Ici, c'est Notre Dame! aka our lady. It was absolutely beautiful. the stained glass in particular was amazing. you can see the circular stained glass window here in the photo but with the light shining through it was absolutely beautiful. we even got to climb up to the tower of the notre dame. it was amazing. such a good view! you could see all of paris's skyline which was just gorgeous. and it's where i got my first view of the eiffel tower which was just amazing. it was super exciting. plus the gargoyles on top of the notre dame were slightly hilarious. there was a pelican and a evil looking one that was sticking his tongue out.
It's the Mona Lisa!! the louvre was amazing. it was so gorgeous. there was so much to see! literally probably only saw around 1/8 of the entire museum. it was a little sad actually because there was so much to see and so little time! we managed to tour about the greek section and see some of the egyptian stuff which was wicked cool. there were some super HUGE paintings that literally took up massive sections of walls. i was impressed on so many levels. i am really excited that my mom is coming here in decemeber and we're going back to Paris because i definitely plan on taking her there and showing her everything and hopefully see some new things!
Kaitlyn, Kelly, Me, and Alex in front of the Louvre! really made me think of the DaVinvi Code because i am fairly certain this was a part of it. and it was also just super awesome. super super awesome. the entire courtyard was immense, so much space and so many people taking pictures of all of the beautiful buildings. it was so cool. there were even armed guards who i imagine that they were there to stop potential art thieves from even thinking about trying to steal anything...
Just a classic Eiffel tower shot.... not sure how the lighting got to be so cool. it was really just twilighty and it was nice. the eiffel tower is also lite up at night which is one of my favorite parts of paris now. it twinkles every hour for ten minutes which is absolutely gorgeous. i was so mad cause every time it was twinkling i was either eating dinner, on a train, in the elevator, on top of the tower, or going back down the tower. so i never got a picture of the beautifulness which makes me really really sad. but i'll be back. so i will make it my goal that i get a picture next time. the eiffel tower is so cool. if you ever go to paris. go there. it's worth it!
l'Arc de Triomphe shot. with sandwiches. super good sandwiches too. best i've had so far which was just so random cause it was this little sandwich shop by the arc. the arc was really cool. you can go underneath down under the street which is really cool and then you plop out onto the bottom part. and there's a monument and you can go up to the top, which we didn't do because we were kind of in a time crunch. but it was really cool. we went to la Defense after this too which was also really cool. enjoyed that a lot. very modern which was cool. different.
Overall i really really enjoyed Paris. it was a gorgeous city. i really really enjoyed visiting there and would definitely recommend it for anyone to visit. also, would like to give a nice shout out to everyone from america, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!! we will be eating thanksgiving at a restaurant tonight, hopefully it will be super delicious! there's supposed to be pumpkin and apple pie which just makes me happy. i and three other students in the programs and our families will be coming to my house on saturday and we will be making our families a classic thanksgiving dinner. which is slightly stressful on a couple of levels. i'm not the strongest cook out there. but i hope that it turns out good cause i want to show them how good it can be! plus they've had students in the past who have done it and they know it can be good. hopefully i don't burn anything. so i hope you all have a wonderful holiday, and remember, you can start playing christmas carols tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
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