Well, thankfully for our second night in Paris we had the room to ourselves. So far I hav
en’t had trouble getting up early. I’ve actually enjoyed the time to myself to relax 
and start my day the right way. But we got everything packed up, ate a little breakfast, stored our stuff in the luggage closet there at the hostel, and headed off to the Louvre with our tour guide again…thanks SO much James!!!! We got there and luckily this was like First Sunday or Open Day or something like that so we got in free. We had a great time in there! It was really cool (and kinda weird) to walk through and see all these famous paintings I learned about in school, and they were RIGHT in front of me. Unfortunately I hated those art classes so some bad memories were brought up as well haha! The Mona Lisa was cool to see…sorta. It’s more of a tourist attraction than an art piece. They have it roped 
off, glass or some kind of protective covering all around it, and lots of guards. People just get as close as they can to snap a picture or two, then get shoved out of the way. It’s a huge mob there, all fighting and pushing towards the front. But the rest was really cool. We got to Napoleon III’s apartments and James (Lauren’s cousin) and I had a pretty funny moment. There was this beautiful Vanity Desk (I think that’s what it’s called…makeup stand and mirror). It was crystal, outlined in gold, with a matching chair. Very beautiful and ornate. I turned with a comment on the tip of my tongue, and as I turned to James he beat me to it. He looked at me and said “You should ask Lauren if she wants one of these!” I died laughing, then told him how I was about to say something along the exact same lines, and we both cracked up.
After the Louvre we did a little shopping in the side stores, made our way down the famous Champs Elysees and up to the Triumphal Arch. It was a beautiful day, but unfortunately we had to reserve an earlier train than we thought so we had to leave. We grabbed our bags and set off for the train station. We said goodbye to James, thanked him for everything (which was more than we could have imagined…we all agreed that he made Paris amazing for us). We had a great time and I left Paris VERY impressed. Now on to Brussels…
en’t had trouble getting up early. I’ve actually enjoyed the time to myself to relax 
and start my day the right way. But we got everything packed up, ate a little breakfast, stored our stuff in the luggage closet there at the hostel, and headed off to the Louvre with our tour guide again…thanks SO much James!!!! We got there and luckily this was like First Sunday or Open Day or something like that so we got in free. We had a great time in there! It was really cool (and kinda weird) to walk through and see all these famous paintings I learned about in school, and they were RIGHT in front of me. Unfortunately I hated those art classes so some bad memories were brought up as well haha! The Mona Lisa was cool to see…sorta. It’s more of a tourist attraction than an art piece. They have it roped 
off, glass or some kind of protective covering all around it, and lots of guards. People just get as close as they can to snap a picture or two, then get shoved out of the way. It’s a huge mob there, all fighting and pushing towards the front. But the rest was really cool. We got to Napoleon III’s apartments and James (Lauren’s cousin) and I had a pretty funny moment. There was this beautiful Vanity Desk (I think that’s what it’s called…makeup stand and mirror). It was crystal, outlined in gold, with a matching chair. Very beautiful and ornate. I turned with a comment on the tip of my tongue, and as I turned to James he beat me to it. He looked at me and said “You should ask Lauren if she wants one of these!” I died laughing, then told him how I was about to say something along the exact same lines, and we both cracked up.
After the Louvre we did a little shopping in the side stores, made our way down the famous Champs Elysees and up to the Triumphal Arch. It was a beautiful day, but unfortunately we had to reserve an earlier train than we thought so we had to leave. We grabbed our bags and set off for the train station. We said goodbye to James, thanked him for everything (which was more than we could have imagined…we all agreed that he made Paris amazing for us). We had a great time and I left Paris VERY impressed. Now on to Brussels…
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