Pirmās Dienas

Eiffel Tower

Well, I made it.  After a year of waiting, I am finally in Riga.  I've had quite the journey thus far and I'm pretty  sure I've never been as exhausted as I have been the last couple of days,  but of course, it is so worth it.  My flight to Paris went smoothly.  The plane was pretty cool because every seat was equipped with an entertainment pad where you could watch movies, TV shows, listen to music, play games, and more.  The woman sitting next to me only spoke French, so she was pretty quiet.  The only bad part of the flight was that I wasn't able to sleep at all.  By the time I would normally go to sleep, it was already morning in Paris.

Notre Dame

When I arrived in Paris, I was supposed to send a message to Evita so she would know when to meet me, but my internet wasn't working, so I just headed to where we planned to meet in the city.  When I got there, neither Evita nor Sabine were there, of course.  So, I went up to a couple, hoping they were friendly and spoke English, and asked to borrow their phone.  They were so nice.  When the girl's phone didn't work, the guy let me use his and I was able to reach Evita.  After just 10 minutes, she arrived.  We then went back to Evita's apartment and met Sabine.  I was so tired from the flight, so they gave me some coffee and breakfast and let me freshen up a bit before heading out.  After eating, Sabine and I left to see the city of lights.  She took me to see the Eiffel tower, some beautiful parks, the outside of the Louvre, and Notre Dame.  We did so much walking and by the time we got back to the apartment for lunch, I was so worn out that I just fell asleep.  Later, Sabine, Evita, and I ate some food and soon enough, it was time to go back to the airport.  Sabine took me back to the train station and once I got a seat on the train, I fell asleep again.  At the airport, while waiting for my flight, I fell asleep again.  I feel like I am really lucky that I never missed my stop or flight.  Once I got on the plane, I found that I was sitting next to a guy my age from California.  I told him, "I am going to sleep the whole way; I am so exhausted."  He seemed to understand my desperate need for rest, but for the first half of the flight he would not stop talking!  Eventually he did stop though and I got a little bit of sleep.

Good friends in Paris

My plane landed an hour late in Riga, but Ruta, Lauris, Emilija, and Sanita (Ruta's sister) were right there waiting for me.  They had already heard about my adventures in Paris and how tired I was so we went straight back to the apartment so I could finally get some sleep.  However, Emily wasn't tired so we were up for awhile talking.  I was surprised to find that it doesn't get completely dark here until around midnight and sunset is around 10:30 PM!

Needless to say, I slept very well that night.