Travel Post | Paris, France
Travel Post | Paris, France
This trip was my high school graduation present, and I think it was so perfect. So to start with the beginning, we flew from Anchorage, which is about 370 miles from my home in Fairbanks, to Rekjivik, Iceland. Now on the way down, we barely had time to make our connection - but I promise I’ll come back to our super short stay in Iceland…
So as we were flying into Paris, there was so much to take in. There were a ton more flowers than I ever imagined - and we were going to be driving all over to germany and back, and the flowers cover all of the fields and hills. The weather was pretty fair as well so the visibility coming in was awesome.
As we drove around, we noticed that all of the homes had so much old charm with the little windows, and under ground garages. The ivy was all over, different flowers mixed in as well. There were also so many grape vines growing fairly wildly all over the places we visited in France.
Sun shining through a small church's steeple windows.
Once we had explored the surrounding towns we ventured into the city of Paris. So, first I have to start with the Metro …. I am from a small town that can barely say we have a bus system, so I had never experienced going under like that and riding a train that is packed wall to wall. After that part of the adventure then it was pretty smooth sailing. So we walked around, and stopped in some small bakeries. I love croissants so I of course tried one at lunch time.
After filling up on all the carbs I laid eyes on, we walked toward the river Seine. The old architecture really stands out in this part of town.
So much architecture everywhere. The majority of the buildings along the river were built in the 19th century. You can see many of the historical and iconic parts of Paris from the river.
It is so amazing to see the different tones in the bricks of stone used to build these large buildings. Speaking of large old buildings.. We were able to visits the Notre-Dame de Paris grounds as well.
The architiecture and attention to detail is astounding.
I was unable to photograph the inside, but the outsides is just as stunning. The courtyard of large trees offers a shady place to sit and watch the day go by. The whole area is very serene and calming.
Notre-Dame de Paris
As one would expect, near the church was a small cemetery. With all the respect to the restful dead there, we quietly just wandered and looked at the different family plots, statues, and water features. I found some of the headstone designs to be outstandingly beautiful, even if they are for such a sad purpose.
And of course, our next highlight of this blog tour of Paris is the Eiffel Tower. Quick fun fact: throughout history, the tower was supposed to be scrapped and was saved due to its potential to be a radio tower. In WWI, that tower was used to intercept enemy transmissions and dispatch troops. Then it escaped destruction after WWII, Hitler had ordered the iconic symbol of the city be removed, fortunately for us that particular order was never actually carried out. Now, the tower is open to the public - approximately 7 million people visit the tower a year.
Well, this is the end of my blog piece for today. I hope you enjoyed my photos and my experience in Paris. I would go again and again, I highly recommend you add Paris - or France for that matter - to you bucket list.
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And until next time,
THP <3