"Another winter day has come and gone away in even Paris..."

As soon as we stepped out of the metro on Thursday night, we could see the Eiffel Tower all lit up! The next morning, we saw it 3 times! ha! Once when we first set out on our adventure for the day, once when we took the lift to the top (AMAZING), and once up close when it was all lit up at night! After we saw it the first time, we walked down the road to the Arc de Triomphe and then took the metro to Moulin Rouge. After that, we saw Notre Dame and then stopped for lunch. My parents gave us directions to a cheap alleyway for food and souveniers and I'm so glad they did. We shopped in the little shops and ate lunch and then came back for dinner! It was cheap and good (which is often hard to find)! We then went back to the Eiffel Tower and went to the top! It was really neat to be there! We wanted to see the fashion area of Paris, but only stayed for 5 minutes since we knew we couldn't afford anything. We then shopped at little shops by the Louvre and then got into the Louvre for FREE! They had a special deal where you could get in free on Fri. nights if you were under 26! We looked around for a couple hours and saw the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Athena Nike, the Marly Horses, the Raft of Medussa, and so much more! It was huge! We decided that we couldn't go to Paris and not see both the Eiffel Tower and Moulin Rouge at night, so we did! I'm so we did, b/c it was so neat! The next morning, we went to Versaille and this was definitely worth a trip. We took a tour around the Palace and it was SPECTACULAR! It was massive and each room was GORGEOUS! We saw the king's bed and the queen's bed (where 19 heirs to the throne were born in front of the public as proof that they were legitimate heirs!) I don't think I would be up for a public viewing of a birth! haha Anyways, before we left, we watched Marie Antoinette about the French monarchy that lived at the palace, so it was really neat to see it in real life! The gardens were AMAZING and were so big! We took the metro back into town and then stopped at St. Michael's before heading to the airport. I'm so glad we did, because as soon as we stepped out of the metro, there was a huge rainbow over Notre Dame! It was so PRETTY! I also found a really cute scarf too! We flew out last night and then slept in today! It was so unreal to actually be in Paris, France! Well, I'm about to start on the massive load of homework that I should be doing right now! Ha! OH, btw, the pic of us making sad faces is b/c we didn't want to leave! :(