WARNING: This entry will probably be pretty long! :)
A lot has happened since the last time I updated this! We went on a bus tour with our class on Saturday morning to see the sights of London. It was fun to see all of the big sights (again). Here is a panoram of Buckingham Palace.
Then we came back to our room, grabbed our bags and headed to the Eurostar station! Off to Paris we went. Here is a summary of Paris in numbers:
2.5 = hours it takes to get to Paris on the Eurostar
20 = minutes under the English Channel at a depth of 100 meters
Here is a picture of the view from our room - it was so warm when we got Paris! 50 degrees at sunset - yes please!
1 = blocks our hotel was from the Eiffel Tower - here's the view!
3 = course dinner that came with our cruise, including french eclairs! LOVE THEM!
3 = hours it took us to eat dinner and walk back to our hotel, probably because we took a million pictures like this :)
6 = maximum hours of sleep we got - with a view like this, who could blame us for being excited!
We walked past the Eiffel Tower again in the morning before hopping on a city bus tour - definitely the only way we got to see everything in one day!
First stop we got off at - Notre Dame!
Here's the inside of Notre Dame - they were having Sunday mass so it was pretty cool to see.
The organs were playing - it was definitely eerie, but neat to see.
Next we were onto Champ Elysees!
We got off the bus at Arch de Tromphe at the far end of Champs Elysees, the second largest and most well-known monument in Paris (next to the Eiffel Tower of course).
We went under the road to the Arch - the detail was amazing!
Priceless = a chocolate eclair and a Starbux Mocha while shopping on Champs Elysees :)
Here is a view of some of the buildings on Champs Elysees. I love the architecture! The fact that it was around 50 degrees and sunny probably helped out too :)
Check out this view! We walked from here back down to the Eiffel Tower - A view in Paris really doesn't get any better than this!
Our last stop for the day was Musse de Louvre - definitely the largest art museum I've ever seen - it was gorgeous!
Before we went inside - you actually enter thru the pyramid and the museum lobby is underground.
The highlight of our time there was seeing the Mona Lisa!
Another panoramic shot from the road - it's so HUGE!
After the Louvre, we headed back to the train station, a sight in itself at night time.
A few more numbers to end our visit to Paris:
1 boat cruise the first night
9 bus stops on our city tour on day 2
9.5 hours on our feet to cover the city
496 pictures I took while in Paris (this is not an exaggeration)
PRICELESS memories from an amazing 24.5 hours in Paris!
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