It started out like every other day. Mia, Taylor, and I were running late (but still on time) like usual. As we left the apartment and walked to the metro stop, Mia told us that she forgot her lipstick. A few seconds I realized how bright it was outside and that I had forgotten my sun glasses. We all paused and after a short second decided that it was a sign. We needed to go back to get those crucial things to get us through the day. On our walk back to the apartment, we remind each other how later we were going to be and decided it probably was a good day just to miss class altogether.
After brainstorming for .2 seconds, we all agreed that we wanted to go to the Louvre instead. Once we got there and got our #basic Starbucks we made our way to the line. (Fun fact: if you are a student and have a student ID you get into the Louvre and other museums for free!) After we had got inside, we spent about 4 hours exploring about 1/5 of the museum. Imagine looking at old painting/statues/carving/bowls and other random artifacts for 4 hours. We were all tired and got a little hungry, and if you know me you know that as soon as I get hungry it is vital for me to eat within the next few minutes or else I turn into a cranky hangry monster. We left the Louvre and walked around to find lunch and settled for a gross (high-end) food court.
After eating our nasty old Chinese food, we walked to the Opera. If you pay a few dollars, you can walk around the inside of the Opera building. If you look at the pictures below, that obviously don’t do it justice, you will see that it is breathtaking. On the top floor you can go into one of the balcony booths and see the stage, in other parts of the building you can see rooms filled with books, old costumes, dance studios, and a balcony to get the full effect of the building. It was so worth it.
Once we finished our self-guided tour of the opera, we started to make our way home. We had walked 12 miles (Thanks, IPhone health apps) and only had a little time to rest up and meet our class. See, our class had a night field trip to the Louvre later on that same evening. Obviously we knew that, but in our head going to the Louvre sounded way more exciting in the morning. Once we got to the Louvre for the second time that day we decided to explain to our teacher our "confusion" about why we missed class and went to explore the museum … again. After two more hours, we were burnt out. The 3 of us went back home and passed out until we had to get up for class the next morning.
Even though we missed our class, I felt that I learned so much more than I would have in class that day. Isn’t that what studying abroad is about? Learning not only in the classroom but also in the beautiful city that we are only living in for a little while.
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| nothing goes better with a Starbucks then a selfie right?? |
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| One of the coolest parts of the Louvre is napoleons apartment. |
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| Inside the opera |
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| "hey look, I am holding the Louvre" |
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| On the roof where we ate lunch |
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