Elena and I had already been to Paris, so we were going to do whatever Alissa wanted to see. Before heading to Paris, we asked her, “what are the main things you want to see in Paris?” and she responded with the Eiffel Tower, Le Louvre, and the gate thing. I was speechless when she said this. Elena laughed and asked if she meant the Arc du Triomphe. She did. So we made a plan before of what we would do each day so we had a little bit of any idea upon going there.
When we first arrived, we had to take a bus to Paris because we flew into Paris Beauvais Airport. Then we took the metro to our hotel which was the furthest possible point away from all the attractions, but it worked out just fine. We couldn’t check in yet, so we dropped our luggage off, and then headed to the Rodin Museum. This is where Le Penseur or the Thinker is. It’s a famous sculpture. Unfortunately, the inside portion was closed due to renovations, but we still could walk around the gardens and see the exhibit, which was 300 of his sketches. This is one of my favorite areas of Paris.
After the museum, we headed to the Champs-Elysées to see the gate thing. We decided to head back to the hotel afterwards, because we were all freezing. We headed back and took a power nap and warmed up and headed back out to see the Eiffel Tower at night. Alissa was amazed at how big the Eiffel Tower was and it finally hit her that she was in France! We ate dinner near the Eiffel Tower and then went down to stand under it. Afterwards we called it a night and headed home.
Monday morning we got up and headed to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Then we went to the Louvre and ate lunch. While Alissa went through the Louvre, Elena and I went shopping and then hung out in Starbucks for a little while where I proceeded to pass out. We met up with Alissa and headed to see the gate lit up at night. We decided to eat on the Champs and went to a really good pizzeria. We then bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate the last night of our Eurotrip. I didn’t particularly like the champagne, so I only drank a little bit, but Elena and Alissa enjoyed it.
The next morning, we packed up all our stuff and headed to the Gare du Nord to put our stuff in the luggage storage while we went adventuring on our last day. We started the day off at Notre Dame, and continued on to the Deportation Memorial, Sacré Coeur, and Montmartre. By then we needed to head back to Gare du Nord so I could catch my train and show Elena and Alissa where to go for the airport. We got our luggage and said our goodbyes.
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