Saturday, August 29, 2009

Je ne parle pas beaucoupe de francaise!

Day four in Paris, is it strange that I feel like I have been taking a french exam over spelling, pronunciation, reading, and speaking for the last 4 days?I'm not sure my french is any better than when I began on my journey, but I was told I have a good accent today, so hey, at least some improvement there!

Bravo: There have been so many amazing sites we have seen, I'm going to list them and then stick a short blurb about them.
Notre Dame: Extremely majestic, it sits right next to the river and is surrounded by quaint sidewalk cafes. Today we walked all the way to the top (tiny spiral staircases of doom) and listened to an organ concert.
Eiffel Tower: The vast majority of the buildings in Paris are short so you can see the Eiffel Tower from almost anywhere in Paris. We rode all the way to the top and the view is splendid. We went up at night, the contrast of the lit tower with the dark night was beautiful.
Centre Pompidou: A retro museum that is really ugly and industrial on the outside but sleek and sophisticated on the inside. We did not take a tour of the galleries because we were too tired.
The Louvre: Is free on Friday nights for those under 26. We saw many many many famous pieces of art. The museum is HUGE, it would be very easy to get lost. We only got to see a small portion of what the museum contains. My highlight was the code of hammurabi and Liamsu.
Arch De Triumph: Possibly my favorite. It is so huge, it would be impossible to not be in awe when standing next to it. It is surrounded by a 4 lane traffic circle that people speed around so you have to take a tunnel to see it.
Piere Herme: A famous pastry chef. All other pastry chefs in Paris try to live up to the standards Piere has set. I had a macaroon and it was delecious.
Luxembourge: beautiful gardens and mansion.

Bruto: my legs are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired.

Interessante:I have noticed that everyone here is extremely inshape looking. I have attributed this to the fact that everyone walks everywhere, or bikes. They have spots set up all over the city where you can rent a bicycle and then put it back when you are done. In addition to walking everywhere the people all wear fabulous shoes, here I am longing for my sneakers and people are trecking all over the city in 4" heals!

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