The Louvre

We started out in Paris with a bus tour of the city. I did not pay much attention because I was cold, tired, and hungry. I couldn't take any pictures, and I didn't really know where we were when he was showing us stuff. All that aside, it was fun being able to get a quick overview of the city.

Once we were done, we checked into the hotel. This took three hours because of some problem with the system higher up. It was really frustrating. When I finally got to my room, there was next to no ventillation and we couldn't open the window. Trevor stayed in Mal's room because our room smelled of cover-up smoker and the smell was enough to give us headaches.

After a brief rest, we started the walking tour. We were shown several areas of the city (some of which I didn't know where they were so we couldn't go back later. Again, tired.) and our tour guide told us some info on them. It was quite boring.

Sacre-Couer:
Oldest tree in France. Planted 1602
Notre-Dame After the walking tour was over, we stopped at a sandwich shop and got some baguette sandwiches. They were really good. We then decided to go to the Louvre because it is free for under-26 on Friday evenings. It was amazing. The building was gigantic and it was completely filled with artwork. It used to be Napolean's place of residence, but now it's a museum of art. The artwork there was amazing.

These flowers are beautifully detailed, and are about twice the size of my head.

The little white dot at the bottom of this painting is the flowers in the above picture. Needless to say it's gigantic.

Here's a quick shot of Napolean's Apartments:

After visiting the Louvre, we went back to the hotel to "freshen up" before going out. Unfortunately this took a really long time. Regardless, I still went out with everyone else. But we went to an English pub. Everything French was further in the city. After a quick drink we went back to the hotel and to bed.