27th of July, day 11:

We had to wake u early because we were leaving the apartment by 11a.m. to go to Paris on the Eurostar. We were showered and packed by 10.30, just in time for a bit of last-minute shopping! We caught a taxi to St Pancras International railway station where we met up again with Kim and Ren. We had a bit of a scrum getting all our luggage on board the train. One man from Hong Kong had a panic attack and started screaming and shouting, so he had to get off the train becauser it was so crowded! Eventually, the train left the stationand headed quickly and smoothly to the English Channel. It was so fast, my ears hurt when we wnt through a tunnel. I fell aslepp and was only woken up three hours later when when we had arrived at paris Gare du Nord station. Our hotel was right by the station in an are full of Africans wearing their traditional costumes – so colourful!. It was't smart but it was comfortable. We decided ti take a walk and ended up M=miles down the road in an area called La Fayette. By then we were starving, so we found a nice restaurant. Dad ate snails (yuck!) while I had boef bresaola which was also yuk! I ate Mum's roast beef instead. The walk back home was very tiring and it started to drizzle. In the hotel, I got onto Facebook then fell asleep.