Susan and I hosted a party at our place and invited all the people we knew in London. Most people showed up and it was a success!
Highlights:
Last night we were invited by Erika, Emma Lee and Sasha to go to Fabric nightclub in London (which was rated as one of the top 10 clubs in the world last year). Susan and I bailed on the predrink with them but we managed to find our energy to pre drink at our place and on the way to the club. We met up with the ladies, found the club and after 20 minutes in line and £16 later we had gotten in and checked out coats.
Susan and I lost the girls because they hit up the bar(s) before us, this place had so many rooms and stairs that we just couldn't find them at first. Susan and I wandered and danced and wandered some more (not to mention used a unisex washroom- interesting). We finally found the room the girls were in, met up and danced to 2 DJs spinning (I think it was drum n bass/hip hop style). After a while the girls decided to leave and go to a bar but Susan and I decided to stay to get the full experience of this place. We hit up another room with hard core drum n bass - we literally could not move it was so packed that we jumped around to the music (I am surprised I don't have bruises today!)
Leaving the place we got a Bratwurst (street meat) for the road home. We took our first bus to Peckham (which some guys at the bus stop laughed and said, "you should never go to Peckham"). At Peckham we found the second bus we needed and waited at the bus stop. There was a creepy Irish guy standing there and I will try to detail the conversation for the next 10 minutes:
Irish man - "Girls, wanna come back to my place?"
Susan - "No thanks, we're good"
Irish man - "Get you some drinks, I'll pay"
Susan - "No thanks, we're good"
Monica - "We've had enough drinks for the night"
Irish man to Susan - "£70"
Susan - "No thanks, I'm alright"
Irish man - "You're not from here are you?"
Susan - "No
Irish man - "Where are ya from?"
Susan - "Canada"
Irish man - "Oh Canada. Where in Canada?"
Susan - "Toronto"
Irish man - "Where is your friend from?"
Susan - "Vancouver"
Irish man - "Ah, Vancouver as well?"
Susan - "We're just passing through"
Irish man - "You girls should be careful around here"
Susan - "Yeah"
Irish man - "It's not ... good, safe you know?"
Susan - "Yeah thanks"
Irish man - "You girls should watch out for each other, you know?"
Susan & Monica - "Yeah thanks"
Yes, we should watch out for each other because of creepy men like you who try to pay for girls to come back to your place! (that's why were were warned about Peckham)
Back at the house Susan and I wanted to Skype people (that's kinda our thing after a night out with our friends Cider and Rum&Coke). We Skype called people (only Myles answered and probably wondered what we were carrying on about to him) and karaoke'd Chris with such songs as 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Under Pressure', 'Defying Gravity' (Wicked version) and some others. It was quite entertaining.
P.S. It's 6pm and I've been in bed practically all day.
Today we did tons of souvenir shopping (kinda addicted), checked out Notre Dame (beautiful church) - saw a scary Hunchback, tried to see the Catacombs but they were closed, checked out the Museum D'Orsay (for free!), saw the Sacre Coeur (beautiful Bascillica), was followed by a guy and had flashes of the movie "Taken" in my mind, ate at a French cafe and bought French wine to take home (to be consumed after a stressful teaching day). Unfortunately it started raining in the evening so we decided not to check out the Eiffel Tower at night (it lights up pretty!) Our train is tomorrow so we have to leave Paris in the morning.
Au revoir stinky Paris!
This morning Ashley and I woke up and had a buffet breakfast at our hostel (baguettes, cereal, tea, coffee, juice). We got ready and headed out to meet up with our Free Sandeman's Tour group in Saint Michel (best tour to check out when you travel). We walked for ages, saw tons of sights (forgot half the information) met some Canadians and had some McDonald's.
After the tour we went on a trek to see the Eiffel Tower. Just before the Eiffel Tower we had some crepes at a small place called Crepe's King (the guy knew perfect English) so it must have been a touristy place. We took pictures of ourselves and the tower and got bombarded by guys selling hundreds of Eiffel Tower key chains. We checked out some tourist shops and ended our night getting into The Louvre (for free!) to see Ms. Mona Lisa. I was very impressed with the interior of the building.
Tomorrow will be an even busier day: Saint Michel shopping, Catacombs, picnic under the Eiffel Tower and some other sights. I am coming around to liking Paris. The city centre is nice but I can't say the same about the locals.