Bonjour (Part 3)

So after having a wonderful dinner watching the sunset over the Paris canals, Mallory and I opted to get dessert at the McDonald’s next door to our hotel and make our list of what we wanted to accomplish during our week in Paris.  I know it sounds weird that we wanted to get dessert at McDonald’s but the McDonald’s in Europe are nothing like the McDonald’s at home.  For one thing they are super clean, and they seem to be a “cool” place to hang out, kinda like a Starbucks in the States.  Anyway, they have super modern/comfy couches and chairs to sit in and they tend to be multiple stories.  As far as the food goes, the McDonald’s in Paris had its own separate counter for espresso and other café drinks as well as pastries and desserts.  Crazy right???  So Mallory and I get this berry crumble thing that is super good and spread out our maps and stuff on the table to look over everything.  As we are planning out our next few days, a group of kids come up to us asking for money.  There were three of them , two boys and a girl, and they all looked thin and dirty.  It was really sad.  The one little boy came up with a sign and asked us for money for food.  Mallory and I said no but he kept asking and putting his sign in front of me.  Finally they left, Mallory and I felt really bad that we couldn’t help them…that is until about 15 minutes later I realized the kid had stolen my iPhone.  Yes, that’s right, I was ripped off by a 12 year old.  Needless to say that put a damper on our first day in Paris.  Anyways, after that Mal and I were ready to be done with the day so we headed back to our room, called Mom to cancel my ATT service, and then headed to bed with the hope that the next day would be better.

As far as the blogs go from here on out, we will most likely blog simultaneously about what we are doing in Italy and what we did in Paris so we can catch up.  So just to clarify…any time we blog about Paris it’s the past and any time we blog about Italy it is the present.

We will keep you posted!  Also, we love reading your comments so feel free to leave us some!