9/20/2012

Paris is the most amazing city I've ever seen! Every time I even walk outside I am amazed by the amazing architecture and just random beautiful statues and scenery all around me. Except in the metro. The metro sucks. But we got a freakin' ton done today... We started out our day by heading over to the Louvre and looking for some of the sights that our professors told us to see. That place is so ridiculously large that I felt like an ant inside of it. It was about 4 stories high and just crazy full of any type of art by any artist you could imagine. Some of my favorite works were La Jeune Martyre by Paul Delaroche, La Deluge by Girodet-Trioson, Sacre de Napoleon I at Notre Dame by David, and my favorite one was Les Mysteres de la Passion du Christ by Antonio Campi. I also really loved the Roman and Greek statues. I mean, it was a bit too much nudity for my taste, but they were incredible. We were in the Louvre for about 3 1/2 hours and it just blew my mind that we only saw maybe 1/10th of it. It just overwhelmed me so much to think about it. There was so much I wanted to see but then by about hour 2 I was just exhausted because this whole running around to 1000 museums a day is really taking a toll on my body. But I will say I was kind of smart... I brought a granola bar and a bag of fruity granola with me and just snacked on it to keep my energy decent. Then I also didn't have to spend 5 euros to buy myself lunch because I had snacks. I will say though, there is this gelato stand in the middle of the gardens in front of the Louvre called Amorino with the best freaking gelato I've ever had. And they make it look like a flower on the cone. Then we all just sat in front of the fountain in the chairs they had set out and enjoyed our ice cream. It was so good... But no more. Food here is too expensive and I feel like I'm wasting my money on it. But the granola was a pristine idea. The pigeons here are crazy... They are not afraid of people one bit. So basically long story short a pigeon flew into my head. But not a big deal. These things happen. Another funny thing that happened today was that the gypsies kept calling us Lady Gaga. Why they chose Lady Gaga I'm not sure haha but it was multiple gypsies. The rest of the day we just walked around Paris and enjoyed the city.