Trip To Paris!

Late last night I got back from a weekend in Paris and I had an amazing time! The trip was for sure not the smoothest trip, we all had to get up around around 3:30 to go to the airport for our 6:30 am flight. On the flight we were with a group of high schoolers on a school trip and they were very lively, running around the plane, singing and screaming. Then the plane was diverted to Lille Airport because of fog around Beauvais Airport where we were supposed to land. We had to take a shuttle from Lille to Beauvais which took about 3 hours and then we took another shuttle from Beauvais into the city center which took about an hour and a half.

This is going to sound corny but as we driving into the city center I almost felt like a little like a little kid with all of the excitement that I had while were driving through the city and I could see all of the little cafe's and especially when I got to see the Eifel Tower in real life for the first time! One of the first things I did when I got there was go for food I got to have this incredibly french crepe. I could not have enough of the french food, I got to eat a croissant which was amazing! I also kept going for the Baguettes, I went through one a day! Their chocolate was also amazing!

more french food,

On Friday night I got to go to Louvre which was awesome! I got to see the original Mona Lisa which was behind bullet proof, bomb proof glass. I couldn't believe how big the museum was! There was so much that I wanted to see! Saturday it was unfortunately pouring out. We went on this hop on hop off tour around the city, but tried to stay in the bus as much as possible. I got to see Notre Dam and go inside of the church which was pretty cool! We walked around a lot more checking some shops out as well as going to see the cemetery that Jim Morrison any many other famous people are buried in. Needless to say I was soaked right after I got back inside and some french hot chocolate was just the ticket!

On Sunday it was still cloudy out but luckily the rain had stopped. I walked over to the Eiffel Tower with my hotel with a few people. I was really happy to be able to walk around a little bit. We decided to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower which involved walking up the leg of the tower to the second level. When you have extreme vertigo like me walking up like that is unbelievable scary, I had such panic walking up. Though when I finally got to the top the view was unbelievable it was so worth all the panic! I can't even imagine what it'd be like on a clear day!

It was so hard to leave but I'm so excited to go back in a few weeks when Em comes to visit and we go together! I really want to try to brush up my french a little bit more for the next trip!

Notre Dame


Mona Lisa
The Louvre
arc de triomphe