Our time in Paris

Tuesday 4/15: We left London on the Eurostar high-speed train through the chunnel (the tunnel UNDER the English Channel!!) and arrived in Paris. Due to student demonstrations throughout Paris, we had to wait 2 hours for our bus to make it to our train station, but then we went on a guided city tour of Paris. Stops to admire the Eiffel Tower and Arc d'Trioumph were good photo places, and we got to see an overview of the city. After, we checked in to our hotel, and since it was dinner time, most of us headed back to the Eiffel Tower area to eat, and go up in the tower at night. The Eiffel Tower lit up is impressive enough, but on the hour it twinkles for a few minutes.............!

Wednesday 4/16: Our day to explore Paris. Some wanted to go on their own, but most of us went to the Louvre (Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and too many other items to list), and then strolled along the Seine to Notre Dame. The weather has been gorgeous, so it was a fun walk. After Notre Dame we had lunch in the nearby Left Bank area, and then toured all of the little stores nearby. At this point we split up, and some students went with me to Musee D'Orsay (Impressionist paintings - Monet, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, etc.), while others went with Dan to Napoleon's Tomb and other spots. It's now time for dinner!!

Tomorrow we spent the day at Versaille, and then take a night train to Milan...........

Janet