As I said in my last post, I was planning on going to the louvre yesterday. Sure enough, I made my way to the museum and got their about 10am. However, when I went to purchase my ticket, I realized I didn't have my money bag with me. Ok, I thought, I'll go back to the hostel and get it in my other pair of pants. I grew really concerned, though, when it was not in my pants pocket either. The last place I remembered having my money was at the neighborhood mcdonalds the night before. I went there straight away, but they hadn't seen it either.
The next few hours were a blur of visits between the us embassy, the Paris police department, and phone calls to visa. Complicating matters was the fact that the us consulate and the Paris lost and found office were both closed for a holiday. I was really stressed out and wasn't sure what was going to happen. However, I was told that a new credit card could be shipped to me and that o could get a new passport made too ( for my passport was in the same bag).
Needless to say, I didn't make it to the louvre. Even so, there was a bright spot: my passport, credit cards, and cash were returned to the hostel where I was staying. Apparently a mcdonalds employee had found it and was kind enough to return it.
I had just about as much craziness as I could handle in 24 hours, so tham
Nkfully today was pretty non eventful. I spent about 12 hours on a train ride from Paris to Madrid, and made it to my hostel without any mishaps haha. The Spanish countryside was really amazing - rolling hills, mountains, and valleys covered with wheat fields were my view from the train window.
I'm pretty tired now, but will update soon.
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