Going to Paris While You're Here?

Here's what Spring 2013 student, Jessica Lozano, had to say about visiting Paris on her own, 

 Paris . . .

Our weekend to Paris was the best thing that ever happened to me. I had so much fun and I loved being back in Paris for at least a weekend. When we first got there, it was a little inconvenient. We arrived to the hotel we had booked but it was a very bad hotel. We couldn’t stay there so we started to look for any other hotel that was available. We ended up in an Ibis, which was a lot better than the first one. Once we got to the Ibis and checked in and settled down, we went to eat because we were starving. We headed to Champs Elysees to have some lunch there and just walk around. We shopped a little but then it began to rain so we had to head back to the hotel. Our plan was to nap for a while and then go out at night, but we were tired so we just stayed in and slept. The next day we woke up early for breakfast and to try to make the most out of the day because we only had Saturday. We headed to Champs Elysees again and walked to the Eiffel Tower. We bought tickets for a hop-on hop-off that took us to the Notre Dame Cathedral. We went in there and saw how amazing it was. There was mass happening so it was hard because we had to be quiet but it was very beautiful. The weather was not really great so we didn’t really like the buses because of how cold and rainy it was. Gladys really wanted to go to a bookstore called “Shakespeare and Company” where she wanted to stay in forever. We went with her for a while but then we headed back to continue our tour. We went to the Eiffel tour again but didn’t climb it because of the waiting time. We just took many pictures. After that we went by the Louvre but nobody wanted to go in since it was going to take a long time to see so we just took pictured outside of it. We also went to the love bridge, which is where couple put a lock on the bridge and promise to love each other forever. I thought it was very romantic and loved the idea. It started raining again so we had to take a taxi back to the hotel. It was very funny because the taxi driver told Shane that he looked like Matt Damon and told us that we should get married, that we would make a good couple. We both thought it was awkward. We got to the hotel and we napped for a while. By the time we woke up we realized it was too late to actually go out, but we wanted to see Paris by night so we decided to go to the Eiffel Tower just to look at it at night. Unfortunately, when we got there, it was already off and everything was closed so we just headed back to the hotel. We slept because on Sunday we had great plans. We woke up on Sunday very early, ready for our last day in Paris. We had breakfast and headed out. We went to Versailles. Versailles was the most amazing thing ever. The gardens and the palace are so grand that words cannot even begin to explain their beauty. Besides all that, the day was very sunny and beautiful. WE got so lucky to have such great weather in Paris during this time, because we were told that it had been raining all week and that it was going to continue raining all the next week. We saw the Versailles gardens and that’s what I loved the most. I had already gone to Versailles but I really wanted to go again because I went in the winter and the flowers weren’t there and it was very restricted because of the cold. I think that now that I went it was way better because it was sunny and it was just beautiful. I really enjoyed this trip and even though it didn’t start out very good, the rest was perfect. Throughout the whole trip I kept saying this one quote that I feel that it summarizes out trip: “We will always have Paris”.