Day 6 – Paris

The group started off this day by heading to the Jardin des Plantes. Even though it was raining, we still enjoined the view. We visited the paleontology and comparative anatomy gallery, the mineralogy and geology gallery, and the zoo. I was really glad that we had a guest speaker tell about the paleontology and comparative anatomy gallery; I was able to identify some of the skeletons he had talked about. The Zoo was cute and just like the one in London, I thought that the exhibits were more open than the ones here. After that, Kaleb, Brendan, Kareem, and I had lunch and explored the city. We went to the Pantheon; we were taken back by the architect and we were surprised to find out that Marie Currie and her husband were buried in the crypt. After that, we finally got to see Saint Chapelle, which was one of my favorite buildings on this entire trip. I love stain glass windows and the whole upstairs were walls made of stain glass. Up next, was the Louvre Art Museum. I got to see the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, the victory of Samothrace (A.K.A. Nike), and one of my favorite paintings of all time, the liberty leading the people. Erin, Kareem and I decided to walk an hour and a half to the Arc de Triomphe. We ended up stopping at three different bakeries, each one better than the other. We also walked down one of the most well-known streets in the world, av. des champs-élysées. We met up with Kaleb,  Khadijah, and Brendan at the Arc de Triomphe and went to the top. Since it was night time, we waited forty-five minutes for the Eiffel tower to light up, but it was worth the wait. Before the trip, Kareem had looked up this restaurant called ” L’Auberge Aveyronnaise”.  It’s well known for its homemade Aligot. Aligot is basically a very cheesy mashed potato. After my first bite, I was in food heaven.

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