So PARIS is absolutely amazing! Erica and I had a few little mishaps the first day we were here, but who doesn't? However, yesterday was absolutely amazing! We walked up the Champs-Elysees (where the shopping is ridiculous!) and saw l'Arc du Triomphe which was breath-taking, took a TON of pictures and proceeded to walk back down the Champs-Elysees. We took a little detour because we saw the Grand Palace and walked around there to take pictures, ended up by the Sienne where we saw our first sighting of the gorgeous Eiffel Tower. I didn't see it at first and Erica screamed so loud that I thought her purse had gotten stolen or something! There were two ladies walking by who just laughed at us. But we were so excited we didn't even care!
Afterwards, we took a small walk down the Sienne and walked through this huge garden thing until we ended up at the Louvre (which, btw, is FREE for anyone under 26 the first Friday of every month... we are so lucky). We sat outside the Pyramid and ate sandwiches that we had brought with us and waited until we could get in. The Louvre was astonishing! We saw the Venus de Milo, Cupid and Aphrodite, the Mona Lisa (of course, although I was unimpressed), and a ton of other stuff that was really cool. Although by the time is was around 9 or so we were so exhausted from walking everywhere all day that we had to leave.
Thus far, Paris has been amazing, and I definitely love it! I would definitely recommend a visit here although make sure the hotel you are staying at is nice (at least a little nice), and that you know where you are going. Paris is quite a huge city.
A few fabulous pictures....
