Bonjour

Back in Barcelona!! Spring break was INCREDIBLE. I'm officially in love with Italy.

(I was in Roma during the earthquake...but, it was at 3:30am and about 50 miles away so I was asleep and I don't think I felt it)

Well, I don't want to get ahead of myself. I could (and probably will) talk about Italy for hours, and I have almost 700 pictures from the week!

But first things first, I also had a wonderful weekend in Paris on the weekend before break. The weather wasn't the greatest, a little rainy and cold, but the city was beautiful. I also could not believe how nice the French people were!! I was not expecting that. My favorite part of the whole weekend was visiting and going to the top of the Eiffel Tower at night. It is all lit up and each hour the lights twinkle!

It was very neat to see. The ride to the top made me a little nervous, but it was an amazing view of the city all lit up.

And the food was so great also! I ate pastries for breakfast everyday, lots of crepes and also creme brulee. These guys had stands on all of the streets in the touristy areas of the city and were so hard to pass up.

On our first night in Paris, we visited the Louvre. It is an immense art museum, almost like a city itslef. We spent a lot of time viewing the collection. This picture is of the Venus di Milo, which is an ancient greek sculpture from around 100 BC! It was beautiful. We also saw the actual Mona Lisa!

We also visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Luxemborg Gardens, the famous shopping street Champs-Élysées, and the Arc de Triomphe.

We spent our last day in Vesailles, the huge palace about 20 minutes outside of the city. It was very cool. We took a tour and explored the beautiful gardens. This pictures is from the Gardens of the back of the Palace, however, the front and the inside had such elaborate decoration, lots of gold ornament and bright colors. It was very different from other buildings Ive visited in Barcelona!