Mateo's+Journal+and+Budget


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July 4th, Paris, France ====== Day 1 of Paris France!!!

By Gabino We finally arrived to the Quest International Airport in Paris at 3pm We looked for a taxi that will take us to the Friends Hostel. were is where we would be staying at for 2 long days! The taxi charged us 6.99 euros which is $10 in the US. We got to the hostel a little later than 3 because the hostel has a lock out from 10am to 3pm. The hostel was very nice and I really liked that there was no curfew on what time we had to be home. There charged us 26.92 euros per person per night which was $38.31 in the US Christina,Karolina and I decided to go to the store and buy some groceries Since we are trying to save money on or trip. went go out to a fancy restaurant for dinner. We went to the Correfour Market and we bought bread ,ham ,cheese ,and sodas which added up to 8.59 euros which is $12.26 in the US. When we finished with our lunch, since we are only staying in Paris for 2 days we decided that we wanted to go to Musee d'Orsay. We got a taxi who again charged us 6.99euros. We paid 5.50 euros which is $7.86 in US to go in the museum. It was beautiful! It had artwork from the 1840s and the 1914s. We stayed their for about 3 hours and then it was getting kind of late. We went outside and took this amazing picture of the museum at night. It is an unforgettable moment and an unforgettable picture too! We took a taxi to the hostel right after the museum. We were so tired of the whole airplane ride that as soon as we got there we went right to sleep. Tomorow will be a more interesting day and we have to build up energy to go and see the Eiffel Tower!. Goodnight for tonight. ==

July 5th Paris, France
Day 2! We woke a little bit late this morning. We were very tired from yesterday. We managed to get up and we prepared ourselves some sandwiches from the left over bread, ham and cheese from yesterday. Theres nothing like some home made sandwiches! We headed to the Eiffel Tower at around 10 right when the hostel went on a lock down. We got a taxi that charged us $10 since the Eiffel Tower is not that far away form the hostel. As soon as we got there the view was unbelievable! To save money we used the stairs to get to the third floor. They charged us 3.10 euros which is $4.43/ It was a very tiering walk! But I'm glad I had Karolina and Christina to share this experience with. It took us a long time to reach the 3rd floor but when we finally reached it the view was great. We even thought we could see the hostel we were staying at! After we enjoyed the Eiffel Tower for a while we went back down to catch something to eat. There was a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower called Les Buffet which by the name we thought it was going to be an all you can eat thing but unfortunately it wasn't. The food was so expensive that we decided to buy two pizzas and two soft drinks and share it. In total we spent $21.44! Food was very expensive luckily we we not going to buy any more food there again. By this time our day was coming to an end. These two days in Paris were amazing. There was so much to see but very little time.

Day 3!
We left Paris in the morning and its 11am and we are here in Montpellier France! We are going to be staying at Hotel Majestic since they only charge $33 night. Montpellier seems kind of boring but since we are staying right in the center of it we are planning on having a good time here. Since we got here kind of early we decided to walk to the Place Royale du Peyrou which is kind of like a garden. It has alot of well cut trees and a water tower which was so cool to see. This place was very calm and the girls and I got a chance to talk about our time in France. Both Karolina and Christina had liked the Eiffel Tower the best. But anyways we walked the garden and saw a lot of people that looked at us kind of weird since it was obvious that we were not from around there and Montpellier is not a very tourist city. It did not matter to us since we were enjoying ourselves and we were enjoying the sights. We got a little bit hungry so we decided to go to Domino's Pizza. Finally something familiar that we see in France! We bought a pizza for $15 and some drinks. After we were done there we went back to the hotel and we toured downtown. France at night is nice!

 Day 4!
Today we woke up and we decided to go and wash our clothes. Luckily the hotel we stayed at had a laundromat so we didn't have to go far.After we were done with that we decided to go to the Polygone shopping center to buy swimsuits and for me some shorts because we were going to spend our last day in Montpellier at the beach! We got a taxi and went to the mall. Karolina and Christina bought themselves a swimsuit for $20 each and i bought myself some shorts for $20. Since wewant to spend the whole day at the beach, We went to a grocery store across the street and bought some bread. ham, cheese, sodas, and chips to have a picnic at the beach it all added up to be $15.24. We got another taxi that took us straight to the beach. While we were there we met some tourist from Arizona that told us that a couple of miles away from where we were there was a nude beach! It was kind of interesting to know that there is 3.5 miles of beach for people that want to be nude. I am sure not one of those 40,000 people. We shared our picnic food with our new friends and then played some football with them. We had a blast! We promised to keep in contact with our new friends when we got back to the US. Off to bed now. Tomorrow we are off to Italy! This should be fun!



Day 5!
We have arrived to Sicily, Italy! This place is amazing! it is do much different than France. Theres many mountains and rocks and the beaches are nice. This probably my favorite place of all the places we have been so far.We got a taxi from the airport to the hostel we will be staying at and the taxi driver liked us a lot. He knew a lot of things about Italy and you can tell he loved were he was from. He liked us so much that he only charged us $10 out of the $30 that it was going to be. We did not stay long at the hostel because we really wanted to go see the Acropolis. We payed our stay at the Agora Hostel which added up to $51 for the three of us, we went to leave our stuff and we decided to go out and eat something before we went off on our adventure. The hostel was not the nicest place and we had to share the room with 11 other people! We were not that happy about that but there was nothing we could do now. We decided to eat at Fish and Chips. The food was really good. We got fish adn chips for $7.14 each. It was kind of expensive but well worth it. After that since the Acropolis was 11 minutes away we decided to walk there. It was amazing! Italiy is the most beautiful place ever and I am glad I got to spend this days with Karolina and Christina! =BUDGET=


 * ~ July 4th 2011 ||~ July 5th 2011 ||~ July 6th 2011 ||~ July 7th 2011 ||~ July 8th 2011 ||  ||
 * Friend's Hostel-$38.31x3=$76.62 || Taxi-$10x2=$20 || Hotel Majestic-$33x2=$66 || Taxi-$10x3=$30 || Taxi-$10 ||  ||
 * Taxi-$10x3=$30 || Eiffel Tower-$4.43x3=$13.39 || Domino's Pizza-$15 || Swimwear-$20x3-60 || Agora Hostel-$17x3=$51 ||  ||
 * Bread-$1.85 || Les Buffet-$10.72x2=$21.44 || Sodas-$3.42 || Bread-$1.85 || Fish and Chips-$7.14x3=$21.42 ||  ||
 * Ham-$4.19 ||  ||   || Ham-$4.19 ||   ||   ||
 * Cheese-$2.78 ||  ||   || Cheese-$2.78 ||   ||   ||
 * Sodas-$3.42 ||  ||   || Sodas-$3.42 ||   ||   ||
 * Museum-$7.85x3=23.55 ||  ||   || Chips-$3.00 ||   ||   ||
 * TOTAL=$142.05 || TOTAL=$54.83 || TOTAL=$84.42 || TOTAL=$105.24 || TOTAL=$82.42 ||~ GRAND TOTAL=$468.78 ||
 * TOTAL=$142.05 || TOTAL=$54.83 || TOTAL=$84.42 || TOTAL=$105.24 || TOTAL=$82.42 ||~ GRAND TOTAL=$468.78 ||