Laurel's Gap Year: Arriver a Paris!

Le I am on to the next leg of my journey. After a very long day of travel I arrived in Paris with my mom and my brother. We left home at 10:00 am our time and flew out of Montreal. By the time we arrived in Paris it was just before 2am. We tried to sleep on the plane Some, goal that's always hard. We were put at the airport by the father of our host family (They All-have long complicated names. Let's call him K). K Took us to his little tiny apartment That is attached to a school in the 9th arrondesmont in Paris. He Introduced us to His Wife Have you speaks English and his oldest no sound. We-settled in, and Were Given tea. Once We had relaxed for a little while K Took us out to explore Paris a little. We saw a beautiful Cathedral, artists selling Their art on the street, and learned How To Avoid tourist traps.
Paris is very classy. All the people wear much dressier clothes than we do in the U.S.. I was very glad That I Had thrown in a black dress, mostly because i Brought clothes for when I'm going to be farming later in the trip. I think I would've managed to blend in pretty well If It Was not for the rest of my family, my Lack of nice shoes and my English accent.
My french is coming back to me quite quickly. Even words I had not used since 7th or 8th grade! Our homestay family complemented me on my French and I feel like I'm in command when it comes to talking to people. So exciting!
In the afternoon we Decided to go down to the Siena, and we ended up going all the way down to the Notre Dame de Paris. It was beautiful. We finished our outing with ice (ice cream) and Almost getting lost on the way to the metro. All in all it was a great adventure! I can not wait for the Eiffel Tower tomorrow!

The one downside to Paris is that it smells like cigarettes and pee... You have to pay for the public bathrooms, so apparently people go on the street.

Here are some photos: