Thursday we boarded the Eurostar train that goes from London Waterloo station through the Chunnel (channel tunnel) to Paris. It was really, really cool! This train goes under water for 27 minutes at approximately. Slow in London, faster in the Chunnel, and then really fast when it arrives in France. We had breakfast on the train. It was great! We arrived in Paris about 2:00 pm and got a taxi to our hotel. We got there and got into our room where Hannah and I had our own room and two beds. After we got a bit unpacked, we headed out to find some lunch. I got my first taste of a crepe which was warm and had sugar all over it. It was delicious! Can’t wait to have another one!
Friday morning we walked across a bridge over the Seine River to the Louvre Museum. We had a special guide that took us through the museum named Ellen. Her company is called Paris Muse and they have special tours for kids. Our tour was like a treasure hunt where Hannah and I hunted for clues in different rooms of the Museum. Ellen took us through 9,000 years of art, with the oldest statue coming from 9,000 BC. My sister and I saw the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. We got to stand in a special kid’s area so we could see her without a lot of tall adults standing in front of us. When I walked by the Mona Lisa I noticed that she was slanted and her eyes followed me. It was nice to see such a famous painting.
That night we went to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up. The line was so long that we decided to come back another time to go to the top. It was amazing looking at it. Every hour, they turn on special lights that flash and the whole tower looks like it is sparkling.
Saturday it rained in Paris. But that didn’t stop us from seeing Saint Chapelle, which has the most stained glass windows I have ever seen. Then we went to Notre Dame Cathedral which was HUGE. There were gargoyles all over it. And these things called “flying buttresses”. They were cool.
Sunday my Mom and I and Grandpa and Ann went to church at the American Cathedral in Paris. Since it was Easter Sunday, the church was full of flowers and it was today we went to church on Easter and when I woke up, I got a very big surprise from the Easter bunny. He brought me a DS game called Nintendogs with a Husky dog and the movie Wallace and Gromit, the Curse of the Were Rabbit. Then we went to church that spoke English and then went to the hotel.
Then later in the afternoon, we went to go see the Eiffel Tower. We waited and waited in line for over an hour. We got in the elevator that took us halfway to the top. Then we got in another line for the elevator to take us to the very, very top. When we got to the top, it was amazing. We took lots of pictures and then we waited in another huge line to go down. After that, my Dad and I went to a museum and then we went back to the hotel. After that, we went out for some dinner and then we went to sleep because tomorrow is another day of traveling. We said “goodbye for now” to Grandpa and Ann. I was very sad to say good bye.