Today was a LONG day of traveling, but it went smoothly. John and I opted to take the Eurostar train from London to Paris, which worked really well. We got there plenty early, which was good because the lines were long and there were a lot of people. You have to check in to a Eurostar train half an hour in advance and go through some light security, as it is international travel.
Our train got in around 2pm and it took a little less than an hour for us to find our hostel, Le Regent Monmarte. Check in wasn’t until 4pm and the luggage room was literally bursting at the seams, so we opted to hang out for an hour and wait. Our room was very small, but mostly clean and had it’s own bathroom, so we didn’t complain. We shared our room with a fellow student traveler from Mexico, seeing Europe after a study abroad in London to improve her English.
It was a pain to drag the luggage around all day, and a poor combination of shoulder tension, lack of contact lenses, and luggage lugging gave me a headache that lasted our first few hours in Paris. Luckily it abated by nightfall and I was ready to explore.
We went to 10pm mass at the Sacre-Coeur, which was one of my favorite experiences thus far. Mass was said in French, of course, and it was absolutely beautiful. A Dominican nun cantored for the mass and there was no doubt that she was praying beautifully, even though I didn’t know what she was saying. If you are ever in Paris, do not miss mass at the Sacre-Coeur.
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