Friday, January 4, 2008

Today we rose early so we could make the most of Paris!! We started out at the Louvre Museum so we could see the Mona Lisa!!! There was a big crown around it and 3 guards because apparently it has been stolen before. The Louvre is humongous, I think I've heard that it would take around 5 days to go through the whole thing. We only saw 2 floors of one small wing before we were burned out on art! It was beautiful though and the Mona Lisa's eyes really do follow you wherever you go!! Creepy! After that we had lunch at a charming little French café where the waiter treated us very well. The food was delicious and Natalie got some French onion soup that was out of this world!! For all the bad things I've heard about french people and how rude they are to Americans, they have been really nice and helpful! We definitely don't stand out here tho, and don't get near the attention which is nice! We like blending in and pretending we are french. Unfortunately, our scruffy clothes and shoes kind of give away the fact that we aren't. What I love about Paris is everyone is dressed SO NICE!! Everyone from the men to the tiny kids are dressed in the top fashions. The clothes here are very expensive tho. We met up with Maria (who had stayed home with catie cause she was sick) and walked to Champs - Elyesses (the street of lights) which is the main drag in Paris. At night it is beautiful because the street is lined with trees that are draped in lights. We followed the street all the way down to the Arc de Triumph which is the huge arch representing the finish line if Tour de France. On the way we stopped at...Starbucks of course and the BIGGEST Sephora EVER!! Once we got to the Arc de Triumph Cheryl and LeAnne were ecstatic with joy and we took tons of pictures. The thing is HUGE!! We then took the metro back home to check on Catie and make dinner again. Catie was much better by then and so Char and Cheryl went out and got....... FRENCH HAIRCUTS!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!! It was so beautiful and the hair is fabulous!! Cheryl got hers coloured black and it is very short with these french looking spikes. It looks like a type of mullet. Because Char can't speak french there was a miscommunication with the stylist and she accidently chopped all of Char's hair off and gave it a tousled look, oh well, it looks very cool! You won't even recognize these girls!! Cheryl, Char, Natalie, Maria and LeAnne then went in search of an internet café We finally found one but they were closing in a few minutes so we didn't have time to blog. On the way, we had gotten directions from many different people so going back home proved to be very difficult. We started walking and walking and walking and nothing was looking familiar. Finally we hopped on a random metro only to find that we were far from home and that the metro we were on was not going where we needed. After taking many metros we finally got home hours later!!!! Everyone then fell asleep watching the old Pride and Prejudice that Catie had brought. It was an eventful day indeed. P.S. The haircuts?? just kidding, they are very normal and cool. :)