Day 27: Paris, France (Paris Day 1)

Because the Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, our tour manager and tour driver decided that they were gonna do what they call "A Louvre Run" which basically meant that we were going to leave at the crack of dawn in order to get to Paris with enough time to get into the Louvre.

We left Lucerne before the sunrise, at around 6:45. I was asleep for most of the time. The drive would have been gorgeous but it was pretty dreary when we got to Paris. I was sort of disappointed with the drive into Paris. When our tour manager went, "Welcome to Paris", I wasn't really impressed (but I guess it doesn't help that it was the last leg of the trip and it was a dreary day). We went into the Louvre and I got to see Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and few other works of art. I absolutely adore the architecture of the Louvre. To be honest, and don't stone me for this, I was more in love with the architecture of the place than the works of art in it.

We spent about two hours in the Louvre and then we drove down to our hotel and had dinner. There was an included River Seine cruise that evening. Thus, after dinner, the coach drove around the Arc de Triomphe and then took us by the River Seine. On our way to the cruise, we were walking by the Eiffel Tower which is totally way better than the one they have in the Las Vegas Strip. Hahaha.

We rode the river cruise and saw Paris by night. I was totally impressed by it. Paris, in my opinion, is way better at night. The whole aura and mood of the city was just different. It felt more alive at night when the Eiffel Tower was glistening on the hour (as shown in the picture above) than when I saw it that morning. After the River Cruise, we climbed up the Eiffel Tower and saw the city. I loved it. Paris won my hear with how beautiful it looked after the sun went down. Third favorite destination right here.

We went back to the hotel via their metro system which wasn't half bad. Free day in Paris the next day. First in the agenda: Macaroons. Hahaha.