Paris

Yesterday was a blast, I finally got to see Paris. I'd always seen Paris in the movies or news, so it was a real treat to get a tour of the city. We took a two hour train ride, which I enjoyed. I'd never been on a train before and it was really comfortable. The train was smooth, much more than a plane. When we arrived in Paris, our tour guide mentioned that Paris is very small. It was a little different than what I had imagined. I was expecting an elaborate city, but the winter weather didn't help with the look.  Apparently you can walk anywhere you want without getting tired. We drove around for a few hours and saw the Eiffel Tower. I was pretty excited to see it. We had a nice view at the top of a hill between two buildings, it was almost like a little park. The view of tower looked like something out of a dream, the blue sky opened up and all the colors around seemed to pop. After the tower our guide took us down an alley and pointed out a large wall. He explained that this wall use to be the end lines of Paris, and at the moment, we were outside of it. It was funny because the wall just seemed to be stuck in the middle of nowhere. Our guide also showed us some of the original narrow streets of Paris. He said that the city use to have no street names and people got lost all the time. Many tourists  wrote bad things about Paris because it was so hard to navigate. We then visited a few wealthy parks that celebrities owned houses in, which were very impressive. Lastly we saw Notre Dame. I was impressed on how large it was, and by how colorful the stained glass windows were inside. There was definitely a lot of rich history there. 

Chas/ Seth