Since I have been busy with school starting this week I will sum up the last three places I visited together with my mom this week. This began with Paris. There is not enough you can say about how beautiful the city is, the food, and the endless amounts of places to visit. It's somewhere you could always find something new to discover and explore. We had a great hotel location and were able to walk immediately down to the Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysees, one of the most famous streets in the world. If your a shopper, there's no better place to wander down with the endless amounts of designer brands and flagship stores for numerous retail outlets. Since we had a late start to the day we decided to get the Eiffel Tower out of the way that night as well. One more of the seven wonders of the world checked off my list.
The next day we went with a tour group and saw Notre Dame Cathedral, Bohemia, Moulin Rogue, and a few other churches in the area. The tour went from early in the morning till late in the afternoon so we were quite busy. The Bohemian area was a unique area where many artists used to hang out and lively performances were always happening. It also sat atop a hill so there were some beautiful views of the city from above.
Our last two days in Paris took us to the gigantic The Mouvre art museum, Versailles, and Marie Antoinette's gardens which were all incredible. The Mouvre was an amazing experience. The place was filled with famous paintings and sculptures that you learned about from art classes in school. To finally see so many magnificent pieces of art all in location was a wonderful experience. The legendary Mona Lisa was stationed here as well though I did picture it being much larger. Da Vinci is one of my favorite artists and many other notable artworks done by him were also within the Mouvre.
Versailles and Marie Antoinette's gardens were just as beautiful. I will say that after you see so many castles and palaces you do seem to notice many of the same features and ideas incorporated into them. It was interesting to learn about the history of Versailles because it went through so many rocky periods in France's past. Each king did something a little bit differently or added their own distinguishing features to the palace to make it more ornate. I enjoyed Marie Antoinette's gardens more. It was stunningly beautiful and is exactly the image you would see portrayed on postcards. It almost seemed like a fairy's world, everything was green full of health, colorful plants engulfing the yards, and the cottage houses were simple but filled with beautiful details. France was an interesting country that I'm sure to visit soon again.
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