediately fall a sleep!!

8.6.

This day was the Louvre day! We get up around 9.00 and again walk to Louvre. We bought tickets (8,5€) from this machine. And first thing that we did was seeing Mona Lisa. Fortunately I´m taller than an average japanish tourist because other wise I wouldn´t see the painting. There was like 70 of them in front of Mona Lisa and all of them was taking pictures!! So wrong.. But after that we just wandered around the museum seeing Milo´s Venus etc.
Almost everything you can see in a day! After that we just hangout in a park and eat croisant´s.

Evening we spend at our hostel, just sitting in a bar and talking to people. At midnight I decided to go to bed, but I realized that I had a new roommate James from California. We ended up talking almost whole night, really nice guy!

9.6.

I waked up, and was so tired.. But AK was waiting me downstairs. Today was Notre Dame day, and of corse, we walked there. My feet was killing me but so what:D There was so nice and chilly inside of the cathedral. And the window paintings were awesome! After that we just sit beside Seine and listened some guy who played quitar, mood was so relaxed. After that we wrote some postcards and then headed back to the hostel.


There I met James again and he joined us for a lunch. We bought some bread, cheese and wine and head up to Sacre Coeur. I felt so french:D There we sit and watched the sunset and listened some guys playing quitar and just talked. After that we went and buy more wine and smuggled it to our room. We played card and drink wine all night, it was nice!!

10.6.

This was our last day in Paris. In the morning we went to Gare du Nord and asked for trains to Barcelona. But those left otherside of the city from different station. So we spend whole day walking and sitting in a different parks along the way.
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I stayed here in summer -06. It´s quit far away from the central and main tourist sites (Eiffel tower, Louvre, Notre Dame) but it´s near Gare du Nord and Gare de l´Est trainstation and metro. But other hand Montmartre, like Sacre Couer and Moulan Rouge, are near. It has a internet connection, but if that don´t work near is a internet cafe. There is a bar downstairs which is open till 2am if I remember right, but hostel is open 24/7. There is also a small grocery shop down the street.

In my own opinion it´s a little too pricy if you think the location (20-25€), but atmosphere is great and it´s clean. No complainings at all.
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