Paris Day 3
Day three started out as usual, by having chocolate
croissants for breakfast. We took the metro to the Louvre and made sure to
arrive just as it opened in order to avoid lines. There was no line to get in
the Louvre, only a short one to get tickets and we could walk right up to the
Mona Lisa. Paris in winter is great!
After buying our tickets and audio guides we headed straight
to the Mona Lisa since we figured it would only become more crowded as the day
went on. Everyone seems to say that the Mona Lisa is really small, so I went
expecting a very small painting, but she ended up being bigger than I expected.
We admired numerous other paintings by various artists that I can’t begin to
name, but to sum it up: there were an incredible amount of absolutely enormous
paintings by lots of famous artists : ) I personally enjoy the Greek sculptures
the best. Other than the fact that most of them have little or no clothing on,
the carving is incredible. The museum also displays them in beautiful rooms
with flattering natural light, which makes them even more incredible.
We also explored the Egyptian, pre-Columbian, Asian, Greek,
and so many other artifacts that I can’t even begin to explain. Everything we
saw was fascinating, we saw so much, yet every item has a story of who owned
it, who found it, and why it was made.
The Louvre is at one end of the Champs de Elysee (shawn sa
le say) so we walked all the way to the Arc de Triumph, which is on the other
end, quite a long walk. Along the street are some of the most expensive and
famous stores, Mercedes Benz, Louis Vuitton, Dulce and Gabanna, and many
others. After walking for 5 hours straight my feet were killing me so we finally
stopped and ate delicious nutella crepes. We sat down to eat them and they were
warm on a cold day.
We took the metro back to the hotel and I rested my feet and
Dad and Emily walked around the corner to look at some stores and eat
macaroons. Then we headed to the Eiffel Tower. The sun had set when we arrived
so the tower was lit up was absolutely incredible. It’s huge, especially when
you walk underneath. We waited in line for about an hour to buy tickets to go
up the elevator to the second floor. The view was nice but nothing amazing, the
big things like the Arc de Triumph Notre Dame were lit up. It was very cold and
windy so we soon headed back down so that we could see the tower ‘sparkle’ from
a distance.
From a distance, the Eiffel tower with the lights on is absolutely
amazing, it’s like something out of a movie or book. It was a great way to end
of Paris trip. Sadly, it only goes on for five minutes every hour. We enjoyed
our five minutes and then headed back to our hotel.
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