Mary, Sheila and I flew to Paris for the first part of our spring break and today we traveled to Prague (we're here until Saturday). Paris was amazing... the food was excellent (omlettes, croissants and CREPES daily) as was the architecture. On Saturday we climbed the Eiffel Tower (after 680 steps we took the elevator to the top) and visited the Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame at night. Sunday was free museum day so we dropped by the Louvre (saw the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Madonna on the Rocks and an Egyptian exhibit) and visited the Pompidou Center. We also toured Notre Dame Cathedral that morning and I honestly have never taken so many pictures of a single church. We spent Monday shopping (I hear the fashion's pretty good in Paris) and we each bought Longchamp purses at Le Bon Marche (one of Paris' most famous shopping centers) for about half the price that they are sold in the US. We couldn't afford anything else there but we'll visit again and drop more money once we're famous architects. On Tuesday we planned to visit Versailles and Villa Savoye but we only got around to seeing the former. We also made an impromptu stop to visit one of Hector Guimard's famous Metro stops that we had learned about in history class. I found that the majority of the people we encountered knew English, so that was a definite plus. A word of warning: the metro system (the RER) can be confusing so keep a map handy at all times. But overall, the trip was well worth it and I could definitely see myself relocating to Paris. Permanently.
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