luna666

Charles degaul airport is the absolute worst airport I've ever flown into. Ugly, crowded, and completely unorganized. We waited over an hour on the tarmac for a gate to be available. The "gate" that finally "opened" happened to be a construction area. We exited the plane via those driven stairs onto the tarmac and then took a long bus ride to the real terminal. This was then followed by hours of confusion on the RER, getting pushed and shoved left and right. I used my luggage as a battering ram to get out the doors through the masses of people. It made getting on and off nyc subways seem like a sunday walk in the park. If all this wasn't bad enough, when we FINALLY got to the hotel, we had to be taxied to some other ghetto hotel because ours was "full" and won't be available until tomorrow. All this after 1 hour of plane sleep. Needless to say we were not happy campers.

Things changed for the better after an hour nap and a shower.

Escargot at mecano bar on Oberkampf, drinks at the autobus which reminded me of Holiday Cocktail Lounge, walking through republique to an "irish pub" decked out with strobe lights and disco dave playing totally gay disco which is where we are now. Rex club with matthew johnson or alexkid at la scene bastille is the next destination. Endurance is waning.

Decided on la scene bastille. We had a chance to walk around the bastille and it was refreshing to see something other than cafes. Real bars! Very LES. The club, well, that's a story I don't even have the strength to write about. Let's just say it was one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen in a hilarious way.

Right now were in a falafel place with loud drunk frenchmen at 2 am. One of them keeps talking to rich and doesn't seem to realize that rich has absolutely no idea what he's yammering on about.

Todays summary is just a jumbled mess due to sleep deprivation. Will try and do a better job tomorrow. Our feelings on Paris are currently mixed after a horrible day followed by a comical evening.