EUROTOPIA.: NINTH!

Just a few from my trip to Paris, because posting pictures here is a pain in the butt. I'll probably find a new photo-hosting site, but for now I'm using webshots, and my account name is ewwgrete. [You have been LINKED for the rest of the love.]
I'll update this when I get back from class about the craziness that was Paris. HO-man.

[Outisde the Opera House]

Upon arriving in Paris, I unpacked (quickly, since I only brought two changes of clothes) and headed out into the streets of Paris with my roommates. We missed lunch because of the train ride, so we were on a mission for some food. We ended up stopping at a little café/brasserie for cheese baguettes and omelettes. (I had one very stinkily delicious bleu cheese.) Then, we decided that we wanted to make our way to le Tour Eiffel, and on our way got lost and found the Opera House.

[On our way to L'Arch de Triomphe]

[L'Arch de Triomphe]

Found it, took pictures!

[Le Tour Eiffel]

Found the Eiffel Tower. Accidentally cried because I was so happy. Ate a crepe in the garden. Laughed and made merry. Found our way back to the hotel with a few pitfalls (had my first experience with indecent exposure. Traumatizing.) and met some people at an Irish pub. Went to bed, tired.

[Notre Dame]

Bus tour the next morning from 9 am - 1 pm. Saw the Notre Dame Cathedral and (again), accidentally cried. I was so overwhelmed with the way things had been going so perfectly and I felt so lucky and I couldn't believe I was there. I ended up putting in an offering for a prayer candle.. It was beautiful. Beautiful. I didn't take any pictures inside the cathedral, because it felt inappropriate for some reason, but I want to go there with every single one of you.

Then we were dropped off at the Louvre, where I stayed for a few hours and saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. It was surreal being surrounded by all these paintings I've seen in books my entire life, like they were just postage stamps all over the walls. Just dotting.