pierre herme...PARIS

bonjour a paris!

overall:
my days in paris have been lovely. the true enjoyment of the city began after 12 needed hours of sleep after getting over jet lag. we arrived in paris thursday morning (1:00am iowa time, 7:00am paris time). we were so extremely excited to be in paris so the last thing we wanted to do was sleep. thus, we had a delightful lunch at a local cafe- i enjoyed an open-faced italian sandwich and salad which is pictured above. the weather has been absolutely perfect- 75 degrees and sunny.
after a delightful lunch we walked miles through paris and saw notre dame, the eiffel tower and other fabulous sights.we also took a boat tour on the seine river in which gina, kyle, and myself did some major "head-bobbing" due to lack of sleep. later we devoured dinner and passed out at our hotel around 8:45pm (paris time, which was 1:45p iowa time). yikes. needless to say, we got a great night's sleep and had a lovely day in paris on friday.

friday:
today i woke up refreshed and still amazed with the concept of being in paris.
we had a simple breakfast at our hotel which included french croissants and great coffee. after we got ready for the day, and decided to visit pierre herme... the BEST pastry and macaroon boutique in france. wow. the visit was a promise to my sister... abby these macaroons were AMAZING. they were fresh, the store was gorgeous, it smelled great, the presentation was perfect- everything.our visit from pierre herme was, by far, the HIGHLIGHT of my trip to paris.




after our delectable experience at pierre herme we shopped around a bit. THEN...dun-dun-dun... we went to the LOUVRE! the museum is free on friday nights for anyone under the age of 26, so we got to see all the collections for free. our train ride to there was a bit intense, especially since the concierge at the station laughed at us trying to speak bits of french to him. anyway, we figured it out and got to the louvre.
the museum was fascinating and it was wonderful to see pieces of artwork that i studied in art history from the ancient egyptians to the romans. we took cheesy pictures outside the louvre (like any u.s. citizen would), right? i posted a few on my flickr page if anyone is interested.



tomorrow we plan to tackle going up into the eiffel tower and visiting the arc de triumph. i will post more when i have time.
p.s. someone should comment, or something because i need to know that someone is reading this blog babble. thanks. i miss everyone already.