During our semester break my mom came to visit me. I went to
see her at her brother's house near Bremen in northern Germany and then we flew
from Hamburg airport to Paris. After dropping our things off at the hotel we
headed to the Arc de Triomphe. The next morning we headed to the Louvre, which
to my surprise was the royal residence and seat of power of the French
government until Louis XIV moved it to Versailles in 1682. Besides all the
interesting paintings and priceless artifacts, a cool thing about the Louvre is
that its free for European university students.
Once inside the first thing me and my mom wanted to do was
to see the Mona Lisa, just like every other tourist. I was dumbfounded by how
large the museum actually was due to how long it took us to get here.
To see the entire museum, one needs to spend a whole day
there. But after about 6 hours we thought it was time to see other things in
the city. So we went to the Eifel tower.
To the Bastille Monument
to Notre Dame Cathedral.
And back to the Eifel Tower at night
Unfortunately we were only in Paris for two days, so we did
not have the opportunity to go to Versailles. That will have to wait until next
time.
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