week 6- Paris

Paris is too pretty for words. It definitely is the city of lights and love. Despite the fact that these Parisians hate and i mean HATE HATE HATE americans, they definitely have the skills to build gorgeous statutes, plazas, and palaces. And these things are hard to miss every time you turn the corner. Theres something to look and awe at every corner, on every bridge, and just about every turnabout.

The first thing i saw when i stepped foot onto Paris streets was the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, built for those who fought in the Napoloenic wars. It's interesting how the French still honor and celebrate Napoleon, who I guess is pretty heroic and a huge accomplisher and a man of many talents.

During this Paris weekend, I took so many Eiffel tower pictures that we eventually gave up taking pictures of it. I might as well name it the Eiffel tower album in my camera. Im sorry, but the French were right in the first place for hating the tower. It is pretty ugly and grotesque compared to all the other Parisian buildings in the city. and ontop of that I was looking at the tower on a quite gloomy day so for me, the tower looked like an ugly shaped pin needle. It's just the lights at night that bring the best out of Eiffel. And if paris was to ever have a blackout, the Eiffel would and will be just about the ugliest structure on the block. (no offense, please dont use my judgement to change your impressions of the Eiffel)

Musée du Louvre: only the one of the biggest and the most visited museum in the world. Saw the Mona Lisa, who by the way HATES HATES LIFE right now. Seriously, i bet it can win "Most Pictured/ Photographic Painting." And the paintings housed with the Mona Lisa probably hates her too.

The Wedding Feast at Cana (which i thought was the last supper, but is not)

was literally facing the Mona Lisa and no one bothered to take a few snapshots of it and everyone squeezed and crowded around just to get a few terrible bad pictures of the Mona Lisa who is no larger than 3 feet long.

Just thought it was a very awkward pose for not one but 4 men statutes to do. Try it yourself at home and have people looking at you while you are posing... its pretty awkward.

And Paris trip would not be complete without Château de Versailles. It is THE PALACE of all palaces and its gardens are THE gardens of all gardens. And its no wonder why Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette got guillotined. This place is too grandeur, even the gates were and little edges of each room inside the palace was gilded with gold paint.

There's a lake inside the palace and Versailles doesn't even include Marie Antoinette's estate. Seriously, the French royalty really know how to live life. Just looking at the gardens makes my day just so much better :]

So this concludes the use of my euros and now im left with leftovers and sad that I didnt use them all, but Ill be back one day to use them again... and I hope soon.

-sz