Last weekend I went to Paris with AFS. It was a lot of fun. I've already been there with my mom a few years ago but it's still a beautiful place to see. There were about 45 of us in the AFS group from both exchange students here for the year and Belgian students that need to leave this coming fall. The weather wasn't too great, but at least it didn't rain so much.
Next, we went to Arc de Triomphe. We took really awesome pictures in front of it but we weren't able to actually go to it and look closely.
After that, we split into smaller groups and walked down Champs-Élysées. It was so busy with cars, tourists, shoppers and resurants. We decided to go into the Disney store (because it's obviously too much fun to pass up).
After dinner, the whole group walked to Seine where we got on a boat. There, we were able to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up, the Notre Dame on the side of the river, and a whole bunch of other really nice things on the banks.
After that, we drove past the Moulin Rouge and went to one of the most beautiful churches I've ever been to in my life, Sacre-Coeur. There was a serivce going on and it was so wonderful to listen.
The next day, we went to Le Louvre. I've already been inside before, so after taking pictures, I chose to go see a famous cemetary, Père Lachaise. It was actually really beautiful. The remains of people like Edith Piaf and Chopin are there. Most of the people are French, obviously, so I didn't know many names.
After that, we went to see Notre Dame. It was so beautiful. Since I've already been in with my mom, I decided to bypass the super long line and just play frisbee instead. I'm pretty sure everyone wanted to play too, haha. It was actually a lot of fun. That was our last stop and we walked all the way back to the bus and went home!
There's just so many good pictures.. so I'll just put a bunch of those up :P
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