Saturday, May 12, 2012

One day Left

With only one day left, we knew we had to make it count.

The day began with a visit to the Louvre art museum. It was one of the coolest places that i have ever seen.  We spent about three hours there and didn't get even close to seeing it all!  I saw the Monalisa and other extremely famious works of art.  My favorite part was all of the ancient Greek and Roman statues.  This museum is housed in a mansion that is as historic as every in it.  It was amazing.

After the Louvre we went to Orangerie were Monet's Waterlilies is housed.  This is an amazing
painting that spans two huge rooms, in which the
painting runs across all four walls.  This is magnificent and one can even see trees hanging over the water,



shaded areas, the sunset, and clouds in the distance.  It creates a beautiful reflective feeling and peaceful mood.

After the museums we began another quest for food.  We found an amazing little couples shop called "Pain and Chocolate."  It was some great food and one of the coolest little restaurants that i have ever been in, it was decorated and beautiful.  We then continued down the street to two bakeries for desert.  It was an amazing time.  I have never seen such a crazy assortment of pastries and breads.  We also learned that French people want one to "take it out" if it is not a restaurant.  It was interesting.

After lunch we went to the Museum Rodin and saw some amazing sculptures.  Some of which included the original "Thinker" and the metal "Gates of Hell."  Indeed these were amazing and most of them were showcased in a beautiful garden surrounded by trees.


The last few moments in our Paris trip were a sprint out of our group of six: two when to walk to the river, two get a water color from the book sellers and two to get shirts from the Latin Corner.  I went and got two shirts: a button up and a Paris shirt.  This was mostly done because i had 40 Euros left
 that i didn't want to convert back to pounds.


We then all raced back to Eurostar for our train ride home.

This was an amazing trip! Paris was great i had so much fun and ate some of the best food and some of the greatest works of art.  Paris is a dirty city from the attitude to the streets to the air, but it hold that young lover romantic charm.  I loved this trip.  It was also interesting to note that i was so grateful to back to London, i love London's tube, i love its people, and i love living here.  It is going to be so hard to leave!  

Live'n the Dream!

PS: it is just wrong to make one pay for public Toilets.

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