Paris!

Ciao tutti!
Ok here is the rundown of Paris. We got in Saturday afternoon, and then checked into the hotel then all went out to see the Notre Dame. It was a good style of a gothic church, but I have liked other churches better. Then we all got our first crepes, and then went back to the hotel to rest before dinner. That night we had a 4-course meal (with unlimited wine). We even tried snails there, it wasn’t that bad. Cover anything with butter and garlic and you will be fine. Hahah.
So then Sunday was my favorite day. We had a bus tour in the morning, and then we went to Versailles. The Palace wasn’t the coolest thing I’ve seen but the gardens are worth the trip in itself. There are so many beautiful gardens and every time you turn a corner you find something new. I could have spent hours in there! My favorite place in Paris hands down. Then we met up with sora who finally got to Paris. Apparently the cops saw a video of the guy steeling her purse while for a second we were all looking away. But he dumped it (without her camera) across town but it still had the passport in it! She was so lucky. The cop that found her actually contacted her through MYSPACE!!! Isn’t that nuts! The police force! It took her a while also because the cops put it in some high tech special safe that only one person in the whole city has a key to, so it took them a while to track the guy down, but she finally got here!!!! That night we went to the church on the hill with a lookout over the city, and also the Moulin Rouge! We just saw the outside of it, shows are really expensive, but it was cool to see!
Monday we did the Louvre in the morning. All there really to see there is the Mona Lisa, which is way smaller than I thought it was going to be. Then we got lost for a bit and saw the concords. Then we all met up and went to the top of the Eiffel tower!!! The view was amazing. It was super high, some people got freaked out. Then since it’s the solstice there was a huge music festival playing all over Paris! It was super cool, all these really good bands playing on every street corner. It reminded me of Scotland last year during the fringe festival.
So that was pretty much Paris. It wasn’t my favorite city, but it was cool to see and some parts were amazingly pretty!!! All right now off to Brussels/Amsterdam!!! Arrivederci!
~Alyson~
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