Bonjour! 

We've made it! California Gold is now safely tucked away into our beds getting our beauty sleep before an early practice tomorrow morning. We arrived in Paris around 5:00am U.S. time, 2:00pm here! After clearing customs we made our way to meet up with our luggage and Sammy our bus driver! We then drove about 20 minutes into the heart of Paris and right around the Arc de Triumph.On our way to the Louvre, Brittany C. and Melissa gave us a little run down of the museum's history, noting such facts as its previous purpose as a dungeon! Thanks to our flashy Team USA jackets we were allowed to experience the Louvre free of charge. We saw everything from Mona Lisa's smile to Michelangelo's spectacular Sculpture of the Dying Slave. Sammy then took us to the Seine River where we would be taking a night-time river boat cruise through the city. Hungry skaters ate some "french-style" hotdogs (a hotdog stuffed into a tradtional french baguette, with all of the fixings) while waiting for out boat to wisk us away! Soon enough we were traveling down the Seine taking in the "city of lights,"as Parisians call it. And lights there were, we all watched bright-eyed as the Eiffel Tower light up with dancing lights on the hour, each hour.Pictures of our adventures to come, but now we must hit the pillow and prepare for what brought us here...skating! Goodnight USA!

Tout notre amor (all of our love),

CALIFORNIA GOLD in France!