Aujourd'hui, c'est la fete nationale! La quatorze juillet! BASTILLE DAY! An important day for the French, mostly because...I don't have class today!
Even without class, I didn't get to sleep in, since we decided to leave at 7 am to get good spots at the parade...and we still didn't. We made it past the first barricade but we were in the dead last row. It was still a great experience though. We saw all the French military and tanks, and President Sarcozy was driven by as well. Though one of the things I saw the most of we very strange cardboard periscope things with mirrors on them that allowed people to see over the crowd. Fortunately the woman directly in front of me had a bright orange one that is in every single on of my pictures.
After the parade we went back to the dorm, packed a lunch, and headed out to find a spot to watch the fireworks. We ended up at the Place de la Concorde, near the Louvre, and we had an okay view of the Eiffel Tower but the fireworks were somewhat hidden by trees though. Both the parade and the fireworks were pretty cool even though we couldn't really see either of them... you really can't get mad when you're in Paris for Bastille Day.
Even without class, I didn't get to sleep in, since we decided to leave at 7 am to get good spots at the parade...and we still didn't. We made it past the first barricade but we were in the dead last row. It was still a great experience though. We saw all the French military and tanks, and President Sarcozy was driven by as well. Though one of the things I saw the most of we very strange cardboard periscope things with mirrors on them that allowed people to see over the crowd. Fortunately the woman directly in front of me had a bright orange one that is in every single on of my pictures.
After the parade we went back to the dorm, packed a lunch, and headed out to find a spot to watch the fireworks. We ended up at the Place de la Concorde, near the Louvre, and we had an okay view of the Eiffel Tower but the fireworks were somewhat hidden by trees though. Both the parade and the fireworks were pretty cool even though we couldn't really see either of them... you really can't get mad when you're in Paris for Bastille Day.
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It's so good to hear you're having a good time over there, yep that's what they say...time flies when you're having fun!!
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