Day 17

Good news... no rain today!

It made visiting all the sights much easier. This morning we made it to Versailles! Ms. Carroll (European history teacher) would be very proud. Everything was just as lavish as I imagined it and the gardens were enormous, unfortunately we didn't have time to walk all the grounds. We got to see Hall of Mirrors, the Queen's chamber, Marie Antoinette's private estate and lots of old paintings and sculptures.


After lunch we made our way to the Louvre museum,where we toured around of all the famous paintings including of course the famous Mona Lisa! It was funny to see everyone pushing their way through the crowd to get a good shot of the painting. We decided early on we would go admire the painting but just buy a nice postcard of it. Besides you can't get a very good photograph of her especially since the painting is behind a thick piece of glass and roped off. After Mona Lisa (who is not the prettiest ladies I have seen, so when my Nonna calls me Mona Lisa I am going to take it as an insult from now on) we went by the arch de triomphe which is only famous to be because of Tour de France. I also managed to find myself my tent and sleeping bag for Greece which is great, and cheap! Which brings me to where I am now...the hostel.


We are just making some pasta and then heading out to see the Eiffel Tower and since its my last night I am meeting some friends for last night of drinks! So that was Paris! Amazing city with lots of history and definitely a place where I have to come again because there are so many things I did not get to see. Which is fine by me!


I better get going I am running a tad behind as it is!