dernier jour à Paris

WEDNESDAY RECAP

I can't believe my time in Paris is coming to an end and I am not even looking forward to saying bye to my parents yet.  Though it has been a blast spending time with them :D

Here is my outline of Sunday - my final day in Paris

* Waking up is always hard when you have been sleeping so good but later hearing the noises of snoring  coming from the other side of the room. We all were up and at em to get ready for our adventure to see Versailles.
* Didn't have time for our usual breakfast place (huge heartbreaker as they know we are all usuals) plus I loved getting a hot chocolate in the morning, with 2 poached eggs, OJ, and bread with butter.   So we decided to go to a local patisserie across from the hotel - not sure of what to order at first but everything looked fresh and yummy!
 * Walked to RER and boarded train and it took 45 minutes to get there - we then had a chance to talk to Anne and Jason (other couple) so time went by really fast.
*  Once we arrived we had to purchase tickets to see the palace. It is is so AMAZING.
*We didn't have time to see everything so we just went through the palace - saw a lot of paintings etc
*Once we finished we stopped in the gift shop for some souvenirs
* Then upon exiting out we found a cafe and went in to split a sandwich and chips
*We then took the train home
*When we arrived back we walked to Gare de Lyon to find the bus stop where the shuttle collects me for the airport - funny enough we asked 5+ people and nobody knew. Dad saw the shuttle pass by so we followed it on foot and found my stop!
*Went back to hotel for 1 1/2 hours to relax - finish packing etc
* Left for bus stop at 3 and bus was promptly on time at 3:15 - said my bye and see you later to parents - they were waving and blowing kisses from the street :D
*Bus ride was alright. Very clean inside. Once I arrived at airport I was able to relax and have a sandwich and mineral water before going through security. Charles De Gaulle isn't an exciting airport or at least Terminal B isn't. Hardly anything to do.
*Flight went fine. Before boarding they asked for volunteer passengers to check their hand luggage to avoid an overload amount - which meant I was the 2nd group to go on the plane for seating.
*Talked to a nice British girl next to me - she has been living in CHina for 5 years managing a school - so that was neat to learn about her
*Landed in Newcastle and collected bag at baggage claim
*Took metro to Newcastle station
*Once I arrived couldn't find a cash point as I didn't have any cash on me so I had to walk a little into the town center - when to find the barriers were actually open in the station and I could have gone through them to an actual cash point *ugh*
*Craig then collected me at Durham
*unpacked - gave Craig his presents from my parents

On a last note - to anyone that is traveling to a foreign country and you don't speak a whole lot of the language - use your mobile device or tablet and pull up Google Translate. It helped us out loads!