Paris!!!!!

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!