Arriving in Paris

Thursday was probably the most fun day of the trip so far. We left Bayeux (after seeing the awesome tapestry there) and made our way to Paris. We stopped by Monet’s gardens that he planed with the sole intention of painting them. We were extremely pushed for time, so our intent was to go through the gardens fairly fast and get to Paris. Unfortunately, Aaron got lost when he went off on his own (…) and we were delayed almost an hour. To make up time, James (our Scottish bus driver), booked it to Paris ridiculously fast. Somehow, we still made our dinner reservations right on the dot (with way too many almost accidents). 

We had an amazing french dinner, and the best créme brûlée I have ever had! Our restaurant was right across the street from the tunnel that Princess Diana was killed in. The then boarded a river cruise around Paris. Gabriel timed it just right for a perfect evening. There was a beautiful sunset half way through the cruise, and even a rainbow thanks to the slight drizzle. It was so picturesque, a perfect night in Paris. Towards the end of the sunset, we made our way around the river to the Eiffel Tower. We hit it at the perfect time, it was all lit up, but it was still light out enough to take pictures. It was a perfect night with friends in such a beautiful city. This was the point of the night where it really hit me that I’m in Europe! Having been to the UK multiple times, it wasn’t the same as seeing Paris for the first time! I’m no fan of the French, but they sure do know how to build an awesome city.

During the night, I decided to only take black and white pictures while in Paris. I’m only using black and white film, and even digital pictures I’m only going to edit in black and white. I feel like this is the only city that this can work for. I’m here for eight days so we’ll see if I can stick to it.