Shopping!

Today was a fairly leisurely day. Kevin and I woke up fairly early to pick up our tickets to Antwerp, leaving one of the four of us to slumber on at the apartment.

We took the metro over to Gare de Lyon, where we got into a super short line to buy tickets out of the country (there were approximately 5 groups in front of us). Almost immediately one of the two ticket windows closed leaving us with out person helping out.

Shortly after this happened, a group of Spaniards made their way to the single ticket counter and proceeded to spend a full hour booking their entire trip. After about 45 minutes, the other ticket window reopened. This window was quickly blocked by two Americans who stood there for 30 minutes.

When the Spaniards finally left the ticket counter, Kevin and I clapped them off because we were so frustrated. Immediately after the Spaniards left, the woman behind the counter shut her window, which drew cries of anger from Kevin and I.

After a long period of time, we finally got to the window to book our tickets. Using our Eurail Pass, which only works in Spain and France, we were able to book a train close to the Belgian border first before going to France. In the end we each bought 5 tickets for a 5 train route that meanders through France and Belgium. However, the price was only 10 Euros, so we bought the tickets.

After purchasing the tickets, we returned back to the apartment and got ready to go shopping. However, first we went to a nearby restaurant, where I had some tartare!

My tartare!

We went shopping along Boulevard Saint-Germain, which has a lot of interesting French clothes!!! I bought a polo and one pair of jeans. It was quite fun! We also grabbed a quick coffee.

After we were done, we headed over to the Arc de Triomphe. I did a little shopping while CP scaled the Arc. After that, we met for dinner at an excellent steak place that was a bit off the street. The place only had one dish, which was steak-frites and each person got one refill of the steak and fries and a salad as well. The sauce was delicious, although the waiters were a bit rude. Unfortunately, we were under the impression that we were going to get infinite refills when we came in the restaurant, so we were sorely disappointed (an American outside said so).