Monday, December 10, 2012

Dec 6-9 Paris!!

My dream came true last weekend, I finally went to Paris!! I have wanted to go to Paris for a long time and being able to go this weekend was such an incredible experience!! We only had 2 full days there, but we packed everything in like the incredible tourists that we are. We went to the Arc de Triomphe,  Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, The Louvre, St Michel's Fountain, the famous shopping street Champs- Elysees, and of course the Eiffel Tower! The Eiffel Tower was the most amazing thing ever to see, I first saw the top of it when we were on the metro and I got butterflies in my stomach I was so excited!! We went during the afternoon to see it during the day and went back again at night to see it with all the lights. We took the elevator to the top and walked around too, which was awesome. Overall we probably spent at least 4 hours of our trip at the Eiffel Tower which was perfect, I could have stayed there all day! We also spent about 3 hours at The Louvre, and probably only saw about 1/16 of the entire museum! It is huge! We saw the Mona Lisa, statues by Michaelangelo, Cupid and Psyche, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which were all amazing. The night that we went there were a bunch of art students walking around and you could ask them information about the paintings and they would tell you all this information about them which was really cool.  On Saturday we went to Versailles and walked around the palace and the gardens, which were gorgeous. The palace was giant, we probably only saw a very small portion of it but it was beautiful! We got to see the King and Queens bedrooms and the dining room where the public could come and watch them eat, which sounds weird. We also ate crepes and chocolate croissants to complete our Parisian trip!

Arc de Triomphe in the rain/snow/hail

The Seine River

Lock Bridge where couples come and put a lock on the bridge symbolizing
their love and through the key into the Seine River

The Seine


Notre Dame

The ladies in front of Notre Dame

Inside the Cathedral of Notre Dame

The Pantheon


The Eiffel Tower!!!


My favorite picture ever!

The Louvre

Winged Victory of Samothrace


Mona Lisa!!


The Palace of Versailles

Inside The Palace of Versailles


Marie Antoinette's bedroom

The gardens of Versailles






1 comment:

  1. Wow, truly amazing. Thanks for sharing the experience with us!!

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