After about 3 hours of sleep, I was up again. I got to the bus early so I had my choice of seat. Most of our friends sat near each other. Our itinerary said we'd have the evening free in Paris. They estimated about 8 hours to drive there. We were scheduled to leave at 9AM. Despite Dirks' threats, we left late because people overslept, got lost, etc.
Today was a blur of boredom, talking, and attempting to sleep. I had the genius idea that I would be so tired that I would sleep on the bus. Incorrect! My plan failed. Sleep was rather hard to come by. My seatmate, Keith, knows my entire life story. I'm fairly sure I annoyed him, but that's what I do when I'm bored --talk.
We took various breaks for restrooms and food. We had a restroom on each bus, but of course our sink flooded the bathroom. I had so much crap food today - cold sandwiches with bread and meat or bread and cheese (never both), McDonald's (it wasn't my choice - that's where the bus stopped), ice cream, tons of sugar candy, HARIBO!!, croissants, etc.
I guess the highlight of the bus trip was watching Avatar....in German....with English subtitles. I never wanted to watch that movie, but since I was confined to my seat for 14 hours, I found it entertaining. I actually found myself dodging the guy's head in front of me to see the screen. Now I can join the majority in having seen it haha. Too bad it wasn't in 3D.
We got to Paris somewhere around midnight. We were staying at a hostel. Thank goodness our room was the 2nd one called! There were 8 of us in the room - my first experience staying in a hostel. There were bunk beds with a drawer for each person under the bottom bunk. The drawers were quite large and able to be locked with a padlock. I knew 3 of the girls and the other 4 were in the program too. Besides the beds there was a sink, mirror, table with 3 chairs, and a coat rack. Oh and a window that didn't lock overlooking the balcony. We all pretty much passed out right away. We were so tired from sitting on the bus for 14 hours.
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