Paris day two! The second day in Paris, Saturday, was so much fun. We woke up around 7:30 am to get showers and get ready to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower!
At 9:30 we waited in line and were the on the first elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower. It was so cool because it was soooo high up! The only bad part of the whole thing was how freezing cold it was. We went up to the second floor and then even farther to the waaaay top. Once you stepped outside on the top you basically got blown over. I had to run around the whole thing though, just because.
When I came back inside after that I was bitter cold, but I think it was worth it. The whole Eiffel Tower only took us an hour when it usually takes 2-3 hours. We walked down the street to a cute little bakery to warm up and have croussants and hot chocolate. While we were inside it started snowing! That made all four of us much happier because for some reason snow just makes the cold worth it. We decided to walk to the Christmas market that we'd seen the day before, but we got sidetracked playing in the snow on a bridge. It was so much fun.
Erin and I playing in the snow
Me, Kate, Erin and Sammie
We walked for about a half hour before we got to the Christmas market, which was near the Ferris Wheel and obelisk. They had all kinds of food and souvenirs so we spent a while there. Next we went to Rue St. Honor, which was a shopping street, so Erin could buy a Longchamp bag. I stopped in a bakery to get lunch and had the best sandwich/bread ever. It was soooo delicious. It was a baguette with cheese and salami; one of the best sandwiches I've ever had.
We continued down the street and walked past the Lourve again to go to the Musee de Orsay. This time the Lourve and everything was covered in snow so it was even cooler than the day before.
near Honor Rue St.
We just stopped in the Musee de Orsay so that Kate could buy her mom a gift and then we went to Notre Dame. The trek to Notre Dame was long and cold, especially because it started raining, but it was definitely worth it. Besides playing in the snow on the bridge, Notre Dame was my favorite thing in Paris. I absolutely loved it.
I feel like I've seen a lot of churches and they've started to look the same, even though they're all beautiful. Notre Dame was something else though, I was kind of obsessed with it. It also made it even better that it looked exactly like the movie 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' They had Christmas decorations everywhere and there were tons of people all over the places, including gypsies. We went inside and spent a while looking around but didn't get a chance to climb up it. It's okay though because I still loved being there.
After Notre Dame we found a taxi stop and we got a taxi to our hotel to get our bags and then went to the train station. Our train ride back was much better than the one to Paris. It was nice to be back in London because it wasn't as cold as it was in Paris. Unfortunately though my room was a bit of a mess because while I was gone, Talhah, Hannah, Vijay and Anna decided to redo my room for me. They wallpapered every surface of my room with newspaper and filled it with about two feet of newspaper. It was pretty hilarious and a good prank for me, but I couldn't sleep in my room so I moved my mattress into Kate's room and I'm sleeping in her room for a few days!
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