Tuesday. Day two. Paris.
Since Monday was kind of a wash as far as checking things off our list went, we made up for some lost time on Tuesday. Like every day, we had group breakfast at the hotel and then planned out our day.
We started at L’Opéra Garnier (the opera from Phantom of the Opera) and then walked from there to L’Église de la Madeleine, the inside of which is really cool and totally different than any other church or cathedral we’ve seen. Next, we hit up La Place de la Concorde to see the Egyptian obelisk and pretty fountains. The Jardin des Tuileries is right there too, so we walked around there and grabbed sandwiches from a food stand.
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| l'Opera |
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| la Madeleine |
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| Place de la Concorde |
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| Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde |
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| le Jardin des Tuileries, looking toward the Louvre |
From there, we walked straight up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe. On the way, we found a Starbucks and were SO happy to find some take away coffee. I had been jonesing for a mocha for awhile, so it was pure bliss to walk up the Champs-Élysées, coffee in hand. Once we got to the end of the road, we climbed up the stairs to the top of the Arc, where we had such a cool view of Paris. It was fun to go up to the top of the Eiffel Tower, but getting a panoramic view with the Eiffel Tower in it is awesome.
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| view from the Arc de Triomphe |
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| Champs-Elysees, as seen from the Arc de Triomphe |
When we climbed back down, we walked back down the Champs-Élysées on the other side of the street and then took the metro to Musée Rodin. It was a really cool museum, partly outside and partly inside. I’ve seen some Rodin sculptures other places, so I liked seeing some of his most famous works and learning a little more about his life.
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| Le Penseur aka The Thinker by Rodin |
After the musée, my friend Ginny and I went to the 15th arrondissement to meet up with a couple girls we know from Wake who are doing the Boston University Paris program. We met some of their friends from their program and went to dinner and got gelato. After dinner, we went to hang out in front of Notre Dame just to see it at night. Everything is equally beautiful at night and during the day here.
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| Notre Dame de Paris |
Since my friend Cara had some homework earlier and couldn’t go to dinner, I went back to the 15th to meet her at a café near her apartment. We caught up over tea, and then Cara took me a little way down the road to see a really cool view of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine. She also showed me the bridge from the movie Inception (which I haven’t seen yet, but those who have will probably know what I’m talking about). This was another one of those I’minParisthisisAWESOME moments.
It was such a busy day, but I was tired in the best possible way. I saw so much, but I still have so much left to do in the next couple of days!
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