Month: September 2014
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Paris with Friends!
Read more: Paris with Friends!Paris is an amazing city and we have really enjoyed our time there…in fact, one week was too short to see so many sights and try so many new things. It’s even better when you have friends to show you the way and introduce you to how Parisians really live. Lucky for us, Louise and…
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The Ultimate Treasure Hunt
Read more: The Ultimate Treasure HuntThe Louvre is an amazing museum full of almost 35 000 artifacts. Needless to say, the 13km former palace is not something that can be visited in an afternoon! We wanted to use some type of technology to help us navigate the museum, so we decided to try out an app called Huntz (both iOS and…
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How do you say “wow” in French? Musee d’Orsay
Read more: How do you say “wow” in French? Musee d’OrsayOur 3-hour walking tour when we first arrived really set us up well to plan our remaining time in Paris. One of the things we decided we absolutely had to see was the Musee d’Orsay, located “just down the road from” the Louvre. The museum was originally designed as a railway station, however as trains…
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An Endless Experience at the Eiffel Tower
Read more: An Endless Experience at the Eiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower is a big “A” shaped tower that is one of the biggest tourist attractions in France. The Eiffel Tower was built by a man named Gustave Eiffel for the World’s Fair and to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution in 1889. He came in first place for the design competition and…
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Let Them Eat Cake!
Read more: Let Them Eat Cake!After visiting the Palace of Versailles, I now know the differences between palaces and castles. Castles are nice, but they are made more for defensive purposes, whereas palaces are much more comfortable and are meant to be lived in. Let me take you on a journey of the gorgeous palace of Versailles…. To enter…