It's cool to be french in france

Art in Amsterdam
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It's really amazing that I made it here at all...

At 7 am I headed out of my Amsterdam hostel, still unsure of where I wanted to go, I was thinking Bruges but I wanted something new... maybe Marseille? So I hopped on a train to Brussels (the hub) and accidently got off at the wrong station. This made me miss my train to Marseille by like a minute. So, impulsively I hopped on a train to Luxembourg. 3 hours later I got there and, for no reason in particular, didn't want to be there. So with blind faith in my Dad I went to Stasbourg. The train was fun because it was a double decker, the not fun part was the two French men who made fun of my language. I called them frogs and they moved seats.

Je ne parlais pas francais!!!!

belgian fries in a turkish shop in Amsterdam
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The hostel was a miracle that I found it at all. It is the nicest one I have stayed in yet. Most hostels just give you bread, nutella, cheese, and a hardboiled egg (In The Netherlands they give you little packets of sprinkles for your toast:) At this Hostel they give : Croissant, yoghurt, bread w/fromage, orange juice, hot cocoa, and muesli! Hooray Plus my room has a really pretty view. I\ve pretty much been lounging today. NOBODY here speaks English, I'm so far away that the tourist brochures don't even have an English section. So I learned Je ne parles pas francias (I don't speak French) Which has been helpful for when random people start up conversations with me.

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I went to this Cathedral called St.Pierrem it was built in 1059. They were trying to get money to restore it, but I really hope they don't. It was just so authentic and old inside. There was this crypt in the center that had rows of graves, they had imprints of the deceased on them. It was amazing.

I think I will probably spend the rest of my time in Paris, there is lots to see and do there. And honestly all this hostel hopping is exhausting.

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