Last day!

Like I said I woke up at 9am today and headed down to breakfast. I did not eat nearly as much as I thought I would at breakfast, seeing as I didn’t eat dinner last night.
After breakfast I joined a group that was heading to the Louvre. It only cost 9 Euros which was very surprising. The museum was not nearly as busy as it was when I was here in 2004. We went to see the Venus De Milo and Mona Lisa which was fun. The museum was so hot! After we couldn’t stand the warm rooms anymore we moved outside and too pictures out by the glass pyramid.

We took our pictures in front of the pyramid and then went back to the metro and left for lunch. We all chose to have lunch at Pizza Di Roma. I am definitely tired of eating here. I can’t wait to come home and have some Ramen! I know it sounds crazy because there is supposed to be so much delicious in France, but I’m ready to go back to eating Ramen in my pajamas on the living room couch! After pizza I had Hagen Doz ice cream which was delicious.

We headed back to the hotel for the tour.

The tour today was really fun! It was a lot of walking but our tour guide was very interesting and he was so excited that I couldn’t help but be excited too. He was obviously American because he had no accent. He said he was originally from Sacramento, CA but moved to France five years ago. I laughed when he said that when he moved here he spoke only three words of French and not very well. He now speaks it fluently.

He took us around the various areas of WWII France, which was interesting because as Americans I don’t think we really think about what went on in France the day of the liberation. We know the liberation happened but we don’t’ know what really what went on in France.

The tour guide had so many great stories. One was about an American Pilot who was flying over France when it was controlled by the Nazis. There was a huge Nazi flag flying from the Eiffel Tower so the pilot decided to fly right under the tower! The guide said he’s told this story since he started as a guide and he once had the pilots granddaughter on his tour!

After the tour I headed back to the hotel with Jean. I stopped at the small supermarket to get dinner. I bought croissants, jelly, peanut butter, a small carton of orange juice, and a can of mandarin oranges (13 Euro!)

But let me tell you...I have never wanted a PB&J so much in my life. They were the most delicious PB&J ever. I think some good signs that I was ready to go home were:
1) I was excited to pack my suitcase and bag
2) I enjoyed sitting down and eating PB&J Croissants
3) I was so excited to find CNN (in ENGLISH) on TV and just sit and watch the news
4) It was amazing to just sit on the bed, eat my sandwiches, and watch the news with the window open (listening to the rain) and think about how nice it was to be dry and not out walking on the soaking wet streets of Paris.

Ready to go home!!!

(pictures coming soon)