Paris is just as beautiful as in the movies.

Pariisi. Tama kaunis kaupunki.

Maanantaina meijan reili oikeestaa jo alko. Lahettii Tampereelle illalla ja Nikita jajesti meille nukkumapaikan Tampereelta. Seuraavana paivana lahettii aamulla lentokentalle ja lahettii ryan airilla Bremeniin (oli taas perinteisesti kaikkii ongelmia lentokentalla ja ne riisti meilta paljon rahoja). Bremenissa loydettiin samantien nettikahvila ja kirjauduttuamma couchsurfing sivustolle huomattiin iloksemme et joku oli hyvaksyny meijan requestin. Patrick Hampurista (oikeestaan reinbekista). oli kivaa, Patrick naytti meille Red Light districtin St. Paulin, ja kaytiin satamassa kiertelemassa. Oli kyl mahtavaa. Sit toisen paivan iltana kaytiin Bergedorfilaisella nuorisotalolla ja siel oli Patrickin tyttoystava ja sen kaveita. Juostiin yolla kaatosateessa bussiin ja oltiin ihan lapimarkia.

Torstai paivalla suunnattiin hanpurin keskustaan ja otettiin juna Amsterdamiin. etittiin meijan hostel Amsterdam Inner, joka oli muuten kiva, mut huoneessa ei ollu ikkunaa ja ku joku kavi suihkussa, siel ois voinu alkaa sataa millo vaa. Meijan kamppiksina oli kaks espanjalaista tyttoa, mut ei me paljoo ehitty niiden kaa hengailla, niil oli omat suunnitelmat ja meil omat. Tutustuttiin kaupunkiin ja syotiin huonosti koko oleskeluaika siella :D
Sinne pitaa todellaki menna joskus uudestaan.Kaytiin Red Light districilla kans, tottakai kun nyt damissa kaytiin :D siel oli myos koko amsterdamin pienin baari, osoitteessa Damstraat, cafe de Dam, "Louis Cafe". Juotiin siella kahvit ja kirjoiteltiin postikortteja suomeen.

Lauantai aamuna herailtiin aikasin juna-asemalle ja lahettiin pariisia kohti. Koska kaikki ranskan junat on ihan tayteen buukattuja, meilla oli aikataulut paikallisjuniin(n9h) mut silti jo ensimmainen juna oli intercity. no istuttiin siihen ja oltiin sit aika pian antwerpenissa. Juostiin seuraavaan junaan joka oli jo tunnin aikataulusta edella. Lillessa sitten oli seuraava vaihto ja ku oltiin siella jo 1,5 tuntia ennen ku se alkuperaisen aikataulun mukainen juna ois lahteny. Katottii sit siin et aha, tasan kello 15 lahtis TGV Pariisiin. eihan meilla tosiaa ollu niita paikkalippuja mut hypattii silti siihen junaan, et katotaa jos siel jossai ois tilaa. Pari kertaa jouduttii vaihtelee paikkoi ku joku paikan omistaja tuli sita vaatimaan :D Matka kesti tunnin ja oltiin neljalta jo Paris gare du nordissa. Lillessa tosiaan oltiin laitettu muutama last-minute couchrequest ja kannatti, just paris gare du nordin asemalla saatiin viesti Vincentilta joka sano etta voi ottaa meijat nukkumaan sinne. Oltiin ihan et jeeeee!! Koska me alettiin jo vaha panikoimaan et mihinhan me mennaa nukkuuu. Illalla vietiin meijan reput Vincentin luo joka asuu muuten tassa mukavasti Luxembourgin puiston vieressa. Ikkunasta nakyy mm. Luxembourgin puisto ja eiffel torni ymym. 7. kerroksesta on ihan hyvat nakymat:D Vincentilla oli menoa, niin mentiin sitte kaupungilla kaymaan. Champs Elyseesilla kaymaan. siella oli aika tungosta, ja mika meijat yllatti oli se et kaupat oli viel auki puol 12 illalla! Paastiin sit myohaan nukkuu. Opeteltiin koko yo ranskaa ja opetettiin suomea! haha oli hauskaa, syotiin ratatouillea ja keitettii pastaa neljalta yolla pariisilaisessa pienessa kattohuoneistoyksiossa. Siis taa on just sellanen fiilis, et rasti ruutuun. (x) Done! Nukuttiin puoleenpaivaan ja mentiin sit syomaan aamupalaa/lounasta johki ravintolaan. siita tuli ilmainen lounas ku se tarjoilija kaato kokonaisen kastikekulhon vincentin paalle :o lahettii sit takas kaymaa tas sen luona et se sai vaihtaa vaatteet. Suunnattiin notre damille ja sit kierreltiin ympariinsa; kaytiin kans sacre coeurilla nauttimassa maisemasta, auringosta ja melkein kylmasta hyvin tingitysta heinekenista. Syotiin tajuttoman hyvaa jaateloa; amorino Rakastan sinua. Kaytiin hakee vaha take away thairuokaa ja tultiin Vincentin asunnolle kattoo auringonlaskua ja syomaan. Oli hyvaa!
Mutta nyt menenkin katselemaan oista pariisinmaisemaa ja eiffeltornin valkkyvia valoja (tasatunnein on hieno show).

Kattellaan myohemmin lisaa! buonne nuit!


Our interrail started actually on monday. Nikita was nice when arranging us a place to sleep in Tampere. The next day we headed to the airport and took a flight to Bremen, Germany (as usual, we had problems with the check-in and had to pay more...) Right after we landed to Bremen and got out bags, we found a internet-cafe and noticed that there was one accepted couchrequest in Hamburg(actually in Reibek . Patrick showed us some places in Hamburg like st. Pauli and the harbour. It was nice. In the evening of the second day Rick took us to some local youthhouse. There was some of his friends including his girlfriend. Then we run in the rain to the busstation and become all wet.

On Thursday afternoon we headed to center of Hamburg and took a train to Amsterdam. We searched our hostel, Amsterdam Inner, which was great, except there was no window in the room, so when someone took a shower it could be start raining there. Our room mates were two girls from spain, but we didnt talk or hang out much as we had our own plans and they had their own. We get to know the city and ate badly. There we should definetly go again some day! We did visit the Red Light district area as well ofcourse when in Dam. We visited also the smallest bar in Dam; on street Damstraat and the bar was called Cafe de Dam; "Louis cafe": We ordered some coffee and wrote postcards to Finland.

On saturday morning we headed to the railwaystation early and took a train to Paris. As all the rains were full booked we were supposed to take the local trains(9hours). We got into Antwerpen quite quickly and ran to the next train as it was a bit late and then when in Lille, we took a train that was two and a half hours earlier from our schedule. It was an TGV train; and as we didnt had booked the seats we had to just go somewhere in the train. haha it was fun. we were in Paris gare du Nord 3 hours before the suggested time. We had sent some last-minute requests in Lille and when were queuing to make the reservations to the next train Vincent sent us a text message that he would be willing to host us. We were soooo happy, because otherwise we wouldnt have had a place to go or sleep. In the evening we took our backpacks to his place(btw he lives in the seventh floor just next to the jardin of Luxemburg. Great view! As Vincent was busy in the evening, we went to the centre to walk around, to Champs Elysees. What surprised us was that the shops were open late! It was like half past eleven and you could go to the Virgins music megastore! We went to bed late and taught like finnish to our host and he taught us some french. haha it was fun, we ate ratatouille at the four o clock in the morning, cooking some pasta in an small parisian roofapartment! Feels like now I have done this too, it was like once in a lifetime situation! Great! We slept till noon and went to some restaurant to eat breakfast/lunch. It became a free lunch as the waiter dropped the whole bowl of sauce to our hosts lap. :/ After changing clothes to clean ones, we headed to Notre Dam, walked pass the 200 meter line to the inside. Afterwards we just strolled around to Sacré Coeur and enjoyed the sun and the view over Paris. And the well bargained almost cold Heineken beer. We bought the best ice cream in earth, Amorino i love you. We took some thai food on the way to Vincents place, ate it and admired the sunset. Beautiful!

But now im going to watch the landscape of Paris at night and the sparkling lights of the Eiffel tower ( every hour there is a lightshow).

Hasta luego,

buonne nuit!