Day 22…
This morning was much different than any day in London…
We were to meet at 930 am, but breakfast started at 730 am, so I needed to get down stairs before so I could grab a bite.
I actually was the first to wake up in my room and ended up trying to wake everyone else up, which I didn’t do so well at! But I was ready to go and had breakfast this morning on time, so my day started off pretty well!
As a group, our day start with taking the metro, which I felt was more like a chore because again I had no idea what any of the signs or people said, but we did somehow manage to all make it onto the metro and sat on the second floor.
We first stopped at the Sainte-Chapelle. It has large stained glass windows and hardly any structure between each one. The colors of the glass had been recently restored which made them look a lot brighter. The plaster work has amazing detail in the ivy leaves and people.
Next stop was the Centre Pompidou. (Sadly I have to rack my brain to remember what a lot of these buildings are because I learned about them from my history class a few years ago.) The escalators are around the exterior of the building allowing people to see the amazing city around them. The architecture is very modern with modern art exhibits as well. This is actually one of my favorite museums! The exhibits were more steered towards design and color. One of my favorite actually had my name in the title, and that wasn’t the only reason for it being my favorite, but it helped JEveryone walked around afterwards and found food, then came back to the courtyard of the Pompidou and just sat and relaxed.
Next stop was the Centre Pompidou. (Sadly I have to rack my brain to remember what a lot of these buildings are because I learned about them from my history class a few years ago.) The escalators are around the exterior of the building allowing people to see the amazing city around them. The architecture is very modern with modern art exhibits as well. This is actually one of my favorite museums! The exhibits were more steered towards design and color. One of my favorite actually had my name in the title, and that wasn’t the only reason for it being my favorite, but it helped JEveryone walked around afterwards and found food, then came back to the courtyard of the Pompidou and just sat and relaxed.
Off to the Louvre! Our walk to get to the Musee Du Louvre was pretty crazy, it kind of felt like we walked in circles even though I know we didn’t. Once we got inside we were told we could look at everything on our own and the rest of the day was ours. I somehow ended up alone for the rest of the day after that, but at least I was able to walk through the museum at a quicker pace and see most of the exhibits (at least those on the first and second floors). The Mona Lisa was probably the most popular I came across, because it took forever to get to the front for a picture, which of course I took too many! In person it looks much different than in the movies of magazine photos, a lot brighter and smaller then I imagined. I also saw the statue of Aphrodite, which is beautiful. I ended up spending about 3 hours or so in the museum. I ended up going back to the hotel alone, but I did get to see parts of Paris at my own pace. I even got the privilege of watching pick pocketers as well as bums and beggars. We were told to be more careful in Paris, and gratefully I feel quite comfortable and I’ve only been here one full day!
~Aide-Memoire~
Elyse
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