Pick Up Line? Really?

As many of you know, one of the stops on my recent trip to Europe was Paris..."ville de l'amour" as they call it. One thing that is great about travelling is sometimes you just meet some random people. Well, in Paris...I met Younis.



When Heather, Nicole and I arrived in Paris - the weather was perfect! It was beautiful outside...so we decided to make our way down to the Eiffel Tower to make sure we got some good pics. Well....The Metro system in Paris is quite extensive AND to make matters worse...The train and metro people were still on some stupid strike. So - there was no one to ask questions and not all the trains were running. (But we didn't complain since the Metro was FREE because of it!)

Anyway - we jumped on the Metro and got off at I forget what stop and we were looking at the map trying to figure out if we should attempt to transfer trains or just walk it...and that's when Younis came into the picture. Ha.

He started talking to Heather and Nicole and giving them directions. I walked over to them and this guy asked us if we were all American. Nicole was like "Yeah - but she (pointing to me) is Canadian."

Younis: "oh...Canadian?"

Me: "Yep"

Younis: "ohhh...I like Canadians"

Me: shrug my shoulders give him a little half smile and don't really say anything.

Younis (Staring at me): "The best girl I EVER slept with was Canadian...." still staring at me, "It's true - the best."

Heather and Nicole: Laughing.

Me: Thinking to myself "gee this is awkward" and I'm not even really sure what I said. Probably just an awkward, "Well..that's good."

We then said we were going to start heading to the Eiffel tower...so he said goodbye to my friends and told them he needed to talk to me.. He leaned forward and started whispering his number in my ear and told me to call him the next time I'm in Paris. Ha ha ha....

Oh...don't worry...It didn't end there. Which is why I have these pictures that Heather took. He left the Metro and a few minutes later we walked up the exit also. And we were laughing about the whole thing when all of a sudden..who pops up behind us...oh yep. Younis! He asked my friends if he could walk me a couple of "bridges" on our way to the tower...(Paris is lined with bridges).

So he walked with me for a little bit...telling me about how he was ready for a girlfriend..and how he liked me. I didn't know his name at this point...but then he pulled out his I.D. Younis from Tunizia, born in 1982, (and who likes to sleep with Canadians) apparently wanted to be my boyfriend. ha ha ha. Gross.

When we reached the second bridge he really wanted to make sure he gave me his number.. He even started asking people passing by for a pen. Heather caught him in the act...

The whole time I was just trying not to laugh too much. So - he gave me his number. Don't I feel special. I have no clue what happened to that piece of paper. Ha ha ha...Oh - it makes me laugh just thinking about it again...Oh...sooo random.