PARIS
Thursday September 25, 2008- Sunday September 28, 2008
These are the Royal Gardens just outside of the Louvre Museum, the weather was relativley nice so there were many people hanging out outside, especially near the reflecting pools.
The Moulin Rouge!
The Arc de Triomphe was magnificent, we happened to catch it while the sun was setting and there was some sort of war memorial going on with a band and military.
This is Sacre Coeur, a beautiful church in the Montmarte district. It was quite a walk to the top but there were definatley some amazing views!
We arrived at the Eiffel Tower just as it was lighting up! It was a pretty spectacular light show
The Louvre is massive, we spent maybe 5 hours in it and saw maybe 20% of the mueseum!
Notre Dame Cathedral. Mass was going on we were there but apparently you need to be a member of the church to actually partake. I lit a candle for my grandparents.
Absolutley LOVED Paris, the sights were great, the people were really friendly, a great time!AMSTERDAM
Sunday, September 28 2008- Tuesday, September 30 2008
This is the view from the street our hotel was on. The weather was pretty terrible while we were there I wasn't able to take a single picute on Tuesday because it was raining so hard!It made for great museum seeing though... we checked out the Van Gough, Amsterdam History, Reics, Houseboat, Dutch Resistance museums and also took a canal boat cruise while there!
One of the many houseboats on one of the many canals in Amsterdam.
One of the many houseboats on one of the many canals in Amsterdam.
The Anne Frank house has now been turned into a Museum, we were able to tour it and learn about the Frank story from begining to end.
Paris and Amsterdam were a wonderful start to my year abroad!!!
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