Hopefully you enjoyed by blog post titles but I don’t think
I will be witty enough to do a movie title for every trip!
Today we started off by taking the
metro to the start of the Champs Elysees.
We got out of the metro station and saw the huge ferris wheel right in
front of us! There was also a crepe stand so we felt like we needed to buy some
crepes. Today I bought a sugar
crepe. It was way better than the
banana one from the day before. I
think if you’re going to get crepes get them off the street. They sprinkled sugar on it and wrapped
it up in a nice triangle. It was a
really sweet and sugary but really good.
From the ferris wheel you could see all the way up Rue de Champs Elysees
(Champs Elysees street) to the arc d’triomphe. We walked the whole street stopping at shops that caught my
attention. Most shops are closed
on Sunday but the big shops on Champs Elysees are open because it’s such a
tourist attraction. Also on this
street we stopped for lunch. I
ordered a Hawaiian pizza and Eric got a pepperoni and peppers pizza. I thought my pizza was so crazy looking
I had to take a picture. We sat
outside eating our pizza and watched as people walked by (very Parisian of
us!)
It took us about three hours to finally reach the arc
d’Triomphe (including the shopping and pizza). It’s a longer street than I expected. The arc was very cool. There was the option to pay and go to
the top but we had already gone to the top of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower
so it wasn’t necessary. It was
nice walking the street and getting a picture with the arc.
After the arc we went to Le Marais. I had only written down the metro
station and we had no idea what to expect from this area. As we got out of the metro station the
street was full of roller bladers.
They were preparing for some race (I suppose). Maybe it was roll for a cause or something but we weren’t
able to cross the street until they moved. We stood around really confused for a little and then the
roller bladers were off.
We followed everyone else as they crossed the street and headed down
some alleys. We assumed that was
the place to go. Le Marais was
where the Jews lived in Paris.
There were buildings with Jewish Stars and the farther down we got we
found like 10 Falafel stands in a row, guys with tzitzi and kippahs, stores
selling Jewish stars and other jewelry, people speaking Hebrew, and store names
in Hebrew writing.
It was a really interesting area with lots of really cool
shops. There was one store that
sold phone cases. There were
gameboy designs, flags, denim cases, rhinestones, every crazy case possible but
none that fit my phone L
. Probably a good thing because I
would have gotten one and it was a lot of money for some junk.
By this time it was around 4:00. We were getting exhausted and we had seen and done
everything we wanted to. We didn’t
need to head to the airport until 7:00 so we still had a lot of time to
kill. We went to a café and got
tea and a croissant. I finally got
a croissant. I expected to have
one everyday but never had the chance!
Finally to end the day, I bought three macarons (not
macaroons). I got chocolate,
vanilla, and raspberry. It was
very different than I expected. I
want to explain it well and correctly. So it’s a cookie sandwich. The first layer after the cookies is a
soft gel type sugar. Then in the
middle is a crème. When you bite
in its hard like a wafer cookie and then gets really soft with the jelly and
crème. It’s pretty delicious. I think my favorite flavor was the
vanilla. They were really sweet
and probably shouldn’t have eaten all three but I couldn’t decide on only one
flavor!
Overall, I had a great experience in Paris. I did everything I wanted and more
here! The language barrier was stressful and made me very happy that I am
studying abroad in an English speaking country.
I have three days of classes in London and then off to
Ireland (Dublin and Galway). Look
out for more posts soon!
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