Planning of First Leg...Finished!

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta. Okay, so I am no gangsta and I have no idea how that feels…but I do think of Office Space and the feeling that the employees get when they beat the ____ out of the fax machine, and this is my equivalent feeling.

I have finally completed all major plans for the first leg of my trip! All of the rest will be filled in with walking, strolling, eating, enjoying. Now, if you were smart, you would have skipped the last two months of blogs and headed straight to this page, but I guess not everyone has the insight to do so. I was going to write everything down, but I feel as though I have done this a million times before, so I shall not do it again… just new news.

I will stay at the first hotel after my overnight flight, close to the airport. I figure it is cheap and easy, giving me time to relax. It has very mixed reviews, so I figured one day will be enough with that. The rest of the four days will be spent in the heart of Paris.

I have decided that a Paris Visite Travel Card is the best bet for me. This is like a metro/subway card that will give me unlimited access to the metro, RER, and Ile-de-France bus lines. There are other options for trains, buses, etc but I think that this will be the best for me. I will only be in Paris for four days, but I will get a 5 day card since they have 1, 2, 3, and 5 days only. The 4 days will be cheaper than just getting individual tickets so why not?

I found a hostel in Paris and decided to go with a four person mixed room as it was significantly cheaper. I hope that it is not me and three guys but we shall see (ear plugs are packed!) I was debating about bringing my computer, I mean it is heavy and will take up a lot of the little room that I will have, and I feel it is not the safest thing to do. The more I think about it though, the more I want to bring it. I will hopefully talk myself out of this though…

I will be able to take a quick 5 minute bus and 35 minute train to the airport and then head to Toulouse. I have booked a hotel there. There were many options, few which seemed compatible with what I was looking for. The ones that seemed good appeared to be in “seedy” parts of town. By context clues, this means beggars and legal prostitutes all over.

I am waiting to hear back from Christian with if he wants me to meet him in town and I can catch a ride on his bike, or if he would like me to attempt getting to him. I will update you when I hear back.