Location: Paris France
Mission: Explore the city and meet our second couch surfing host.
Transportation: Walking.
New Years Day, 2010. How crazy? We slept in quite late this morning, Sylvain was to show us a little more of the city before we made it to our next couch surfer's place. We had originally spoke to Xavier (our second couch surfer) first, but he was unable to accompany us the first two days.
After a quick lunch at Sylvain's, we made our way to Notre Dame. Magnificent, all I can say to describe Notre Dame. There was quite a long line to enter the building, we did not, but standing outside was breath taking. The two days with Sylvain gave us such great insights to the city. We saw the area where people were hung in public, the oldest clock in Paris, Shakespearean Bookstore and so much more.
Sylvain led us to Xavier's place. Xavier's place had a more modern feel. Sleek and simple is what I would use. He was more vocal than Sylvain, but also very generous. After feeding us a Tortilla (Spanish omelet), he offered to take us to a club.
The club was named "Tango." With a mixture of all ages, the first portion of the night consisted of couples dancing the Tango. Chris and I did not want to Tango, although Xavier and his friend Emmanuel, wanted us to. We did, however, dance to transition the music. The dance (the name escapes me) was similar to the electric slide (or that country line dance) and was quite enjoyable.
After the Dance, the music changed to more club-like material. Lady Gaga, Britney, Madonna and many others. Even music from the 80's played all night. It was quite interesting to see French men lip syncing to songs in which they probably had no clue what they were saying!
I forgot to mention that we rode bikes to this club. The ride was amazing, we felt like Parisians and rode down small streets, next to traffic. Quite an experience!
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