This morning we had our 2nd music class, and we discussed the jazz concert from last night (what a waste of 20 E by the way), but apparently jazz music and blue jeans are the only lasting American influence on French culture. So after class we went to the Opera National de Paris-Garnier, and went on a tour of it (w/ our flamboyant tour guide). It was amazing, from all of the marble and onyx on the handrails of the staircases to the golden room it's amazing how ...

We got to sleep a little longer today (we had to be ready at 9:15) then we headed out to Musee Rodin. He made the famous "Thinker" and "Gates of Hell", which has many sculptures on it like the Thinker and others that were out in the courtyard of the museum. I walked around w/ 3 other people and we would take pictures imitating the sculptures. Then we went to the D'Orsay and saw famous impressionist paintings like Van Gough and Seurat (wavy lines and dots). Af...

We had our 1st class today in the hotel in the morning. After that I went to Notre Dame b/c I wanted to go inside. It was amazing, there are tons of side alters w/ paintings or sculptures that people pray to. I got there at noon so I got to see part of a sermon. The arches along the ceiling are also indescribable. Then I headed towards Hotel de Ville (don't know the history behind it but it's another beautiful building). I got my first baguette over there, ...

We drove down the famous Champs Elysees (it has name brand shops along the bottom floor of the buildings) to our hotel in the La Defense area. It's a commercial area w/ lots of modern architecture office buildings. Heading towards our hotel we saw this modern looking Arc, which is the Grande Arch, and opposite it on the other side of the Champs Elysees, several miles away is the real Arc de Triumphe. Today was a full day. We went into town and saw the Notre D...