Paris again.

So I just spent another five days in Paris. I finally left Gemma's place in Cambridge on Wednesday night and got the train to London. My flight out of Luton was at 8pm so I figured I'd get to have a pretty cruisey morning. Wrong. It turns out Luton Airport is in the middle of nowhere, so I had to leave my hostel at 5am, get the night bus to Marble Arch, wait for half an hour then get the bus to the airport. When I was waiting for the nightbus it started to snow! Which was kind of cool, because I hadn't seen snow yet on this trip, but kind of not, because it was freezing!

I got to my hostel in Paris without any dramas and was halfway through checking in when Zoya and Melissa appeared. There was a lot of squealing and hugs all round, I think the receptionist was a little taken aback - but amused all the same. I dumped my pack in the four bed room I had booked and went to see Zo and Mel's room. They somehow scored a studio apartment next door to the hostel for less than I was paying for my four bed! And it had a third bed...how convenient. Slowly, over the next four days, I moved all of my stuff into their apartment - it was amazing. We could cook and hang out and have dance parties to the Glee soundtrack (which we have become obsessed with).

We went to the Eiffel Tower and the Christmas Markets on the Champs Elysees on our first night. We had crepes for dinner and chocolate covered fruit for desert...healthy!

On Saturday we had a fabulous day at Disneyland. I went last time I was in Paris with Timo but was keen to go back...because it's great. It was the coldest day I've experienced yet on this trip...like, stupid cold! We actually all ended up walking funny all day because our feet hurt so much. We ate disgusting amounts of candy, drank about 12 hot chocolates between us, went on rides and ran around like idiots all day.

My favourite part was lining up to get a photo with a Disney Princess. We all wanted to get our photo with Raiponce (Rapunzel) but then half way through she left and Tiana from The Princess and the Frog came out. This was fine, any Princess would make us happy. The Prince though...he was a little odd. Every single time a kid went over to get a picture with them he would smooth their scarf down...this may not sound that strange, but it looked wierd. By the time we got to the front of the line Zoya and I were in hysterics...I think Mel was slightly embarrassed. We got our photo though and were all very happy.

About half way through the day we decided to get fairyfloss. It was ridiculously big, bigger than the one Timo and I got last time. We sat down to eat it and kids kept walking past with their parents and then just stopping and staring at us with envy. The best part was when one kid stopped and Zoya just looked at him and started licking her fingers. Mean. But amazing!

Sunday was our last day in Paris and we decided to walk to Galeries Lafayette, the biggest department store in the city, and go shopping. Unfortunately, everything in Paris is closed on Sundays. It's so silly! I swear the only things that are open are small convenience stores, Starbucks and the cinemas. This worked out for us in the end though, we got Starbucks and went to see Harry Potter. Great day. The memory of seeing HP in Paris will stay with me for a long time...We laughed inapropriately all the way through. Why? Well, it turns out the French word for wand is 'baguette'...I'm sure you can see why this was so hilarious. In serious moments the subtitles would say "Where's my baguette, Hermione?" or "Take their baguettes!"...except, obviously, the whole sentence was in French. Good times.

I really had a great time in Paris with the ladies, I love that city! And I cant wait to see them again in just a couple of weeks for Zo's 21st birthday and Christmas!

Love to you all,

xxx.