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Once#we#were#on#a#street#in#Paris,!we!realized!our!plan!was!only!halfLbaked.!!We!had!no!idea!what!to!
do!next!or!how!to!find!her!uncle,!a!normal!looking!man,!in!one!of!the!world’s!largest!cities,!especially!since!
we!didn't!speak!the!language.!
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So!what!would!you!do!if!you!were!in!Paris?!!We!did!the!only!thing!we!could!think!to!do:!We!looked!for!the!
Eiffel!Tower.!
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It!was!pretty!easy!to!find.!!As!soon!as!we!walked!down!to!the!end!of!the!street,!we!saw!the!Eiffel!Tower!off!in!
the!distance.!!!It!was!a!long!way!away,!but!we!decided!to!walk!towards!it.!!At!the!time,!as!many!ideas!do,!it!
seemed!like!a!good!idea.!!Maybe!her!uncle!would!also!want!to!see!the!Eiffel!Tower!and!was!there!looking!at!
it?!!What!else!do!people!do!in!Paris?!
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So!we!walked!and!we!walked!and!we!walked.!!And!we!walked!some!more.!As!we!walked,!we!got!hungrier!
and!hungrier.!!We!passed!bakeries!with!incredibleLlooking!pastries!in!the!windows!and!chocolate!shops!
with!even!more!incredibleLlooking!chocolates!in!them.!!This!made!us!even!hungrier.!
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I!reached!into!my!pocket!and!found!a!ten!dollar!bill.!That!should!be!enough!for!a!couple!pastries,!I!thought.!!

Kimmi!had!eighteen!dollars!in!her!pockets.!!So!we!had!plenty!of!money!for!snacks.!!But!when!we!showed!the!
money!to!the!woman!behind!the!counter,!she!shook!her!head!and!said!something!we!didn't!understand.!!She!
reached!into!her!cash!register!and!pulled!out!a!few!gold!coins!and!redL!and!blueLcolored!bills.!!She!smiled!
nicely.!Then!slowly,!this!time!in!English,!she!explained,!“We!only!accept!Euros!for!money!here.”!
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I!asked,!“Do!any!stores!take!American!dollars?”!
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She!shook!her!head,!‘no.’!

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