Bonjour mes aimes! Je suis arrivé à Paris

Hello friends! This is a recap post of my Sunday.

• Craig made a yummy fresh tomato soup for lunch 
• He later dropped me off at airport 
• Arrived there in plenty of time - newcastle airport is a bit unique I guess from msp that I had to wait in the lounge before I could go to my gate (you have to wait til your flight is called) 
• Best part about smallish airports - Fast Security queues/lines
• As always I purchased a few snacks before my flight - not really a fan of plane food
• Went to duty free just to look - saw GHDs (posh hairstyles) and I told them I owned a pair but frustrated as I only know how to use them for straightening - so this woman wanted to use me as a demo and I had lots of waves curls in my hair :)
• Boarded the flight from outside - I've only done that a few times back home with smaller airplanes
• The airline I'm flying with is different as its first come first serve seating (thankfully I got an aisle seat close up front) 
• On flight listened to some music to drain out the screaming babies in the background and looked over my metro directions
• Arrived around 4:30 and was out out of customs by 5
• Asked where metro was located to take to Paris but they said it was no in operation so I took a coach bus
• Bus dropped me off at Gare de Lyon - gorgeous train station! 
• I then I had a few hours to kill before parents arrived so I walked around - went to an Internet cafe - had a tuna sandwich at subway and also walked to the hotel to just get an idea where it s located
• Nice looking boutique hotel from outside 
• Decided to hang out at train station for parents arrival
• Had a Starbucks - read a magazine - listened to music
• After 8:30 parents arrived -  very happy to see me - met others from group (mainly other Minnesotans) 
• Walked to hotel - found out there is a tiny lift for luggage (ill post photo soon) as lots brought suitcases (me just a handbag)
• Thankfully our room is on 1st floor - nice layout - bathroom, double bed then my bed is angled off into my own nook area
• Went out for pizza 
• Bed time zzzzzzzzz