A fitting end...

So...
the blog in its current "euro bit crazy" form is slowly coming to an end. Today we arrived in Frankfurt on the final stop over of Euro trippin' 2008. To be honest, neither of us are entirely sure that this trip will end tomorrow with a successful AirIndia flight. Chances are good that we'll be in Frankfurt for an additional 48 hours or so, dining on curry while we sit on the Frankfurt tarmac. Not a bad city to end our trip with. We have seemingly come full circle as far as prices take us. Germany, home of the 2 euro sandwhich and 3 euro liter of beer is a fitting end for two budget strapped travelers. We tried to make it through the last 2 days of paris, a trip to frankfurt, and our flight home without spending more than 15 euros total! that sadly didn't work out and we had to shell out some extra cash and ATM fees to make it back...a fun game nonetheless. As we speak, Carlyn is fretting about the Air India website saying our plane will land in Los Angeles, not Chicago! oh no...phew, i think we figured it out. We'll just arrive 4 hours early to the airport to make sure. Bonus, on the train ride to Frankfurt, our train broke down and we all got moved to first class cabins! boo ya. The seats extra wide for those of us who are horizontally challenged.

Our final days in Paris were great. We saw Sacre Couer, a famed basilica made of "self cleansing" white marble that secretes a milky residue when it rains, applying a new coat of paint essentially. Carlyn was a bit disappointed with Moulin Rouge, literally a small theater tucked away in Paris' red-light district surrounded by...well you can imagine the local flavor....we'll keep it pg rated. Last night, we had dinner with two friends from UVA we met up with, some fondue and chocolate mousse, capped off with some banana and nutella crepes, awesome. My favorite part of parisian cuisine was undoubtably the gyros. We had 6 greek gyros stands within a block of our apt. not to mention that our apt smelled of gyros...sweet dreams.

Thanks to everyone for reading the blog. Best of luck with the recovery LK. Carlyn thinks a pig with rainboots on is the funniest thing ever...see the link.