Thursday, October 15, 2009

4 day weekend what should we do? Paris? OK!

So for this past long weekend my friend Megan and I set off for a little place known as Paris. My second time around so I'm feeling confident, how does the trip start off? We have to run to catch our plane, upon arrival are locked out of her friends apartment, and upon trying to get to Versailles the French Public transportation police seem to think it's a really good idea to fine a student 40 euros for not managing to hold on to a 1 by 1.5 inch piece of paper, and the Louvre closed at 5 not 8. How did we compensate for these few misfortunes...you guessed it sight seeing, champaigne, baguettes, and chocolate/nutella crepes. All in all it was a really good weekend travelling and exploring another part of the world. We climbed the eiffel tower all the way to the top! Went back at night to see it all lit up like the French flag. Checked out Notre Dame Cathedral with it's Flying Buttresses, did plenty of shopping and people watching. My favorite excursion of course was Versailles and Marie Antoinettes gardens. They were absolutely amazing. This was by far the most impressive aspect to Paris. I took over 200 pictures just at that one sight. We also tried our hand at cooking and tasting both french cheeses and wines while in the city of lights. Overall I think that the two non-french speaking American girls took the city by storm pretty adequately. Here is a sampling of some of my Parisian pictures. Enjoy!

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