Yeah, yeah I know, it's been like two weeks (at least) since I last posted anything. Well, if anyone knows me at all, they know I'm horrible with communication, so YOU should have known better!
Since it's been so long and we literally do like one thousand things/ day, I'll just post some pics and leave it up to the captions to explain the happenins' in France right now.
Sometime.. like two weeks ago.. my friends Demarie, Lauren, and I went to the Louvre! Can you say cool?! Behind us are the invisible pyramids you have to enter to get down into the museum because, guess what, the whole thing is underground! and HUGE. After an entire week spending hours in museums, there was no way we physically could or even wanted to see everything in that place. Three hours was plenty. Below are some of my favorites :)
I call this one Voldemort. Who knew the Greeks were a part of the wizarding world too?
Look! We found Katniss Everdeen! Now where's Gale...
"Rameses, is number one. His eyes, are number one. His muscles, are number one."
Probably my favorite part about the Louvre was how they designed each display room in the style of the era the in which the art was made.
Winged Victory. Wish I understood the symbolism behind art better..
Hey look! It's Mona! I guess one of the girls in my group heard some Indian guys behind her ask, "Why is this painting this painting so famous??"
"It's because she has no eyebrows."
Hahahaha
I LOVED this room. I remember learning about all the different types of Roman columns in my 6th grade Humanities class. As you can see in this picture, these are corinthian columns, after the city of Corinth.
After our excursion at the Louvre, we headed over to the Champs Elysee to grab a bite to eat. Here, you can see the golden gated entrance to Abercrombie and Fitch and to the right, the line to get in. What you can't see is the overwhelming smell of Abercrombie Fierce that wafts all the way up to the Arc de Triomphe!
Why get a meal when you can get dessert! Lauren and I made a pit stop at Laduree's, France's famous macaroon shop. I got this Ghana chocolate one and praline (Lauren said it tasted like nutella). Not my fav, but still WAY good.
Afterwards, we headed to Hotel de Ville to see the "Paris, as Seen by Hollywood". It was all in French, but the movie clips were in English! Finally, something I can understand! and I got to see Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe! LOVE.
On Sunday, we went to stake conference in Versailles. After a train mix up, we made it to the last half. I don't know what people are talking about when they say the French are rude and stuck up because literally every single person I've met has been so nice! Especially the Mormons, haha. The old women (and especially the young men) love to come up and kiss you on each cheek, "biz biz" as the French would call it. After church, we headed over to the actual chateau. OH MY GOSH. Like nothing can describe this place. There's just gold and decadence everywhere! This picture is of the front with its gold gates and the HUGE line we had to wait in. Honestly, I can understand why the royalty lavished so much money on this place and forgot about the common people. Oh, what I would give to live Marie Antoinette's life! Only the good parts of course :)
The beautiful chapel of Versailles.
Oh, just a taste of the decadence of Versailles. Pretty much all of the ceilings were this elaborate or more..
Just a bunch of friends taking pictures in the Hall of Mirrors.
The famous Hall of Mirrors. So many amazing things happened here- the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Marie Antoinette tread where I tread, and so did Kirsten Dunst!
So, our little guide thing said there was supposed to be this water show with music while we were there. So excited! Turned out their "water show" was just turning on the fountains and playing some Bach. Come Versailles. Water World puts on a better show.
We rented a boat to row in Versailles for a half hour! Definitely one of the highlights of my trip so far. Whether it be Uncle Jim's boat or a boogie board, I LOVE being on the water!
View of Versailles from the lake. Yeah, I could stay here a while.
Climbing on the fountains in the Versailles gardens.
At this point in my trip, Paris was starting to get to me. Don't get me wrong, I adore Paris, but it's really dirty and crowded and EVERYONE smokes constantly! I guess at heart, I'm more of a country (actually suburb) girl, so Versailles was a nice break.
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