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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Paris

I know its been ages since my last post but I have been super busy!
On the 19th of Feb I finally got to see the city of my dreams. Paris. It was better than everything I had imagined. I went with my host parents and I also met up with Emily the other NZ girl who lives close to Paris and she came around with us for the day. Emily coming was only a last minute plan and I'm so pleased she came =) Its crazy to think that two girls from New Zealand can just spend the casual day in paris together. We went to Montmarte which is where the Sacré Coeur is and that was just amazing. It was a beautiful day in Paris with not a cloud in the sky, we couldn't have asked for a better day! Montmarte is where "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" has some scenes filmed. It was cool to be able to recognise that- Merci Monsieur Lynch! After Montmarte we had lunch at this restaurant by the notre dame and then we went to the Louvre museum which is where the painting of the mona lisa is, that was awesome to see. It was much smaller than I expected! The Louvre is huge and you need about 4 days to get around the whole thing, we were there for maybe 2 hours so didn't get to see much but it was still really cool. Next stop- le tour eiffel! We didnt climb up it but seeing it was enough, it is such a mindblowing monument and i took heaps of photos. It's something that you have to see in real life to understand the beauty of- the same with all of Paris really. After we had finished there Emily left and so Alain Veronique and I went to do some shopping at the Galerie Lafayette which might aswell be a museum itself because it is so huge with beautiful architecture. By the end of the day I was shattered we arrived back in Angers at 23h45 (that morning we left at 06h45!!). It was truely a day I will never forget and it was spent with a very good friend and my awesome host parents =)


me and emily at the eiffel tower


about to take the metro for the first time!


at the Sacrée Coeur


me at the Louvre =)

As you can see it was an awesome day in paris and we saw a lot of things =) I can't wait to return one day soon hopefully!

2 comments:

  1. What a great post Laura.I know it has been a dream of yours for a long time to visit Paris.I wish I was there with you to see this. Maybe one day......

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  2. so jealous! it sounds amazing! so happy your enjoying yourself! it's almost been2months! xxxx

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