My winter break europe trip part9

 

December 27th 2022 Tuesday Brussels - Paris


Today we woke up at our regular time of 9:00. When we were ready to leave, we went from the MIDI station

to Central Station. the station but when we were supposed to board the train company employees told us 

that the train was broken and that we would have to wait for a substitute to come and take its place.The 

substitute train was delayed so it took about 1 hour extra to reach our stop. Once we got off at our stop we

went to buy some Metro tickets. For some reason however, when we were getting the tickets we tried to
pay with a credit card and a machine just kept saying that the payment was denied. In the end we just 

decided to finish up and pay with cash euros, instead of with a credit card. Once we got the Metro tickets

we took the metro to our hotel. we could immediately get the room so after we checked it out we went out 

again. The room had one small bathroom and two rooms each with one bed. After we stopped out we went

to Arc de triomphe. Arc de Triomphe is an arc that is now a historical monument. The arc had a big line 

and so we had to wait around 1 hour to enter. Once we entered we had to climb 284 stairs(yes we counted)

to reach the top. on the top you could easily see some of the City of Paris and you could easily see the 

Eiffel Tower. In the arc there was a souvenir shop on the way down and we got some souvenirs from the 

shop. After we finished the arc we looked at the shops on Champs-Elysees. Soon I got hungry and we 

went to McDonald's and I got a milkshake and it was so tiny. After McDonald's we looked at some clothing 

galleries. We walked near our hotel and found an Indian restaurant. The food was really good but when 

we were heading out something kind of funny happened. I forgot my bag and the waiter called to me to 

get it and my mom started laughing then he called out to her because she had forgotten both of her bags. 

After we ate, we went back to the hotel.

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