Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Paris!

Our supervisors left for Paris a few hours before us and so we had to get a cab to the airport and then once we got to paris we had to take a train and get a taxi to take us to our hotel..it was quite an adventure, but we all made it! That night, we went to see the Eiffel Tower and see it light up..it was amazing! We also went down by the river to just hang out and explore different things. The next day we went on the city tour which took us all over Paris so we could hop on and off the bus whenever we wanted..I dont really remember the names of all the places we saw..but we went to Notre Dame and the Louvre. The town of Paris is huuuge and so we didnt get to see it all..but the bus tour was really great since we still saw things even if we didnt actually get to go in them or know why they are significant haha...i didnt really listen to that part, i was just amazed at everything.. The next morning some of us went to climb the eiffel tower..that was my favorite part. There are soo many steps..it was quite the work out! Lots of girls chickened out and got really shakey as we were walking up and they said they arent afraid of heights..i took some pictures of them..it was funny. Then that afternoon we went to Versailles and the gardens there..the gardens were AMAZING..they were sooo pretty! And there was gold everywhere on the building and in the inside..it was really fascinating. That night i went to get cheesecake after dinner..yyuuummmm! I saw lots of homeless people on the streets and that was kind of scary cause they would talk to us and we had to just keep walking..Also there was lots of men around town trying to sell eiffel towers to us and so if you even look in their direction they will follow you and not let you go anywhere until you buy something..i never bought anything though..i just ran away..one of them was calling me lady gaga..no clue why. They are also known as pocket pickers so we were told to stay away from them..they would just surround us and try to distract us so they could take something out of our purses or whatever they see..i noticed them trying to grab a few times buuttt...they never got anything thankfully! We flew back today..tomorrow we go to the school for one more day..then we leave for Ireland on Saturday!

eiffel tower at night..sorry its upside down..i dont know how to fix it!

the louvre

notre dame

view from the eiffel tower...2nd floor

2nd floor of eiffel tower

part of the garden at versailles

versailles

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