Today was a very full day!! We woke up late at like 7:30 and
barely made it down by 8. Grabbed a quick typical French breakfast of
baguettes, milk and yogurt and then it was off to the Louvre!!!(:(:(:
It's weird to learn and study all about these incredible places and then
actually be there. We took lots of pictures outside by the gorgeous museum and
the beautiful famous glass pyramid. It was not disappointing. (: As perfect as
I would have imagined. (:
We bartered with some guys on the street for souvenirs which is fun. (:
We wanted to see how good of a deal we could get and we did a pretty good job.
(:
Then it was time to go inside the louvre (: Anyone under 18 gets in free
so that was awesome. It would take over a month to see the whole thing, and I
wish we would have had more time to look because there was so much amazing art.
We needed more than three hours to take it all in.
But since we had such a short amount of time, we decided to hit up the
most famous pieces of course.
First we found the Mona Lisa which is a lot smaller than we all expected.
It's literally tiny, but it's cool to say we've seen the original(: It was
crowded with tourists in that room like you can probably imagine so we were
happy to get out of there.
Next was the Winged Victory!! I was posing for a picture when I felt a
tug on my purse. Turns out someone was trying to pick pocket me! I was freaking
out about what they took, but they got an empty case. Serves them right. But
what's funny is that we got a picture of the exact moment I got pick
pocketed. We have a picture of me turning my head and the side of the guys
face. It was a total fail for him because we saw his face and got a picture,
plus he got nothing out of the attempt. (:
Although after that we kept a super close hold on all our stuff. Pick
pockets are everywhere in Europe. Beware if you ever go. We wear a horrible
awkward pouch around our neck with all our money and our passports. It's nice
to have it all organized and hidden. (:
So that was funny. If he'd gotten something valuable, it would have been
tragic. But since he didn't, funny.
One guy in our group had his iPhone stolen out of a zippered pants
pocket. Crazy. You gotta give these thieves credit. They're good at what they
do. Just don't let it happen to you!
We so saw other cool ones like Psyche and Cupid, Michelangelo, and
Aphrodite. It was way cool(: It was pathetic trying to look for all these
pieces in such a huge museum. We got super lost so many times. One time we
decided to finally ask someone where Michelangelo was and he must have thought
we were stupid because it was right behind us. Haha.
We were on our own for lunch like everyday, so we went to the McDonalds
at the Louvre thinking it'd be easy and familiar. Not the case. Completely
different menu. I was trying to read it for Kena and I and then order it with
someone who didn't speak English. To be honest, it was easier to communicate
with this lady in a completely different country than it was with the lady who
worked at Fuddruckers in AMERICA. Ridiculous. Still good food though. Weird but
good. Found out later there was a place to order in English. Whoops. Good
experience anyways to have, ordering in French I guess(;
After the Louvre, we headed out on a bus sight seeing tour. She drove us
all around the city and showed us the coolest things and let us stop for
pictures.
I almost passed out the first time I saw the Eiffel Tower. There was
nothing I wanted I see more. It is the most perfect thing ever. Kena and I took
the cutest picture you'll ever see. Lots of them are perfect. But one in
particular. Oh man. We love it. Might as well be professional. I think our
whole group is sick of having to take pictures for us. But oh well, we're
photoaholics.
FAVORITE picture of the trip?
I mean this picture is literally Pinterest worthy.
We also saw the Musee d'orsee, nationale republique meeting house, arc de
triomphe, and drove along the Seine.
The drivers in Europe are psycho. No one follows any traffic rules, I'm
surprised we haven't gotten in an accident yet. Truly I am. People pulling out
in front of each other left and right with no signal, speeding, pedestrians
ignoring the street signs and walking when they want.. It's a nightmare! Glad I
don't have to drive here!! The worst is in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
There's literally no rules or stop signs around that whole area. And because of
that, it's a "no fault" accident zone so no one cares enough to be
careful. No one even stops to see if its clear, they just go. Scary.
We ended our tour at the opera house. Then we went to a perfume factory
to learn about how perfume is made. Apparently it takes 600 kilos to 3 tons of
flowers just to make one liter of pure essential oil. Crazy huh? We matched
every scent perfectly when she tested us(: Then we sampled all the perfumes
there, they were amazing. If I had more money I would have bought one for sure.
Best perfume I've ever smelled(: Then we had some free time before dinner(: So
we went to the Lafeyette galleries. (: It's basically this huge high end
shopping districts. They have some crazy fashion there which was fun to see(:
While we were there, we past a chocolate shop. The worker looked at us and held
out some free samples with this look on his face like he just knew we wanted
some. So we had some and it was awesome. So we decided to buy a macaroon from
his shop. I got a chocolate one which was fabulous and so cute. Kena got a
banana one, which wasn't that great. Oh well. (:
We walked around the area before dinner since our reservations were late
and found a statue in a little fountain. Of course me and Kena would jump in
the fountain and climb up on the statue when it's not allowed(; We have a
record for doing illegal things. (;
Then we went to dinner at another restaurant where we had salad,
baguettes, pork chops and potatoes. For dessert we had a chocolate mousse with
pieces of real chocolate in it. Freaking awesome. Best dessert of the
week.
It's weird because we can get offered alcohol here. Since there's no
legal drinking age, we can have whatever we want. (: I was tempted to try wine
just to say I'd legally done it at 17(;
After dinner we went on a boat sight seeing cruise down the Seine. It was
super relaxing and a much different experience than the street life(:
As we were taking off there were these boys that were waving at us and
making hearts at us. We waved back so they started sprinting after our boat.
They were waving and blowing kisses and they ran until they couldn't chase us
anymore. It was freaking cute. Haha(:
And we saw lots of cute couples sitting on the walls over the seine which
made me wish Brayden was here with me. I miss the boy.
It started to get cold on the water since it was like 10 when we finished
the tour. We were supposed to go up on the Eiffel Tower after but we ran
out of time. We were so mad. So then we just took more cute pictures with the
Eiffel Tower, went souvenir shopping, and stood by until the 5 minutes of
twinkling it does at 11(: So breathtaking. I loved it.
Then it was off to bed after a long, perfect day. (:
So happy(:
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