Florence and Paris

So the rest of Florence was amazing! we went to see the replica of the statue of david, which was in a really awesome plazza with all kinds of other statues. we then roamed around until we found the ponte vecchio, which is one of the oldest bridges in florence, and it is lined with small shops and stores across the entirety of it; had soma great views out into arno river. we then just basically cruised the streets of florenc, saw an old castle, then went back to the duomo. following that, we headed to the church where both michaelangelo and galileo are buried. the church had the most burials and tombs right inside of it that i have ever seen before. we got dinner at a nice place and i had this delicious pasta with a meat and cream sauce. as we ate a kid from penn state we recognized walked by and he told us he was studying abroad for the semester, it was pretty cool.

Then we hit up another night train to paris. it was two hours late but we just hung out at the train station, and met a bunch of people from chicago and paris.

we finally got into paris and it has been amazing. we are staying in a smaller hotel called hotel nouvel opera, but its definitely a lot better than a hostel. its nice and right near the metro stop. the first day we got in pretty late, soooo we bought a bunch of vodka; drank in the hotel, then roamed the streets of paris, eating way too much chocolate, ordering crepes from who knows, hit up a few bars, and then got some late night hot dog rolls and bananas from a random shop that was open very late; somehow got home!

the next day we got up early and went to the louvre. saw the mona lisa and a lot of greek, egyptian, roman, and italian works; the place was huge. Then we walked over to the island that notre dame is on, and explored it. it was so huge, the ceilings were cavernous. Then we went to a place for lunch, and got caesar salads, except these had lettuce, tomatoes, seasoned potatoes, cheese, croutons, and grilled chicken. it really was the best caesar salad i have ever had.
Then at night we got french onion soup, and let me say, french onion at home is a joke to here ha, it was awesome. Then we headed to the eiffel tower, went up to the viewing deck and saw it light up.

today we went to see the palaca of versailles. king louis the 14 did not mess around. almost 2300 acres of fountains, lakes, and gardens. Wild to think one man used to live there. It was cool because on the way there, the subway cars were two stories. Then we heqded over to champs elyeeses, and saw the arc de triumphe. This place is sweet.

There is so much more but i dont have a whole lot of time on this computer. Ireland tomorrow!!!! ill try to call home from ireland. Ok peace for now!