This morning we took the Metro up to Montmarte. It is a town up on a hill, when you stand at the top of it you are at the highest point in Paris and you have a great view of Paris below. There is a huge two story carousel that we were going to stop and rest at, but we just kept going. We walked and walked and walked up stairs to get to the top. We were too tired to count all the stairs! Charlotte insisted on climbing up all the stairs by herself…and she did! She kept stopping and when mom would ask if she could pick her up Charlotte would say “No, I’m not tired!” and she would keep going! At the very top is a huge white church called Sacre Couer. It’s made of stone that gets whiter and whiter when it rains. Montmarte is the town where a bunch of famous artists lived like Van Gogh, Renoir and others. It had lots of little streets filled with homes, shops and cafes.
We took the train to the Louvre, a huge art museum that used to be a French palace. We took a tour. We saw the famous Eyptian Sphinx (about 4,000 years old!) and two really famous huge marble Greek sculptures called Winged Victory and Venus de Milo. We also saw the famous painting Mona Lisa. It’s pretty small, and there are big crowds of people gathered all around it. It was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. We had paper and pencils so we could sketch the paintings and a bunch of people took pictures of Charlotte drawing…it was really cute. We saw other interesting paintings also.
There is a really nice shopping mall below the Louvre. We shopped for a while. My favorite stores were Esprit and Swatch. Swatch is a watch company…it has every single kind of watch you can imagine. Watches with big faces & small faces, plastic, leather & metal bands, and a lot of jewelry that match the watches. I had some spending money from babysitting and I bought the cutest watch there! The guy that helped us was so nice, he spoke French to us and English. He let us go in the back of the shop with him to see him size my watch and set the time. It was really fun!
We walked home all along the Seine River on the right bank, and then we crossed a bridge and walked on the left bank (we live on the left bank). We stopped at a restaurant and ate dinner. We had salade, pasta, poulet roti (roast chicken) and crème caramel for dessert. The food in France is sooooooo good!
When we got home we started packing. We were smart this year and only brought 1 suitcase, but we couldn’t fit our souvenirs! Luckily Aunt Beth lent us a bag. I have had so much fun and part of me doesn’t want to leave, but I also can’t wait to get home! I really, really miss my family & friends.
Bon nuit for the last time from Paris!
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