Dispatches from Elsewhere: Paris, France

I honestly cannot comprehend how fast spring break arrived. In the hectic, stressed couple weeks of midterms it was all I could do to keep my self focused and my mind away from my upcoming travels. But here it is!

I have written an individual post for each of the countries I visited over the course of these 11 days (4 total!), but because I didn't have all day to spend writing I tried to keep each one short and just talk about a few highlights. In an attempt not to be overwhelmed upon my return, I typed them out on my phone as I was moving from place to place so that I could simply edit and add pictures when I got home. So maybe read these next few posts as a really long text message because that's about all the brain power I had while writing. If you want to know more, just another excuse to catch up when I return home!

So, Paris. It really is a beautiful city. I was lucky enough to be hosted by my wonderful aunt and uncle who took me in, fed me well, and showed me the best of what Paris has to offer.

Mostly, I checked off the tourist stops:

Eiffel tower - so much bigger than I could have imagined

Notre Dame - incredibly designed and so intricate in its architecture

The Louvre and Mona Lisa - so much smaller than I imagined (the paining, not the museum). A note about the Louvre as a whole - I would love to come back and spend so much more time here because there's an incredible amount to see. We did come across a moai from Easter Island, though, which was a bitter sweet reminder of my time in Chile (se extraño, Chile).

So small

I have seen this in too many history textbooks

How did that get there...?

Montmartre - we spent a lovely morning in this district enjoying great views of the city, fun street artists, and winding cobblestone streets that felt like Rome.