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2nd & 3rd of May
After having a nice breakfast in my room I sent my friend Marc who I'd met on my trip in SE Asia, a text to meet up. We arranged to meet at the metro station Opera. We went for a walk then ended up going to an Italian restaurant for lunch. We caught up on what's been happening since we saw each other last then Marc's partner Marie came and joined us and we ended up going for a walk around and had a coffee.
Marc and I then went for a walk through Luxemburg Garden and just wondered the streets. I then said goodbye to Marc and headed back to the hotel to meet the group. This group was really small. There were only six of us. Tim, our trip leader was half German, half French, then there was Lisa & Jen from Sydney and Dan and Joe from Melbourne. All were single travellers like me. After going through all the guff we then headed out for our first group dinner together.
The next day Jen and I went to Opera metro station and had a look at the Louvre and the surrounding area. We were wanting to go on the bike tour of Paris and had to be meet at the Eiffel Tower but by the time we got there it was too late, so we just took a few pics of the tower and wondered around then we decided to go to the Arc De Triomphe. I then left Jen and went to meet up with Marc at his apartment. I caught the metro to Cadet but couldn't find his street and he wasn't answer his phone, then this strange guy came past and helped me find it, thankfully by the time we got to Marc's front door he answered his phone and I could get rid of the strange guy. I know I shouldn't have gone with him but at least nothing happened.
After seeing Marc and Marie again I then went back to the hotel to meet the group as we were going for a picnic at Sacre Coeur, where there was an amazing view of Paris. We spend a few hours here getting to know each other and enjoying the view before going into the church and having a look. It was quite a pretty church and had lots of people drinking on the steps outside it. We then walked down the hill and went to a small bar and had a drink and then went down to look at Moulin Rouge in the red light district.
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