Saturday 13 August 2016

And Paris happened!

It bugged me for quite a while that I hadn't yet had a chance to visit Paris. maybe I did have a couple of chances but I just hadn't been able to make it work.

I was coming to the end of my work contract at the cafe I was working at in Lisbon and with summer in all its splendor and  travelers walking in and out of the cafe, I just knew it was time for travel. The feet were getting restless and the mind was beginning to wander.

And so, I began looking at budget destinations to spend a week. Croatia popped up but it certainly wasn't budget, so that was out. Mallorca looked good in pictures I had seen, but again, without an income, I had to look past Mallorca. I checked flight tickets to London to maybe catch an Arsenal game while catching up with friends. However, again, it was working out too expensive. I gave up hope for the day.

Right on cue, the next day my cousin Jean Paul calls me from New Zealand and tells me he was heading with his family to Paris for a month and if I could join him there. Now, here was an opportunity. But would tickets be expensive? I decided, I would go anyways since it had been many years since I met my cousin. I immediately got down to checking flights to Paris and BOOM! I get a great deal. Tickets booked then, off to Paris it is! Time to jot down another destination in the book!