Paris- City of Lights!

After toussant we went with my English class to Paris for 5 days. That was rough, mostly becuase I was worn out from travelling for 10 straight days, and then I only had 4 days in Lux. At first, it was cold and rainy just like Ireland so I wasn't so fond of Paris. But after  few days it definitely grew on me. I really enjoyed getting to spend a solid amount of time in one city. Travel was easy cause we just took a bus to get there, so I wasn't worried about train times. Dinner was provided every night by the hostel, and even though it wasn't exactly delicious, it was still something I didn't have to pay for. And Paris really is beautiful. Besides the fact that every street corner looks exactly the same. I honestly got so turned around because every building is a tan building with 5-6 stories and little black balconies. No joke.

I liked going to Paris with my class too cause we had amazing tour guides. Not only was my teacher's wife just the sweetest woman, but we had the same guides for all of our stuff so it was really consistent. The Musee D'Orsay was probably my favorite museum, although we saw the Louvre as well. Versailles had a Jeff Koons exhibit in it which might have been the WEIRDEST thing I have ever seen. I think I took more pictures of his artwork than anything else in Versailles. I thought Versailles was kind of boring as well, every room looked the same, it just was a big open room with a ton of ornamentation. The gardens were nice, but I could tell that they're way better in the summer. There weren't really any flowers, and none of the fountains were on either :( So I guess that means I'll just have to go back during the summer :) haha. 

The Eiffel Tower was totally worth it though. They have it decorated to look like the EU flag because the president is from France. And every hour it sparkled and lit up which was BEAUTIFUL. The first night we tried to go up on top of it, but we got there too late and by the time we would have gotten through the line it would be closed. So instead we sat underneath it and drank a bottle of  2 euro champagne. Which might have been better than actually being on top  of it :) haha. But we went back a few days later, and it turned out better because the sky was perfectly clear and we were practically the only ones up there. 

I think my other favorite thing was the Rodin museum. We just randomly decided to go after Invalides to this little museum cause The Thinker was there. I could have spent forever in that building. I never knew how much I liked Rodin. His sculptures are absolutely captivating. It definitely made my day :)