PTM // Contiki: Night 3 - Paris!

Our group planned to meet at the hotel reception desk at 6:00PM so that we could head out to our first Contiki Optional. The optional was a dinner and Cabaret show in Paris called Nouvelle Eve. At first I debated on going, but when I realized that 48 of the 50 some odd people were going, I made the decision to go and now I’m so glad that I attended. I originally thought that the price was a little steep at 114.00 Euro per person, but after the show ended I realized that it was worth every Euro! The only downfall of the night was that there were no photos or videos allowed inside…

My table was one of the first ones to be seated at Nouvelle Eve. We were seated front row and I was sitting right up against the stage. Perfect! I shared the table with my new friends Jaide, Karen, and John. I ordered steak for dinner and when it came out it actually ended up being the size of an oversized steak tip, but I have to admit it was very, very good. Our dessert was some sort of ice cream, which I still have no idea what it exactly was, but it was pretty good. After dinner we sipped on some champagne while we waited for the show to start.

The show consisted of singing, topless dancing, and even some acrobatic acts that were really cool. It seemed that everyone really enjoyed the acrobatic performers over the dancing. At least that’s what I enjoyed most. A juggling act came on stage about three quarters of the way through the show and what do you know, they pointed me out of the whole crowd to come up on stage. The two men sat me down in a chair in the middle of the stage and made jokes as they put a funny pair of white glasses on my face, a fake cigarette in my mouth, and a top hat on my head. They told me to look straight into the crowd and to not to move at all while they stood on each side of me and threw juggling pins back and forth to each other trying to knock the hat off my head, the cigarette out from between my lips, and last but not least the glasses right off of my head! I couldn’t believe how accurate they were. As they were throwing the pins and knocking all of the stuff off of my face I was trying not to laugh too hard because I didn’t want to get hit off of the head with a pin! Tonight was one crazy experience, and definitely one that I’ll never forget!

I didn’t want the show to end, everyone was having such a great time but all great things have to come to an end. We all laughed and joked on the way out of the theatre and chatted for a few out front before walking up to the front of Moulin Rouge to take a few photos! After taking a few shots of the Moulin Rouge we headed over to the bar next door called O’Sullivans to have a few drinks to close the night. Everyone was having so much fun dancing, conversating and more. I ended up heading home with John and Lucianne and went straight to bed because we were heading to Switzerland early the next morning. Tomorrow is going to be one long day…