Carrying our luggage up the many many many metro steps
As soon as we get settled in our hotel and unlocked the tricky door, there was a large commotion outside that ended up being hundreds of roller bladders! Only in Paris
Amazing view from our 20 euro per night hostel up to the Place du Republique and the Sacre Coeur
We came back to Paris to hit what we missed the first time. So Saturday morning was spent in the Louvre!
The Venus de Milo
Napoleon’s Coronation. This was one of my favorites because of how much of the history I knew about it, but I couldn’t get far enough away!
The Wrath of Medusa! Scary, but cool.
Liberty Leading the People. Also one of my personal favorites because of the use of red, white, and blue, and how Lady Liberty is the same figure as the Venus de Milo.
Mona Lisa. Hyped up a lot since its behind glass and not as big as you might expect, but the smile still got me. This picture was very difficult to take through all the…
PEOPLE! see what I mean.
I have too many favorites, but the Winged Victory had such a dominating presence, even in a large room, so it makes the list.
Pharaoh! So cool and made me want to go to Egypt.
After navigating (skillfully might I add) around the Louvre, we took a promenade down a nice wide boulevard
and stopped at Häagen-Dazs for a more than decadent dessert and mouthwatering mocha.
All of us together in our hostel room using my self timer
After dinner we headed out to the Seine
The next day we headed up to Montmartre for a historic walk guided by our personal tour guide, Rick Steves. We got distracted by this awesome street band and Sarah ended up buying their CD and having them all sign it.
Then we saw Paris’ last remaining vineyard which was so cool to me. I kinda figured out my dream job on this trip and it is to do business between the States in France selling wine. I could live in California and take trips to France’s beautiful vineyards!
…a girl can dream
Van Gough’s house when he lived in Paris for 2 years.
Cafè Deux Moulins where Amélie was filmed!
The Moulin Rouge
The best view in town, the top of Tour Montparnasse.
The Louvre and Sacre Coeur. I love how Paris all blends together from above in a sea of gray and white
This is very difficult, but we had a lot of fun laughing at ourselves trying
A wave of emotions swept through me as I waved off Haley, Kim, and Sarah, all taking a taxi to the airport, while I braved the metro and Gare du Nord by myself to go to Lille! It was so worth it though and the first day I looked around Lille while Paul was at work. This is the Grand Place.
Beaux-Arts
St. Michel
Living room
Entertainment room
The backyard. Sitting by the pool in Lille was a nice change of pace from my usual free time of study, travel, travel, study.
Victoire on her moto that she taught me how to drive! So much fun.
Paul’s mom Lydie and I also rode bikes around and the neighborhoods and to this gorgeous park by their house.
Alix, Victorie, Paul, and me. I was surprised how close I got to the girls in such a short amount of time. Alix and I would sit at dinner and talk about everything under the sun, while during the day Victoire and I rode the moto, went swimming, and made delicious desserts! One day we made flavored whipped cream out of Carambar, a caramel candy that started in Lille. Paul took me to all his rendez-vous and I got to meet a lot of his friends that were really nice and all complimented me on my French!
It was the perfect end to an amazing trip, full of adventures, new discoveries, and new friends, most lifelong. I learned a lot about myself, the culture of France, and the French language. If I wasn’t obsessed with the language and the country before, you better bet I am now! I can’t wait to move back to Athens to cover my walls with all my pictures! I definitely want to go back and spend most or all of my junior year at the University of Lyon, where I will already know 2 people!
Thanks again for following me and if I ever make a flight to Seattle to visit Daniel, I’ll put my pictures up on here to keep y’all updated with my travels!
hi,
i was just surfing the internet(i was actually googling parisian and longchamp) and found out your wordpress. seems like you had a fabulous time in paris, eh? i really envy you.
the colour and composition of all of your photos look great.
i was wondering what camera you used for those pictures during your trip?
do you mind letting me know the model kind of things? i’d love to get a camera for my travel as well. thanks!