Parigi Giorno Due....

On day two of our adventure in Paris we were able to do some sightseeing.

We first stopped at this little bakery on the way to our first destination. It was so delicious. I had a croissant (possibly the best croissant I have ever had). My grandmother had this little tiramisu type pastry. It was the cutest little shop ever.

After that we caught a taxi to Notre Dame. This tour of the city by taxi was beautiful. Just something from a movie. It was a cloudy fall day and a little chilly. The leaves were falling off the trees and there were tons of clouds in the sky. All the buildings mirrored each other as we drove down the swerving roads of Paris. we drove along the Seine River which was absolutely amazing.
We finally got to Notre Dame, and yes it is as beautiful as you would think, and yet again to my astonishment I couldn't believe my eyes. Growing up watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I had never thought the dream of seeing this church would come true. Let alone be able to take communion during the service that was going on that day.

The service was in French but it was beautiful. My mom was the one to notice when they started doing communion and the three of us then preceeded down towards the altar and all took communion peacfully. I don't think we were allowed to do this, but I now get to say I have taken communion is a very historically famous church.

After Notre Dame we finally encountered our first angry Parisian. We bought a couple of sandwhiches and crepes outside of a restaurant from this stand (which by the way, looked like it was connected to the restaurant) and then thought we would sit outside and people watch from the tables outside the restaurant. The waiter told us we could not sit there because we weren't eating there food, so my mom told him we would order drinks and then he got us menus. To our knowledge that indicated that we were okay to sit there. Then all of a sudden, the manager came out and started yelling at us in French and shooed us away from his restaurant. Very embarassed be walked away and gave someone else our money for drinks. Needless to say, I'm not very fond of the Parisians.

Our next adventure was to find the Louvre, which was a total fail. We searched everywhere, and we ended up finding the contemporary art museum which was huge and we decided not to go in because we had to get back to get ready for our great night ahead of us.

This night was the highlight of our trip. We took the leap of eating at the restaurant at the Eiffel Tower. To be completely honest I was not that impressed with the food, but it was still a great experience. we met there very lovely couple from England and they were so much to hang out with at dinner. We were dressed in our best and was able to go all the way to the top of the tower and see Paris from an amazing view. It was wonderful.

By the end of the night I was exhausted from the day. I was very happy to have a crepe at the end of the night and just go to bed. The next day was going to be very eventful and I needed a lot of sleep for it!




Ciao!

Chelsea Lynn