Day 2 in Paris!

Day 2 in Paris:
Had to wake up early again to go to Le Louvre -The museum.Ann Marie  (the teacher from Wellington) & Harini started yet another adventure .Took 2 trains -Metro to the museum & what do we see?Long serpentine queues to buy the ticket.Took almost an hour ,well it definitely is worth the wait !The pyramids we see in the pictures are awesome.The museum is housed in an enormous palace with massive halls filled with sculptures,paintings & what not.YES ,I did see MONA LISA finally ,I always wondered about this painting of Da Vinci.You really have to see to believe it,the crowd in front of the paitning unbelievable,had to squiggle & jiggle to finsd a spot to click pictures.Could have spent hours & even days there but had to leave to catch a train again to ROMILLY -my actual destination.
I took a taxi to the train station ,with 2 pieces of luggage - 1 massive & the other OK ,walked into the station which reminded me of stations in Mumbai in terms of size & crowds but of course very organised.Found my train & platform boarded the train without knowing that I needed to validate my ticket.Just realised when there was barely 5 min. left for the train to depart as I looked at the ticket it said something that I managed to comprehend.Tried asking few people but they couldn' t do much.Finally one lady took my ticket & got off the train towards this man with a hat on who validated my ticket.GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!!!!!!!A huge thank you to that lady who saved me.Can't imagine what could have happened.....
Anyway reached Romilly safely & was met by my lovely host at the station. Guess what,she has an Australian student  from Sydney living with her. My host Talia  has a beautiful French villa far away from the school.That was the end of day 2...........An amazing mix of excitement & anxiety.
Merci!!!!!!!!!!