This weekend our group decided to travel to Paris. I was not big on the idea in the beginning being that I haven't heard the best things about French food or people. My first experience of French food was actually pretty tasty. Our group found the first place right off of the main road we came upon and chose that one. Despite how expensive the food ended up being I was very impressed. After lunch/dinner last night we decided to go check out the Eiffel Tower. We decided to hang out on the lawn and get a couple bottle's of wine and wait for the light show when the sun went down. Although it was extremely cold and windy, which none of us were prepared for, we were glad that we decided to stay this morning.
Today we spent most of the day at The Louvre. I was amazed on how big it actually is and also how modern the inside was. I had always seen pictures of the inside and some of the more famous art pieces that are displayed but nothing compares to seeing them in real life, hands down. From start to finish it probably took our group about 3 or 4 hours to walk the exhibits we wanted to see but a person could easily spend all day inside appreciating all of the art. We also went to a famous tower here in Paris with amazing views of the city. The views have been said to rival that of the Eiffel Tower but we only had to wait for about 15 minutes instead of several hours to reach the top.
Once we finished with what we had mapped out in The Louvre a couple of us headed to the Champs de Elysees. The Champs de Elysees is a famous street with tons of premium shops located in Paris. We only spent about an hour or two walking the street but we plan on going back tomorrow afternoon for several more hours.
Tomorrow we have a couple more museums to check out then its off again on the night train back to Florence for school Monday morning.
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