Paris! After breakfast there was a free tour of the city so of course we took advantage of it. It was by the same company that did my tour of Edinburgh and this one was just as good. We walked all along the river Seine, past statues, various artifacts that Napoleon 'received' from countries he invaded. The French like to call those artifacts 'gifts.' We walked past The Louvre, Napoleon's burial site, and a bunch more French stuff. It was pouring rain, luc...

Michelle and I wanted to see France, so we were planning on taking a bus close to the border - we were only 10 miles away - and going for a morning run. The hostel owner suggested that instead we catch a bus or train to a beautiful French beach town, Biarritz. It was hard to talk the other girls into going… not! We got up and caught a train for 2$ to the border, then from there it was a half hour to Biarritz. We waited in the border town for about an hour...