Thursday, May 7, 2009 - Paris

Woke up this morning feeling a lot better, surprisingly, but my voice is almost completely gone. Ugh! I think both my body and mind (and a little bit of my heart) are ready to go home to California.

7:45 A.M. - breakfast
8:15 A.M. - leave on the coach
9:00 A.M. - groupd photo in front of the Eiffel Tower

After the group photo, most of us girls went to the Perfumery (basically a museum about the history of perfume). We went through a short history and then got to smell some samples. I did not buy anything though. Then Mia, Adara, Jennifer, and I walked down the Rio de Rivoli and shopped along the way. We stopped for toasted baguette sandwiches and then on to Notre Dame.

Norte Dame was beautiful. I walked around the exterior and looked at the awesome stained glass windows. Then I went and sat in one f the pews for about 1/2 an hour before meeting the girls. Then we walked back and through the center courtyard of the Louvre. We stopped by the pyramids and he reflection pools to have a rest. We had been going non-stop all day and it was quite hot in Paris. Then we went and sat in lounge chairs in the gardens next to the Louvre and waited for the bus.

Went back to the campsite to get ready for dinner.

Very hectic drive back into the city - traffic was so terrible.

Dinner was at a small French restaurant. We sat at two long tables and were serenaded by a very interesting man who looked like a cross between Tina Turner and Mealoaf. First we were served white wine with black currant flavor. Then I ordered the onion soup (some people ordered the snails, but I wasn't feeling that adventurous). The entree I ordered was duck in an orange sauce. Drank a lot of wine. Watched Eliz sing on stage with the performer. For dessert we had a cream with berry sauce.



Then quickly off to the caberet.

got home around 12:30 A.M. - went to bed.