Jumpin ’round Paris

Because I intend to be a GLOBAL person, I started with pen pals from an early age. Rarely do people get to meet one’s penpal…but I had the great opportunity to hang with mine on 2 different occasions, in 2 different countries! Pierre and I have been mailing since I was in the 11th grade (bout 5yrs!),  last summer he said he would be stopping thru near my town…so we hung out at my university and had a blast! THIS summer I tell him, guess who’s coming for a visit? Here are the awesome pics of my trip to Paris to visit Pierre

**CAUTION: You should really get a reservation if your going from Germany to Paris by train over the weekend. Sometimes its even mandatory…so make sure your aware of the train situation less you get stranded in Frankfurt till 6am like I did :/ **

Pierre lives in Bretigny, Paris…lovely little town with lovely little BBQ parties for me to attend the first night I arrive. I must say I really love just relaxing with the natives and not being a tourist!

The next day Pierre and I went exploring Paris and even met up with Sami (Pierre’s road tripping friend when he visited me in America)…an awesome reunion! I must mention I went to Paris before at the beginning of the summer, this go round I didn’t need to visit ALL the attractions…

Then Sami and I had quite the adventure on one of the tallest buildings in Paris:

I introduced Pierre and Sami to Cold Stone in America, so they took me to a delicious ice cream place in Paris! Then after I was also introduced to a new style of pizza, with an EGG  on top…yumm:

After our lovely day trip to Paris, Pierre and I said bye to Sami and headed back to Bretigny. The next morning we went sight-seeing around Bretigny and then it was sadly time for me to go. I loved the time i spent in Paris and was so happy for the hospitality of my two french hosts Pierre and Sami