I apologize for not posting for a while, it has been a busy few days here in Paris! My birthday was on Friday, our program went on a weekend trip to the wine capital of the world, Bordeaux on Saturday, I had my first french test on Monday and we visited the Louvre today! Its hard to believe i've already been here for 2 weeks! So, since there has been so much going on I will start at the beginning which was MY 21ST BIRTHDAY!
One of the girls curled my hair before we all went out! It looked great before but fell out after about 5 minutes in the first bar which was basically a hotbox.
Rose and I
All of the girls plus our new friend Daniel!
Daniel and I
The girls :)
We started the night at a spanish bar called La Bodega and then continued on to a South African bar which I can't recall the name of, to end our night. It has definitely been the most fun I have had so far!
After getting back to the apartment at around 3am we proceeded to wake up at 7am the next morning to catch a 4 hour train ride to the coast and spend the weekend in Bourdeaux. What a great way to end up a 21st birthday by spending the weekend in the wine capital of the WORLD!
The symbol of Bourdeaux! It is 3 croissants intertwined!
We went to a beautiful open air market on Sunday!
Got a little artsy with some of my pictures... I hope you like them! Also, there literally is graffiti everywhere in Paris, it's really interesting! It looks pretty cool on lots of buildings!
Today we went to the Louvre, it really was fabulous! It was almost too fabulous though because I was so focused on getting through and not missing anything that i'm afraid I missed a few things... but I can go back if I want because I get in free to all the museums in Paris because i'm technically an art history student! Pretty Cool! I really enjoyed seeing all of the more famous pieces but as a whole I preferred the sculptures as well as the Grecian and Egyptian art to the renaissance art.
View from one of the windows!
Obligatory pyramid picture..
SO COOL in person.
This painting is bigger than the apartment we are staying in!
Love me some minerva.
Can you spot the Mona Lisa? I was not about to fight a bunch of sweaty foreigners to see a picture that i've been seeing all of my life.
I have always loved this painting!
Venus de Milo
The rest of this week there are more museum trips to come followed by BASTILLE DAY on Saturday! I look forward to sharing my pictures with you!
A bientot!
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