Hard to believe we've only been traveling for a little over a week and it's already coming to a close. Josh and I will be in Paris until Wednesday evening, but Tom, Tom, and Craig head out early tomorrow morning. Here's the highlights of the last two days:
Sunday
-Woke up early to go to the Musee d'Orsay when it opened. The Orsay houses mostly 19th Century artists, with a lot of works from Monet and Van Gough. It was a bit of fresh air and I think we all enjoyed this one a little bit more than the Louvre. The Louvre was cool, but the impressionist paintings in the Orsay were really cool.
-Josh and I left the museum a bit early in order to make the 12:45 mass at Cathedral de Notre Dame. It was a really awesome experience. The mass was all in French, but I was able to keep up with most of it (besides the homily). It was just cool to sit down and marvel at a church that big and that old (built in 1163). Afterwords we enjoyed a crepe on the side of the road and explored the surrounding area.
-The other guys met us at Notre Dame a little later. We then walked through the Latin Quarter, one of the oldest parts of Paris. Stopped at Sorbonne University.
-Walked through the gardens at the Palais du Luxembourg. Really pretty area to relax.
-Walked a long ways to get the river for our boat tour later that night.
-Went on a one hour boat tour along the Seine. Really nice night and it was nice just to sit down for a little bit.
-Took the Metro home.
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| View from our Boat Tour on Bateaux Mouches |
Monday
-Originally planned to see the Musee de l'Armee, but we were kind of sick of museums at that point and decided to skip it. We instead visited the Pere LaChaise Cemetery. LaChaise is Paris' biggest cemetery and it houses a lot of famous people. We saw, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, and Frederic Chopin to name a few. It's also an interesting cemetery because there is hardly any grass. Almost every grave is a grand family monument. Here's what I mean:
-Afterwards we took the Metro north to the Monmartre, the biggest hill in Paris. On top of the hill sits the Sacre Coeur, a large cathedral. We spent most of the afternoon exploring the church as well as sitting on the hill and looking over the city
-We explored the area a little bit and found le Moulin Rouge, the famous cabaret.
-Headed back to the hotel early so the guys could get organized for their flight tomorrow
Josh and I have two more days here, we might try and see Versailles tomorrow, then it's off to Athens!
Au Revoir,
Dan
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