In
the beginning of April I went to Paris for a few days with a friend. It was
wonderful!! Paris is definitely the “city of lights”, and it looks beautiful
from the Eiffel Tower at night. The Eiffel Tower is impressive and very fun to
take pictures with! For some reason I thought the Eiffel Tower was taller than
it is. I thought that I would be able to see at least some of it from most
parts of the city. This was a wrong assumption. I kept looking for it as we
walked around…but the buildings often hid it or I couldn’t see it from the
angle we were at. Even along the Seine River there were times when we were
close but I couldn’t see it. I really felt like I was in Paris whenever I could
see the tower.
We
also saw Notre Dame, which is amazing! I would love to have worshiped there!
The stain glass windows were amazing! It was bigger inside than I thought it
would be. We had lunch at a café right next to Notre Dame. One day we climbed
up to Montmartre and saw the Sacre Coeur Basilica. Walking up all those steps
was not much fun! But it was a good work-out and worth the view. The view of
Paris from the Basilica was amazing! The church itself is gorgeous, even though
it’s not very old. After touring the church we went into one of the squares
where artists were selling paintings. We talked with one artist who took time
to explain a bit about himself how hard it is to paint when it is so cold.
On
our tour of Paris we visited random places like the Opera Garnier, Rue de Cler,
the Jewish district, the Carnavalet Museum, the Holocaust Memorial, and so
forth. We saw the Arc de Triomphe and walked down the Avenue de Champs Elysees,
along which we saw where Thomas Jefferson lived. We ate a few times in the
Latin Quarter, and of course we had French crepes. We walked along the Seine
and stopped at many of the vender booths that were selling paintings,
postcards, and books.
One
of my favorite things we did was visit the Louvre Museum. The architecture on
the Louvre is beautiful and I love how they combined two palaces together. The museum
is huge and would take days to go through. We were only there a few hours and
saw just a couple of things. We made sure to see the Mona Lisa and sculptures
by Michelangelo. I would love to go back again and take more time to look at
everything.
I
think Paris is a must see. It is a beautiful city and one could spend days
looking around! There is so much history that has been preserved. Even though
we did a lot of walking and saw many things, I know there is still more to see.
Maybe I will have the chance to go back some day!
