Eurotrip: Day 9 (Touring Paris)
07/10/2010
7:47 – just had a pretty light breakfast. I dont feel like eating for some reason :/ gonna go tour paris now, see the notre dame cathedral and the view from the eiffel tower among other things. Later we’re gonna go to the luvre museum which houses the mona lisa and theres another museum across the river from the louvre that houses impressionist/post impressionist paintings from manet, monet, and renoir. Lol art history 54 :p
13:04 — im in the luvre and there are amazing paintings here! I thought it would be mostly the mona lisa but i see the famous french freedom painting by delacroix! Omg famous paintings by gericault too! Wow im amazed the real paintings are here. I also cant believe my art history knowledge is coming in handy :p
14:00 — LOL we just saw the Mona Lisa and my friend just ran across the fenced off area directly in front of the painting waving peace signs and giving a big smile. HAHAHA this fenced off area is only for handicapped people so they get a chance to see the Mona Lisa whereas there’s a huge crowd of incredibly tall people snapping photos of the painting from like 10 feet away. BUT LOL! wow another kid from the tour just filmed it. Man i hope this goes up on fb soon so i can LOL again. It makes me kinda sad this is my last day with them. Actually this is probably my last activity with them :\
22:22 — i just got finished showering after a light workout session in the fitness center. there was this big black dude in there when i first got there. so intimidating bc he was using like 35lb dumbbells or something. It has really hit me now that i’m not going to see any of these people again. Well, most likely i won’t. There’s a girl that goes to uni in Australia and she said she might come by UCLA sometime next year so I’m looking forward to just seeing someone and reminiscing about the fun we all had (as a group) in Switzerland and Paris. I hope my Canadian friend comes down to LA sometime. He’s so crazy. But i think I bonded with him the most on the trip mainly because it was him and his dad whereas all the other groups with kids had like big families (2 to 5 kids per family). Plus his dad and my dad got along pretty well too, so that was chill.
– I’ve been listening to 3OH!3 for most of the day even though I barely listened to music all day. I also listened to Sherwood – The Only Song. I think I was a tad emo, but it’s most likely due to the depressing weather today. It actually rained a little bit this afternoon but it was the humid type of rain and not the awesome, cold type of rain. I’ve determined I really want to come back to this city and explore everything else I didn’t get to see. It was way better experiencing the city with my newly acquired friends, but coming here with my best friends from back home would be even more amazing. The bars, the clubs, the shopping on the Champs-Élysées, the spectacular night views, the amazing desserts… dude this list can pretty much go on FOREVER! I will definitely miss Paris.
– I’m trying to savor my last night here by just staying up and looking out the window and admiring the beautiful city view from my 15th floor hotel room. Part of me wants to go back because I miss home and friends, but another part of me wants to get lost in this completely new world where I could literally be whoever I want to be. The most intriguing aspect of this is that I won’t be constantly weighed down. If you’re lucky, I’ll talk more about that later. But for now, some paprika flavored pringles and some folk music will make my night just that much better.
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