Paris

I am very suprised that the trip to Paris was such a success, considering we decided to rent a car and take a road trip through Europe. Obtaining a rental car was so stressful and it came down to the night before we had to leave to actually get one. At first we didnt think that it was going to be possible because the company that we had planned on renting the car from had no automatic cars that somebody under 21 could drive, but miraculously the company next to the one we were using had one for half the price. So, we headed out late Friday night towards Paris with a Micheal Jackson cd that had to last us about 7 hours, which was pretty interesting. If you didn't know the words to a lot of his songs, after that trip I think you would be set.

We made it to a white Paris around 8 in the morning on Saturday and went right to work! First we went to the Eiffel Tower, but because the third deck was closed we decided to go back to Notre Dame first. From there we went to the Louvre, which was the biggest building I have ever seen. It would take over a week to go through that entire place and actually be able to see the art and not feel rushed. A few hours later we made our way up the Champs de Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Then we made our way back to the Eiffel and actually went up to the first deck this time. We wanted to go to the third, but apparently it is closed until February and the second deck was closed due to the snow. The next day we made one more visit to the Eiffel to go up to the second deck and to get day light pictures. From there we made our way to the Museum d'Orsay, which was cool because it was a lot of the more modern artist and it was cool to actually know stuff about the paintings and their artists. I think the best thing about Paris was not only how beautiful it was, but also the fact that I knew what I was looking at and I knew some of the historical background which always makes it more interesting.