Paris for Easter!

Jess and I woke up at 4:30am Saturday morning, so we could walk to gare and then go to the TGV station. No one was there, so we danced to some funky techno at 5:45 in the morning! The train left at 6:40am and we rolled into Gare de Lyon station in Paris around 9:40. Jess' friend Nasarah let us sleep at her appartment and her and her mom picked us up from the station! We rode through Paris in their car and it was a blast. i was sure we were goners a few times!!! They made us lunch and we took buses to the Champs Elysee! Stopped and had these great fruit drinks at Les Paradis des Fruits! It was so much fun and everyone got a different kind and they were different colors! Then bought cd for Jess' brother at Virgin Mega Store and it started to rain so we headed home. That night Nasarah's older sister and brother-in-law came over and we all had dinner together. They plugged these plates in and set them on the table and it was like fondu! For desert Bryan(b-i-law), made us mint tea from Morroco! Next day we saw Sacre Coeur but didn't go to mass because their family is Muslim and they were taking us around. Then went under the Eiffel Tower and I was taking a picture when 2 guys from French 1, Laurin and Ryan, spotted me. So, we took a picture together. They are studying abroad in Europe also! What a small world huh?! On Monday, Jess and I were served Pain Perdue(french toast, but different), and then just her and I spent the day alone. We went to Invalides, where there is an awesome WW1 and WW2 musuem and this is where Napoleon is buried. Then we walked by lots of old men playing patonque and boulle. We walked along the Seine and bought pictures and then it began to rain, so we skipped going to Ste. Chappelle and just headed for the train station. The train left at 6:20pm and we were home and eating by 10pm! Was a great trip even with the rain and we think we spoke more french in the past 2 days then we had in the past 2 months!