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We arrived at the airport where we were for the first time in our lives. But before we got on the plane, we had met an indigenous French man who gave us five tickets on the subway in Paris. Well, we already girded our seat belts and stuck to our chairs, waiting for the departure. To be honest, I was very scared, I don't know why, I'm not afraid of heights, maybe it's the fear of the unknown. Then we were met by Paris Beauvais Airport, from which it was necessary to get to the center by bus, the ticket cost one third of my budget, but I thought, walking so much would not have passed, although I realize now after the trip that everything is possible. We were dropped off at some stop, and we decided to follow the people. We didn 't get far with them, just crossed the street and found ourselves near the subway. We had no internet, no maps, no knowledge of French. However, we had those tickets on the subway that the Frenchman at the airport gave us. I really wanted to ride the subway, but it didn't work out because there was a rumor that we would be very lucky and we wouldn't deal with the stops and would go too far. We went by foot. The night city was illuminated by night lights, car headlights, traffic lights and just the moon. We walked the streets and saw a poor and luxurious life in symbiosis. We walked all night and took lots of photos against the background of Paris. By the way, people, if you see a lot of squirrels in the city center, don't be scared, it's just hungry rats. And if you love them, be sure to go to Paris and try a local carousel that will spin you along with your favorite animals. Since it was night, we couldn't get into the Louvre and see Mona Lisa, ehh ... but we tried. We got to the right place and just wanted to take a picture against the backdrop of a glass pyramid, as a security guard popped up here, pointed a laser light at us and started shouting something in French. Clearly, we started running because we couldn 't explain to him that we came in peace. I don 't know about the others, but I was scared, the delusion of the bullet from behind going to my back stalked me until we got out of there. On the way out were patrol officers, and the first thought that appeared in the head was that they were for our souls. But fortunately we were not arrested or deported like a gang of bandits. Having visited all the sights we rushed to the station. On the way to the train station, we saw a man whom Vlad had recognized because he saw him eating a cake on the plane.I decided to ask if he spoke English, but I did not hear the answer to the question as well as where he come from.No, he was not deaf.All we knew is that he is Ilia and also travels. There were six of us now. Frozen, hungry and sleepy we found a station. But since we had enough time and did not like this station, our new friend decided to take us to another station, where there should be a solarium, which has eternal fire, heated floor and two solar panels.You know that in those pictures of EXPECTATION - REALITY.Well, our reality was this: a solid wooden bench, where seven winds blew, and a neighbor bums behind.To sit was cold, to stand alsowas not an option as after 20 km by foot it was even difficult to breathe. We remembered that we did not use the tickets that the French gave, and decided to hand them over to our "savior Ilia," as he remained in Paris for another day. He was glad and thankful.We were also “very glad” to hear from him that those tickets were not on the subway, but on the minibus.We returned to our previous location, the bus arrived and we went on. Paris started crying for us. It was raining heavily.