Paris

We found remarkably inexpensive plane tickets from Rome to Paris so we'll be jetting from one incredible city to another. I confess that I'm a bit intimidated by Parisians. As previously mentioned, I get easily offended when strangers are rude and I keep hearing how awful the French can be if you try to speak English with them. Luckily, I met Kr's who has broken all my previously-held stereo-types about Parisians. Not only does he speak English and enjoy country music, he also is INCREDIBLY kind and hospitable. We are using couch-surfing again and that makes visiting Paris way less intimidating since we'll have a local to help us out. Like Rome, there is so much to see here that I suspect we will be running from one place to the next. A friend here also just told me that the best hot chocolate in the world is located in Paris so I made her give me directions. Whenever something is called the "best in the world," I am immediately intrigued. Go ahead and call me Buddy the Elf, but this girl was very convincing that there is no better hot chocolate to be found and I'm up to the challenge of finding a specific tiny cafe in Paris. Of course hot chocolate isn't on the top of my list for things to see and in Paris- there is just so much fun stuff there and I can't wait!