Tour Hard! Tourist mode assumed

With an early night on Thursday we started fresh and early for our slammed packed day of vigorous tourism. The day was sunny and beautiful as we started at the Arc De Tromphe The sheer size of the arch was fantastic but the greatest phenomenon was the 8 roads that all converge at the round about surrounding the arch. It is the only roundabout in France that the autos in the roundabout yield to cars entering. Very nerve racking for a first timer I would assume. At that point we ventured down Avenue Des Champs Elysees that is lined with high profile stores such as Louie Vuitton, Mercedes, Rolex. At the end of window-shopping paradise we stopped and gazed at a wonderful golden building. After a few minutes we realized it had a welcome public sign (that’s what we assumed it said) and decided to walk on in where we found nautical items from a French cruise line that were soon to be auctioned off. A spontaneous and interesting find.From there we continued our journey down the road, past two massive buildings Grand Palais and Petit Palais, over the Alexandre III bridge where we caught our first glimpse of the Eiffel tower and stopped for a photo shoot. We went just a bit further to Musee de L’Armee and into the metro to catch our tour of the catacombs.

The catacombs are underground graves where 6 million bodies are buried.After the tour we bounced back onto the metro and to the landmark of the city, the Eiffel tower. We were ecstatic about capturing an obsessive amount of pictures, which we did (500+). We ran into a couple American girls from London who knew one of our friends and were kind enough to take pictures of us all together. The pictures we took are most certainly ones that we will all have for the rest of our lives as we reflection our travels. The Eiffel deserves all the fame that it receives.

With all the time and fun we had there our day was far from over. Yes, this post is still just on Friday’s events. We bought some chocolate at a nice store near the tower and made our way to the Louve. Lucky for us on Friday at 6pm till close entrance is free for students under 26! To anyone that has not been It is impossible to explain the size of the Louve. It was explained to us that you could go everyday for a week and still not enter every room. We saw what we could in 2.5 hours, took a picture of the mona lisa saw some Egyptian artifacts. Took the pictures for you mom!
We then ventured to another fantastic dinner followed by an attempt at a boat tour which we missed but were able to see the Eiffel tower lit up, then we closed with a couple bars before the metro closed. Solid full first day.