Metro Party

I haven't done anything too exciting because it's been so cold outside. When it warms up, I'll wake up and go out more. I did get to go Friday night though to a crazy event called a Metro Party. Basically, it's a bunch of people of all ages getting together at a metro station and taking the metro all at the same time. Someone brings music, and everyone else brings the party. We rode all the way down metro line 2 and then rode it again. The best part was seeing people reactions as they saw a metro pack full of people. They knew they would get bombarded with rowdy people, so their look of terror was priceless. I felt sorry for them, but no one got mad. They usually though it was funny and couldn't help but smile. My favorite was when people joined us and forgot about where they were going to go. Doesn't matter when a party comes rolling in.

Crazyyy. I stopped recording before the doors opened. I knew it would be a rush into the metros, so I stashed my camera beforehand.

It was a lot of fun though. I got to meet and talk to people from all over the world. I talked with Parisians, Scottish, American, British, Canadian, and more. After the metros closed, everyone part of the party went to a club that was very tiny and did not play good music. we were only there for maybe an hour. Music included Gangnam Style and Barbie Girl, so I wasn't too hurt by leaving.
While we were there, Paige and I sat down in front of two French guys that we started talking to. There was a guy that had followed Paige around to talk to her for a while and we were trying to lose him, so talking to these two other guys got the creeper to go away. Mission accomplished! We hung out with them the rest of the night. They were a lot of fun! They took us to another club that was more fun than the first one that played a mixture of rock music mostly.

Our horrible attempt to get a group picture. Better luck next time.



At first we thought we would have trouble getting into the club because there are always bouncers who check ID's and can be picky about who goes in. Paige didn't bring her ID and neither did one of the guys we were with, but they just said to go in anyway. At 4 am, it doesn't matter. Around 5 am, the club closed, and trust me, the streets of Paris are only filled with a few young people who are going home from the night before and business people who got a full nights rest and are heading to work. You can tell who had a fun night and who didn't when you're on the metro. There are 3 types of people. Tired partiers that look a mess, loud partiers that are still loud, and quiet, annoyed business people who don't want to be there. It's so funny to see people almost falling asleep on the trains. I was wide awake still. I don't think I could walk through a city like a tired zombie. I wake myself up and look alert.


Of course the next day, I caught up on my sleep. I never planned on staying out all night, but once you've missed your train that goes home, you have no choice but to stay out. I'm glad we stayed out though. We got to have fun, meet people, speak in French a little since we hardly get to practice our French, and explore a part of Paris we never get to see.