So today I decided to check out the Bercy Gardens, which are 3 gardens built together in Paris and they were really pretty but it was a gloomy day and most plants laid dormant because of the winter. But there were still birds in the trees, ducks in the pond and green grass throughout the …
Continue reading "Wanderlust: Paris, Hostel 7:12pm. “The City Of Death”"
The underground "tombs" of Paris were something I had never seen before. Â An overwhelming number of bones, bodies, abandoned souls laid to rest in bizarre patterns and stacked high to the roof of the cave. Â All once people, walking and breathing the same air. Â I should have purchased a guide audio to listen too throughout …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjTcEMBSfg On the Friday I went to the Louvre and wow that museum is incredible. Â The rooms are so huge and the great Roman inspired statues are mind blowing. Â It was no Versailles but it was still crazy and I saw the famous glass pyramids and Mona Lisa Painting. Â I was there all day before …
Disneyland Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJazlK4FSs I made some friends in Versailles. A Kiwi couple Jess and James, another Kiwi Ellen (she had gone to Amsterdam) and a Spanish girl named Antito and an Italian boy named Pedro. Pedro didn’t come with us to Disneyland because he had a museum pass that he wanted to use before …
Continue reading "Wanderlust: Disneyland Paris.. The most magical place on Earth."
 The Versailles Gardens were the most incredible place I had ever seen. No wonder the French Revolution happened and they went down and kicked them out! King Louis was crowned when he was four so he was spoilt and had everything given to him. our tour guide was Adam, an American history teacher who …
Continue reading "Wanderlust: Versailles Gardens, Paris France"
12/12/13 Paris, France, Rue de Crimee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43y2UagrCDg  I have been to busy to write! I landed in Paris on Monday at about 6:20am, and it was completely dark. I found my luggage easily and the airport was easy to navigate because of the signs and English translations. The flight over to Paris was 12 and …
Continue reading "Wanderlust: France, Paris. “Eating Snails”"
Haley Lauren Smith 