Paris

Today is our earliest train so far I think. Still not that early leaving at 8:55 haha.
It was only a quick 5 minute walk to the station then we waited a bit to be given a platform. A whole school seems to be on our train. We have a wagon number and it was helpful because the platform is so long they gave us a letter to stand on so we knew where our carriage would arrive.
We are both in isle seats across form each other. Only a 2 hour journey.
I think I had a little nap.

Update: boy oh boy we have HAD A DAY 😪😪😪
First half good. Second half baaaaad.

When we got to Paris it was easy enough to get the metro. We will probably use again. We could have got a second metro to get us closer to our stop but opted to walk the 1km cause next stop was only 300m closer.
Less lunatic bikes already.
Gothic is my favourite style but the French (what ever style it is) is sophisticated.
Check in was easy and the man was really nice. Our room key is literally half a kilo. When we headed to the Eiffel Tower later I was very happy to learn we give it back to reception, they hang it up and we collect upon return.
Also very happy we were about to check in. It was maybe 11:30ish and check in wasn’t until 3 but our room was ready 🎉
Went walking towards the Eiffel Tower which was about 4km away. Had to walk past the shopping street with the $10,000 outfits in the window. Some shops had lines. I don’t understand it. The designs are hideous, I wouldn’t buy even if I could.
We were hungry so Will found us a burger place to eat called quick burger.
The lady was lovely. Food was garbage and 4 times the price of what is should have been.
Bowl of lettuce, cheese and tomato for 10€.
Walked to tower. Walked around entire tower trying to find entrance…

You can walk up for a cheaper price and I had a laugh because it was an hour wait to buy tickets for the elevator or buy tickets immediately and walk up.
To be fair it’s 1,600 steps.
Not a single person in the walk line hAHahaha.
We waited an hour which was a delight cause Will is so good in lines…
Got on the lift up to the 2nd floor quite quickly but the the wait to go to the roof was where Will started to really have the shits lol.
I made him wait though. This is my 3rd trip here and I still haven’t been to the top. So we are going to wait, William.
Eventually got there and frankly wasn’t worth it 😆
But have done it so yay.
The price and waiting was too much.
The views in fairness were lovely. I like how the buildings all connect and make shapes.
Back down. The waiting for the lifts again omggg.
Walked home. Very sore feet.
And that’s when the day soured.

Got a notification from wise about a live purchase i didn’t make.
Checked card.
3 purchases today I didn’t make.
Aye aye aye.
Have transferred all money off card (transaction/transfer fees are terrific aye)
And have frozen account.
Have emailed Wise to see what they say and look at options.

And we know who it was 🙃
The lovely lady at the burger place.
We both noted she took our card under the desk and I said to myself in my head that was odd.. they did that in America all the time maybe they do it here too..
I hope she likes her new hijab, eyelashes and whatever other clothing piece she bought starting 20 minutes after we left the burger shop.
All stores are online and in Paris.
And the hijab really limits the clientele options. Obvs wasn’t me.
Sigh.
We were looking ok for money too 🤦🏼‍♀️
Now have to consider the lovely transaction fees and hidden bank fees blah blah.
We both think Wise is terrific. We will see what they say. Maybe they can ship a new card and we collect in Switzerland or something.
She only spent $150 and there was $5000 on the card so could have been much MUCH worse.
I haven’t received the transactions yet (lost money in exchange rate again switching it back btw🙄) but I did receive the $1.32 I sent myself because I refused to let her have even that left haha.
So if I received that I have definitely sent the rest of the money to the right account so the waiting for it to arrive won’t be as anxiety inducing for me.
We are so lucky I happened to be in a Wi-Fi area when she purchased something or I wouldn’t have noticed the $12 missing.
Since I cancelled the card she has tried to use the French version of Uber 3 times but been denied. I hope she is stranded lol.

We decided to go confront her at the shop so walked 3.5km back.
She wasn’t there but we talked to her colleagues. Her name is Rim.
Thankfully one of the workers could speak English. He took a picture of my transactions. He actually chased me back down the street to take the picture so at least he is pretending he is going to investigate.
We think we will make a police report tomorrow.
Walked back.
Our feet are sore.

Decided to buy dinner on my Nab card to see what the rates are. Doesn’t appear too bad but doing several transactions a day will add up.
Is what it is at this point 🤷🏼‍♀️
We didn’t pay for our hotel this morning, we do it at checkout. It’s our most expensive stay the whole trip and will surely have a nice fee for us. Wish we had paid this morning with the pre loaded currency. :(
Dinner was garbage too 😆😆😆 the English menu didn’t have prices and wowwwww €5 each for our cokes.
Not our day lol.

I’m very excited for our activities tomorrow though so trying to stay positive!Читать далее