Hello Everyone:
This is Andrew Taylor, I'm taking over the blog from Santamour. Today, I'll be covering what we did in our itinerary. Seeing as it was relatively long today, I will touch on the main points of the story.
Today began like every other day we've had so far; Meet at 8 and discuss the agenda. After going over the agenda we headed out. For the first full day in Paris, we decided to use our "Paris Pass:" (A card that gets us into local tourist type attractions for free.) To take advantage of a bus tour which would take us to all the main attractions that the city had to offer. The service was called Big Bus. A picture is posted below showing the route we took. We rode on the red line.
(Our Bus Route)
After looking at the map, one can see that the first stop was the Eiffel Tower. Upon arriving, it's quite a wonder why something of this majesty is not one of the seven wonders of the world. It truly is an amazing structure. However, if you want to learn more about the tower, please tune in to Steg's blog on the 28th.
(Eiffel Tower, 1887)
After visiting the tower instead of getting on the bus, we decided to take a Seine river tour. The Seine is the river that runs around Notre Dame, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower. In addition to this, we saw another wonderful surprise on the river tour. An image is posted of this surprise below.
(The Surprise is a smaller scale version of Lady Liberty. This was given as a reminder of peace between the French and the USA. The USA gave this to the French in 1889)
(This is the boat we took for the tour.)
After the river tour, the next stop on the list was the Louvre. It was here that we perused through vast amounts of artwork. I believe we were there for around 2 hours... What we really needed was 2 days, as it's massive. Luckily, we got a map and we were able to find pieces of art that most would recognize. The images are posted below.
(The Louvre, 1202/Started)
(The Louvre, 1202/Started)
(The Mona Lisa, Leonardo de Vinci, 1503/04)
Now according to the itinerary, the next stop for us was supposed to be another museum close to the Louvre called the Musee De Orangerie. However, seeing as we were in Paris, a quick and swift decision was made to explore a well know macaroon shop which was not too far down from the museum. The images of the shop are posted below.
(Lauduree,Paris)
(Lauduree,Paris)
After satisfying our physical sweet tooth, we then returned the the Musee De Orangerie and satisfied our artistic sweet tooth. The main event in the galleries consisted of Monet's work, and they were large and did not disappoint! Images are posted below.
(Musee De Orangerie, 1852)
(Musee De Orangerie, 1852 )
After all of this, our first full day in Paris was winding to an end. The sun was setting in the west and our hotel was calling. To finish the day, we ended the tour at the Arc de Triomphe. We ate at an American based restaurant named Hippopotamus and turned in for the night.
(Arc de Triomphe, 1836)
Check in tomorrow for more updates!
Cheers!
Fashion Seniors!
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