Day 2: Paris (again)

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the tardiness of the 2nd blog. Wireless internet is hard to come by over here, plus we've been very busy.

The second day of Paris was very productive. A few friends and I went to 8:30 mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral. That was very enjoyable. After that we headed through downtown Paris, where me and a couple guys posed for a picture in front of the hotel where the Treaty of Paris was signed, thus giving the U.S. it's first formal independence. Needless to say, we wanted to smoke cigars for the occasion. We kept moving to Les Invalides, Napoleon's tomb. How cool! What an extravagent and gigantic tomb. That was definitely my highlight of the day. Next to the tomb was the war museum, where we saw many exhibits on World War 1 and World War 2. As I'm surrounded by a ton of military history geeks, you can imagine how we enjoyed that part of the day.

After lunch we headed to the Eiffel Tower. WOW! It had to be 4 times bigger than what I expected. It's enormous! We didn't go up in the tower due to long lines, but we got some good pictures there. On our way back to the hostel we made one more stop at the Musee d'Orsay where we saw the impresssionist art of Van Gogh, Monet, Picarro, and others. It was also very very cool. I recognized a few of the paintings from seeing them in textbooks for art classes.

More to come later when I get some more time! You defintely want to stay tuned for my report on Normandy. It was the most amazing experience of the trip! Thanks for reading!