Monday, June 25, 2012

Would you like to know how I'm spending my night in? Packing up all my belongings for the second time in less than a month. Very depressing.

Though, that means I will be coming home in exactly a month! As much as I love Paris and Europe in general... I miss home. I miss knowing where things are and not having a language barrier and being able to buy whatever I want because I have plenty of room and won't have to transport it in a suitcase. I miss normal shower heads that aren't detachable and having a front lawn and hot weather (I know you're all complaining back home about how hot it is, but I have been wearing long sleeves and/or jackets since I got here because it hasn't topped 75, okay? I want summer!). I want to see my family and my dog and my boyfriend and my room and all my clothes back home (I do actually have a full wardrobe, right?). I miss salespeople who smile and being able to find what I want in the grocery store (I went looking for Wheat Thins the other day, or the equivalent... nope. Only cookies).

In other news, I made a giant list of things I want to see in Paris while I'm here. Some things have already been done so they aren't on the list anymore (like Disney Paris) and others have been seen but I haven't done everything related to it that I wanted (like the Eiffel Tower- saw it, but I want to go up it again). Here it is:


Paris Sights by Arrondissement

1:
Louvre
Conciergie
Les Halles (soldes 27 juin-31 juillet)
Jardin du Palais Royal
Jardin des Tuileries
Sainte Chapelle
Comédie française
Musée des Arts décoratifs

4:
Notre Dame + crypt
Place de la Bastille
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hotel de Ville

5:
Panthéon
La Grande Mosquée de Paris
La Sorbonne
Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air (Tues-Sun 10-6, Mon closed)

6:
Musée national Eugène Delacroix
Jardin du Luxembourg
Luxembourg Palace

7:
Eiffel Tower
Musée d’Orsay
Musée Rodin
Le Musée de Vin

8:
The Grand Palais
The Petit Palais
Madeleine
Chapelle Expiatoire
Place de la Concorde

9:
Palais Garnier
Musée Grevin
Galleries Lafayette

10:
Pink Flamingo resto

11:
Musée Edith Piaf

14:
Catacombes
Montparnasse (14/15)

16:
Flame of Liberty

18:
Sacré-Coeur
Montmartre
Musée de l’érotisme

20:
Pere Lachaise Cemetery

21:
La Défense

Outside of Paris:
Versailles
Saint Denis Basilica
Chateau de Fontainebleau

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