After three days in Paris I have decided that it is my favorite city that I have visited. I wish I had more time to spend there! I love Paris so much! From running around in the pouring rain and eating the most
delicious crepes ever, it has been everything I wanted it to be. It was the perfect way to end our amazing trip.
Monday, June 25
Monday was freaking insane! I don’t even know how we saw
everything that we did. We left our
hotel at 10:30 am and arrived at our hotel that night at 12:30 am. We went hard all day (: Our first stop was the Moulin Rouge. I was very excited for this because I love
this movie so much. It was everything I
pictured it to be. I wish we would have
planned better so that we could have seen a show there but that’s okay. I would
love to return with my older sister in the future because she loves Paris. I thought about her the whole time and just
wished that she could have experienced this with me!
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| Crazy guy |
After the Moulin Rouge we went up to this
church named La Basilique de Sacré Coeur de Montmartre, because it has the best view of the city. We learned about this church from our friend
Gabriel, who we actually met in London but lives in Paris. The church was so beautiful and the view was
spectacular; I got chills. Right in
front of the view of the city there is a light post and a man actually climbs
up to the top of it and juggles a soccer ball.
It was a little terrifying but amazing; I couldn’t even believe it!
Once we left this area we went to hit up the
Eiffel Tower for round two. We went to
the Eiffel Tower the day before in the pouring rain but decided we had to
return when it was sunny. The area
around the Eiffel Tower is so beautiful because it is surrounded by a
garden. Just so you guys are aware the
Eiffel Tower in Vegas doesn’t even compare to the real one.
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| Round 1 |
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| Round 2 |
After the Eiffel Tower we kept on moving and
our next stop was Norte Dame. I’ll be
honestly the only reason I was excited about this one was because of the Disney
movie, “The Hunchback of Norte Dame.”
When we stepped off of the metro and I only recognized it was because of
that movie! It was the most beautiful
cathedral that I have seen so far in Europe.
All around the cathedral there are guards and they are just chilling
with their guns! It was very different
to see that. I wanted a picture with
them but I was nervous because they were a little intimidating.
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| Norte Dame |
From there we ventured to Lover’s Bridge and
the real name of it is Pont des Arts.
On our way to it I had a moment where I wanted to be Marilyn
Monroe but let’s just say that it ended very badly. It is not as easy as it looks…. That is all I will say about that haha. “Lover’s Bridge” is where lovers fasten padlocks to the railings of the Pont des Arts bridge. The couple then tosses the keys into the Seine River below, which symbolizes their eternal love. It is
such a cute concept and I am a sucker for romance. This was probably one of my favorite things
that we saw. The bridge is actually
right behind the Louvre (which we saw on Sunday) but we headed over there again
to see it once more. Andrea needed to
finish her shopping so we went to Champs-Élysées. IT WAS INSANE. Seriously, next time I come to Europe I am
bringing millions of dollars with me and going shopping there. I saw the ugliest high heels for 1500 euros!
Ridiculous. We finished walking around
the shops and we had to meet our friend, Gabriel for dinner! He seriously is the nicest guy ever and he
helped us out so much this trip.
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| Lover's Bridge |
Once we
meet up with him he showed us the university that he goes to and then he took
us to the Luxembourg Gardens. It was so breathtaking.
From there we headed to dinner at this place which is modeled after a medieval
dungeon. The only light we had was the
candle light on the table; I was a little creeped out. I was just waiting for a rat to run across the
floor! However, the food was yummy and
the conversation was great.
We finally
learned some helpful French words. After
the most delicious dessert we headed to the Eiffel Tower AGAIN because we had
to see it at night. Every hour the
Eiffel Tower lights up and just twinkles for five minutes. Unfortunately, we barely missed the 10:00 one
by two minutes! We took some fun
pictures and then decided that we were going to go up to the top! It was only 9 euros so of course we had
too. The first part you can choose
whether you want to take an elevator or climb up the stairs. We decided to take the stairs which was
exhausting. There are three levels to
the tower: the first one has gifts and restaurants, the second has gifts and
tickets and then the third is the very top.
When we got to the second level it was time to take the elevator up to
the very top. I wasn’t nervous until we
actually stepped onto the elevator and started to go up. The view was so beautiful, I can’t even
describe it. My hands and feet were
sweating so badly though. Finally, we
reached the top and I could breathe again haha.
Once you reach the top you climb up one more flight of stairs and you
can see everything. I am so glad we
decided to go at night because it was gorgeous and very romantic (: On our way down the stairs it was 11:50 and
the lights turned on in ten minutes. We
seriously sprinted down all the flights of stairs so we could see it in time. It looked light a giant twinkling Christmas
tree; it was soooooooo stunning.
*yopo: you only Paris
once
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