My First Week In Paris

So I've been in Paris for about a week now and I still can't believe it. Paris is such an amazing city! I feel like everywhere I look I see something beautiful and full of history. Through out the week we have done a ton of stuff, I feel like I have seen so much but I know there is a lot more to see.

On Wednesday we had a cultural outing to Notre Dame. It was so beautiful! It took hundreds of years to build and you can tell. Walking inside is breath-taking. The stained glass windows are even more amazing than I thought they would be. I really love the gothic architecture used on the building. Notre Dame is located in a erally cool part of town and after we were done exploring the church we walked around the shops for a while. After that a group of us got off on the wrong metro station and ended up walking along the beautiful Champs-Elysees. We saw really high end stores and got caught in a rain storm (but I had an umbrella, so it was okay!) It was such a great day to see the city.

On Thursday, we went with the school to see the Louvre. We spent some time in class talking about the history of Paris and of the Lourve and then we went as a really large group. It was hard going with a group of 40 people because it was very easy for people to get sepperated (which happened a lot). It made it difficult to hear what Claude (our teacher) was telling us. Even though it was really crowded and stressful, we got to see and learn a lot of really cool stuff about the Louvre. But we were on a tight schedule on Thursday because the Wine Club at EBS had invited us to a wine tasting and dinner that night. Because of this we did not get to see a lot of the paintings.

The wine tasting was really fun. We went as a really big group and worked our way through 3 different metro lines to get there! Once we all crowded into the basement celler the French students told us about all the different types of wines we were drinking and where the came from. It was such a good opportunity to talk to actual Parisians. They were all so nice and answered all of our questions!

On Friday we didn't have school so it was nice to sleep in a little bit! We spent the day doing some local shoping and then decided to return to the Louvre because its free for people under 26 on Friday nights. We got there a little early so we did some walking around. It was nice to look in the cute suvioner shops!

Once inside the musem we saw some amazing art! The Mona Lisa and the statue Venus de Milo are some of the famous ones we saw. I really enjoyed all of the sculptures that we saw. I feel like we saw some of the most amazing art work in the world. Even though we spent a couple hours there, some of us still would like to go back another weekend because there is a lot we didn't get to see. I mean it is the world's largets musem.

Yesterday a group of us girls decided that it would be nice to get a different view of the city, so we went on an open-top bus tour. It was a really cool way to see a lot of the wonderful things in Paris. It gave us tons of ideas of more places we would like to visit while we are here! It was also nice because we got to learn a lot about all of the buildings we have been seeing. (It was in English!!! Yay!)

After a fun filled day, we decided to enjoy some food and wine at the park near the eiffel tower. It was a great way to have everyone together and just relax. It's so nice to just chat and watch the eiffel tower sparkle!!!

Today has been a pretty lazy day so far. Emma, Lindy, and I are going to get together soon to work on the beginning of our group project (we have to pick an american product to bring to Europe) and to work on our French homework.

This week has been so amazing. I can't wait to see what the city of Paris has to offer me for this next week!!