France
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sometimes I'll be wandering around and I'll notice someone -- a kid perhaps -- speaking in a foreign language. "Wow, that kid is bilingual!" I'll think to myself, impressed.And then I'll remember, "oh yeah, I'm in France. He is speaking... in French."
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Anyway, I did a lot of stuff in Paris, and generally saw a lot of... tourists. After Paris is wine country, wedding in Lyon, and the Mediterranean.
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| Paris Streets -- cobblestone! | My little room -- NE paris. | Self taken portrait -- view of city. |
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| Notre Dame -- that super famous cathedral built in the 1100s is right in the middle of Paris. It's where the hunchback stories and stuff come from. It is enormous. | Mona Lisa -- is in the Louvre. People always complain it's small and far away. It wasn't that small. Apparently it is so famous because it was some king's favorite painting. | Louvre glass pyramid -- The Louvre used to be France's royal palace. It's the biggest museum in the world, and it is HUGE. The pyramid, in my option, was pretty tacky (super old building with super modern centerpiece? Weird.) |
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| Versaille -- is outside Paris. It was the new palace starting in the 1700s, and it is RIDICULOUS. That building in the background is only part of the palace. And it is only the main palace at that, there are more mini-palaces around the grounds. | Versaille gardens -- you think that garden looks ridiculous? Well those things go on for miles. Literally miles and miles of perfectly manicured gardens and fountains that you wander through, get lost, walk more trying to find your way back, fail, until your feet practically don't work anymore, and then feel bad for yourself. Being royal must suck. |
