Paris is gone

(Written on Sunday, July 13, 2008)

We’re on our way to Florence right now. Goodbye Paris. I’m kind of sad; I really love Paris. It’s the closest to my heart, and I don’t know how I’ll feel about any other European city.

We stayed in a cute little hotel in Montmartre area. The downside was that it was like a half hour metro ride from everything else in Paris. But oh well. It was an adventure.

Let’s see... here are some things we did...

-Eiffel Tower. It was cold and a bit rainy while we were in line, but we were lucky that the rain stopped when we were going up. You’d think that Paris in July would be super hot, but it wasn’t. Actually, I kind of prefer it this way.
-I sat in a couple parks and read while my mom and sister went to some museums that I’ve already been to. It was really nice.
-I showed them around my favorite neighborhoods, like le Marais and the 6th.
-We had a nice 3 course real French dinner, with cheese and bread and duck and potatoes and crème brulée.
-We ate a new French pastry every day, which was great. My favorite was the strawberry tart.
-Notre Dame, of course.
-Arc de Triomphe
-Shopping
-Sacre Coeur
-I went to Hillsong Church Paris again, while my mom and sister were at the Louvre. It was even better than last time because they spoke a lot more in French first, and then translated it into English, rather than the other way around. It was a lot of fun.

One day I’ll go back, hopefully for a longer amount of time, where I’m not a tourist.