Today started off miserably. We didn't get a lot of sleep the night before so we woke up rather late and didn't check out of the hotel until 10am, then made our way to the airport where we waited for over an hour for the metro to take us into central Paris. (Our plan for the day was to go to the Louvre- since it was free on the first Sunday of the month, and since we didn't make it inside the day before) However, there was an issue with the metros and some lines were down, causing us to be delayed for like 2 hours, and stuck on a train with a huge crowd of rude French people!
We finally made it to the Louvre at 1pm and the line was enormous! They said it was supposed to take about 2& 1/2 hours but it really only took about 1, which was a relief. The museum was HUGE! Think Carnegie x 10, at least! It was so beautiful too and we actually managed to see the Mona Lisa!! It was so weird to see it live, in person, the real thing! After always seeing it in books and movies etc. the actual painting was amazing. I also felt like I had a better appreciation for it since I recently took an art class last semester.
We made our way around the museum to see some other exhibits, but our feet were so sore and tired (as well as ourselves) that were just too exhausted to do anything else. We headed back for the airport around 4:30 since we weren't sure how long it would take with all the delays.
We got there early and ended up settling for gross way overpriced cafeteria food since we were starving and had nothing else to eat! We made it back to London around 9 and finally got home, settled in, and passed out!
Overall thoughts about Paris: It was a great weekend that I'm very glad we were able to plan and carryout successfully. It was a beautiful city, (with great hot sunny weather too!) with its historic landmarks and amazing architecture. However, it was a lot more dirty and smelly (smelled like urine everywhere!) than I was expecting! The people were unfortunately not too friendly either, but I kind of knew that going in. I don't see myself going back to Paris anytime soon, but if I ever do, I would love to take a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower (since we never got a chance to do that) and perhaps even take a trip to Versailles (heard its worth it).
Needless to say we had a great trip but were ready to say "Au Revoir" to Paris and "Hello again" to London!
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