Rainy Day in Paris

After anticipating the City of Love for two weeks, buying cute new dresses from Zara (an adorable European clothing store) and spending the night sleeping in the Munich airport, Megan and I get to Paris and it is raining - steadily raining. As if we didn't get our fair share of downpours in Austria already (check the previous post if you don't know what I am talking about), Paris has decided to drench us again.

But....this is Paris people, and no matter what, Paris will not break our spirits! So what are two American girls to do who have 5 hours to burn before they can check into their hotel? Drink an espresso and eat a pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant) of course! Megan and I spent two hours sipping fine French coffee, eating delectable pastries and playing about a hundred games of Gin Rummy - a new obsession for us.

Now we are making a quick Internet stop before we can finally check into our hotel - which is absolutely adorable! We are less than a 5 minute walk from the Champs Elysees and once this rain goes away (we will make it go away!), we can already tell we are going to love Paris!

After our treacherous hike in the Alps, we took it easy our last two days in Salzburg to say the least. For the record, both of us are still sore from the hike - especially when there are stairs involved! We just walked around Salzburg, enjoying the happy atmosphere of the town, which is still in full force - raining or not. We met Ted and Tyler at our hostel - who happened to be wearing Minnesota shirts but lived in Wisconsin, and Ted even graduated this past spring from UW-Madison on the exact same day as me. Crazy coincidences! We also met two girls from Australia and another guy from Canada and started a nice global game of Gin Rummy. Did I mention we are slightly obsessed with the game?

Off to pray for the rain to stop and to brush up on my French. Au revoir!

P.S. The Parisians are so chic - it puts America to shame!