Paris

This past week was winter break so I headed off to northern France with a friend for six days. I spent two days in Paris, one day in Chantilly and three days in Lille. Most students decided to voyage in other surrounding countries, such as England, Ireland, or Italy, but I came to the conclusion that I am studying abroad in France to learn French, therefore I want to spend as much times as possible speaking the language. There is so much to see in France that I could spend a life time exploring every corner. I've never been to the north of France so that's basically why we choose Chantilly and Lille. Paris, I've been there but my friend wanted to go so we could meet up with her other friends.

So the first day we arrived on TGV and checked into our auberge de jeunesse (youth hostel). We stayed at L'Auberge Internationale des Jeunes...It wasn't anything to get excited about but I would probably stay there again if I were in Paris. The price was cheap and the accommodations were fine.

We went to Pere Lachaise cemetery with the intention of seeing Edith Piaf's tomb. There was a map at the entrance that showed the locations of all the famous people buried there but, after over an hour of searching, we couldn't find Edith! What a disappointment...I think the map was wrong because we looked all over for her :( We then successfully found Jim Morrison's tomb which was easy to find because there were a bunch of people crowded around it.

We then went to Montmartre and walked around Sacre Coeur. It was a beautiful, chilly day so I got some gorgeous photos from the top.

During day two, we ate lunch near Notre Dame on Ile-de-la-Cite, took a stroll around the Tuileries and eventually ended up at Cite de Science et de l'Industrie. We later went out to an Irish pub that night.