Day 14, June 11 - First day in Paris

Today was our first day in Paris! We  arrived at St. Pancras to take the Eurostar over to Gare du Nord in Paris. It was incredibly easy and accessible to get through and not daunting at all. It was both our first time riding on a train so we were pretty excited. It took us almost 3 hours to get to Paris from London. It took only about 20 minutes or so to get through the Chunnel, which was very suprising. We were both so nervous arriving in Paris because neither one of us speaks French that well. Luckily, we know the important phrases and I also had a pocket book to guide us. We wanted to take the bus to our hotel so we could see some sights on our way there. However, we did get lost for a little bit at the train station because it's in a different language and all that. Once we finally found our way and paid a Euro to use the toilets, we were on our way. It took about 45 minutes from the train station to get to our hotel. Our hotel is in the 15th arrondissement (neighborhood), near Grenelle. It is called Relais St. Charles. Once we checked in and got settled, we went and ate a nice dinner 3 or 4 doors down. The name of it escapes me right now. Once we got our full, we walked over to the Eiffel Tower. It was about a 15 minute walk from our hotel.  We spent a nice long time over there to take in the view. We then found a patisserie on the way back to the hotel and got something with chocolate. It was like a thin sugar cookie with dark chocolate on top with chocolate chips spread around the edges. After, we decided to call it an early night so we could have an adventurous day tomorrow!