Parigi e Londra

For Spring Break I traveled to Paris and London. I felt like I had to see at least two of the major cities in Europe.
Paris was a beautiful city. I’ve never seen so many castle-like buildings, they were truly breathtaking. I saw all the major tourists’ sights, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, L'Opéra, Les Invalides, and shopped along Champs-Élysées, and how could I forget the Lourve!!
It was absolutely freezing during our stay in Paris, but we still managed to stay walking around for at least 6-8 hours a day, eating frequently of course. We didn’t get a chance to try authentic French food unfortunately. But, they serve a hell of a lot of French Fries
The Eiffel Tower was really quite shocking to me for some reason. I guess seeing it so much in my life in photos and on television. I was really excited to see it for myself. Sahra and I were both hesitant about going all the way up top in the elevator. Instead we tortured ourselves for being babies and climbed up like 1000, knees shaking and getting weak as we looked to see how high we were at each level. Once we got to the 1^st level and my heart was working properly again, we took in the sights and it was so neat; parks, some amazing architecture from surrounding buildings and houses, the river..it was really quite a view. The Lourve was really huge and it came upon us that we could have probably spent our entire stay in Paris at the Lourve. It was huge and there was so much to see! We spent a little over 3 hours there, and saw Mona of course. It was a lot smaller than I imagined, but still really spectacular, and a little creepy.
The most exciting thing about London was finally not having a language barrier! ENGLISH! I could finally ask for directions and order food without getting yelled at! It was relieving. London was a lot like New York, no skyscrapers or anything but just as busy. For the most part, we were sick of being tourists and tried to do as much relaxing as possible and saved the sights for the last day. It was really a great time though. The city had good character, a fun nightlife, and really good shopping! Still, it was really great to see it all. Big Ben was really beautiful at night, nicely lit and all, as was the Tower Bridge. All in all, it was a good trip. Got to see everything I wanted to see, with good friends, and it was probably the coolest spring break I’ll ever have.
By the end, I was ready to be back in Roma :)