Paris is Always a Good Idea

Audrey Hepburn is a goddess. Seriously, if I could be anyone in the world, past or present, it would probably be Audrey Hepburn. She once said, "Paris is always a good idea" and after going there this weekend, I couldn't agree more. It is possibly the prettiest city I have ever been too. As far as living for any extended period of time, I think I would pick London over Paris, but Paris is such a fun place to visit.

First of all, the Eiffel Tower is even more beautiful in person than it is in pictures- even those pictures they make giant posters out of. It's especially beautiful at night and when it lights up and sparkles once an hour. I haven't yet counted, but I probably have over 50 pictures of the eiffel tower alone.

Eiffel Tower!!

At the Top

Then you have the museums! Such good art museums. Granted, I only had time to go to two but they were both incredible. We went to the louvre, which is obviously great. I got to see the Mona Lisa and the Three Graces and Napolean's apartments not to mention lots of old Egyptian art among so many other things. We also went to Musee D'Orsay, which even though small, I probably loved even more. It was lke impressionist heaven. It had works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Van Gogh, etc EVERYWHERE. It was only two floors and we got there an hour before close, but if we had time I could have stayed there forever. I'm not going to pretend I know a whole lot about art but I really do enjoy it, and between visiting all these museums and my current art history class I am learning a lot more.

The Louvre

I also got to see all the big monuments of Paris that you always hear about like Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, and Sacre Couer. And Moulin Rouge and Cafe des Deux Moulins (from Amelie). And Luxembourg Gardens and the grave of Oscar Wilde. Ah, so much in 3 1/2 days. It was insane. Sadly, my beautiful green boots have given in for good I think. So worth it though.

Moulin Rouge

I'm basically Amelie

And lastly, on the day I left, we went to Versailles. We toured the state apartments, the gardens, and Marie Antoinette's house. It was beautiful and sunny and warm thank goodness! Well it was warm part of the time at least.

One issue with Paris is that my French is horrible. Ok if I'm honest that's more of an issue with my rather than an issue with Paris but whatever. I mean, I took 2 semesters of French at GW and still feel like I can't even carry on a basic introductory conversation. I really should have studied up. I am studying French non-stop before I leave for the French Riviera in a week and a half. Hopefully it will all come rushing back to me.

Communication issues aside, Paris pretty much lived up to my expectations- beautiful, plenty of stuff to do, yummy food, and history everywhere you look.

PS: This was my first REAL hostel experience. And by real hostel experience I mean where you stay in a bunk room with random people you don't know. I must admit, hostels are actually great. I am a big fan- the people were nice, the place was cute, the bathroom was clean, and i you lean really far you can see the Eiffel Tower from our window.