One thing we learn as kids is that stereotypes are often not true. As a British person, the stereotype of us is that we walk around with an umbrella up constantly, because it is always raining. This is false of course, in fact it doesn't actually rain that much in the UK.
Now, over here in France it has rained quite a lot, quite often an umbrella is something you won't leave without. So this week, it's been dry. Then yesterday morning it rained, I carried around an umbrella the rest of the day. Guess what? It didn't rain.
It's been a while since I last wrote a blog, and thats because I've been reasonably busy. So I've had a quieter week. It's the autumn school vacation here in France meaning we are in the middle of 2 weeks off. So this week I've been to Disneyland (again!), visited Paris and been to the Val d'Europe shopping centre.
Whilst I've not been up to much, I will take this opportunity to tell a little tale of the night busses which I have finally braved.
About a week ago I was out in Paris, but decided to head home early as I wasn't really having a great night. It was about 2:30am, so I was on night busses. I took a circular bus in the wrong direction, meaning I did a circular tour of Paris taking in Montparnasse, Musée d'Orsay, the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysées, Gare Saint-Lazare, Pigalle and the Gares du Nord and Est. When I got off at Est, I had missed the N141 by 10 minutes, meaning a cold and lonely 50 minute wait, outside and alone. Ended up having a couple of random conversations before the bus turned up. It had reclining seats, and a wake up call if you told the staff where you were getting off. (4:30am). I arrived at home at 6:15am, as most were starting their day I was ending mine. I texted a friend who wanted to know when I got in, turned out they stayed out later and were tucked up in bed sleeping before I even got home. At least I got a good 20 minutes on the bus. I've never been one for sleeping whilst traveling.
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