Today, Lauren (the girl from San Diego that I went to Paris with on Saturday) and I did not have class, so we decided we should do something besides just hang around our dorms or school, there is way too much nearby to waste a day doing nothing, so we went into Paris!
We took the RER into Paris and found our way to Notre Dame, I forgot how amazing it is both inside and out. We took a ton of pictures outside the massive cathedral and then headed in. As we wandered through looking at all the stained glass and statues, there was a mass going on, which was actually pretty cool. I was surprised they let visitors come in during mass.
After we left Notre Dame, we went and grabbed a couple of sandwiches and sat on a bench, had lunch, and just people watched for a bit. Then we headed over to the Luxembourg gardens which are absolutely beautiful. When we got to the gardens they were packed with people having picnics, just sitting around taking in the perfect day and gorgeous scenery, and little kids playing with toy ships in the fountain. It was so peaceful, if only they had something like that near UofL for us to go to during our lunch breaks at school... We wandered around the gardens for a while before leaving to go explore the rest of the Latin Quarter where Sorbonne and a few other universities are, so it's the college area of town. We went in and out of a lot of little shops and then headed back over towards Notre Dame for my favorite thing in the world, Berthillion ice cream! I remembered how much I loved Berthillion last time I was in France, but I forgot just how good it was. Lauren and I each got our ice cream and found a seat in front of Notre Dame to sit while savoring every last drop of the scrumptious ice cream.
It was still pretty early when we finished our ice cream, so we decided to head back in the direction of our RER stop, but to wander around a bit, looking at the shops and sights along the way. We even found a little shop where I found brown boots for 15euro! Lauren and I quickly learned that we have a similar sense of direction, and it is not a very good one. It took us a while to finally find our way back to the RER station, but it was an adventure and we made it back safe and sound, just with sore feet.
We made it back to Cergy just in time to stop by an international event that they were having at Foy's, the student bar that is literally in the school building next to the library. We only stayed for about an hour and talked with a few people before heading home, we were exhausted!
It was a great day and I had a lot of fun, as hard as it is to miss some of the things going on back home and in Louisville, how many people get the opportunity to say they went to Paris on their day off class and are already planning their next trip for Friday? I have my first class tomorrow at 4:30, it's international marketing and like all of the classes here, is THREE hours long. It should be interesting to see how I manage to sit through that...
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