London to Paris on the Eurostar.

The day started with a frantic rush. With alarms going off too late, breakfast at 7 am, people hogging the bathroom, objects going missing and doing the final packing of our luggage, we sure had something to talk about on the Eurostar train to Paris. We arrived at the St Pancras Station, collected our tickets and went through French immigration while still firmly in the middle of London. Soon after we left London and 2.5 hours later we were in the heart of the French capital. To fill in our time many of us purchased food and drinks such as tea, hot chocolates, croissants, sandwiches, and LOADS of chocolate and chips or should we say ‘crisps’! 

So then we arrived in Paris! The city of love, or in this case - love of art! Although no-one could understand the signs or posters, we found our guide who walked to us to our transfer bus.  With luggage in tow, mouth open and heads turning we began to take in this different city.

We arrived at the hostel, half asleep but excited. When you walk into the hostel, our eyes were drawn to the most gorgeous outside area, a courtyard in the centre of the hostel. While some of us got our room keys straight away and settled into our new home, others had to wait an hour for their rooms to be clean and ready. We’re sure the other hostel customers didn't mind hearing a bunch of us singing and playing guitar in the courtyard as we waited.

The bedrooms where huge - at least certainly compared to our rooms in London - and hold either 2, 4 or 6 people. There are different themes to each room, some consist of very bright and bold colours and patterns such a Baroque style red and grey room.

In the evening we walked around for an hour getting feel for Paris and then had dinner at an Italian restaurant (Yes! An Italian meal in the French capital.) where we got pasta or pizza and chocolate mousse. 

We are all excited to see Paris over the next four days. It should be ‘chockerblock’ full of interesting things and fun!

Lauren