A day of sight-seeing

The Famous "Mona Lisa

Last night was my first night staying in my room. My hostess seems a bit impersonal. For breakfast she knocked on the the door 3 times and walked away. When I looked out the door, my breakfast was sitting on the stove in the kitchen. My breakfast included a baguette, a croissant, some type of jelly, strawberries, a peach, and orange juice. I only ate the croissant and drank the juice because the strawberries had an odd taste and the peach was a little old. After breakfast I showered and decided to get an early start to the day. I went out to look at the shoes store in my new district, but once I again I didn't find anything. After a failed trip of shopping, I went to Bastille to try to find the place where Marie-Antionette was beheaded, but I couldn't find it. Maybe I will try again tomorrow. After leaving Bastille, I headed to the Louvre Museum. It was much larger than I thought. i spent 4 hours walking around the museum, but I saw priceless pieces such as the Mona Lisa, the Grand Sphinx, Napoleon's Apartments, and the Hammurabi Code.

The Grand Sphinx

I tried to see the most famous pieces of art and still took me four hours. I could feel my feet throbbing and my back was beginning to hurt. After leaving the Louvre I went to the Garden's of the Royal Palace and took a few minutes to recuperate.  I decided to head back to my district for lunch after I was done resting, since lunch would be much cheaper on that side of the city.

Outside of the Louvre's pyramid

I stopped at a street corner to use their Wi-Fi to check my emails, and while reading an email a black Parisian man walked by and spat on me. I was so disgusted and mortified. My head was down and when I felt the spit hit me, I thought to myself is it raining. I looked up and he was running across the road. It took a lot out of me not to curse him out, but I had to realize I was in a foreign country and that could be quite dangerous. However, I can't understand what would posses a person to spit on someone who isn't bothering them and that aren't familiar. I do wish I could have spat back on him and then spray his eyes with mace, but oh well I guess. After coming back to the room and washing my face 3 times. I rested up for a while before I went out and got lunch. I ate a chicken  sandwich and I even had a crepe to go along with it. It was a little sweet for my taste, but nonetheless it is a favorite among Parisian's.

The Gardens of Luxembourg

Since it was still daylight outside, I headed to the Gardens of Luxembourg to look around. It was very beautiful, but unfortunately they wouldn't allow tourist into the castle.

Outside in the Gardens

As I was leaving the gardens a man grabbed me to take a picture with him. It scared me at first and I tried to reach for my mace, but he didn't mean any harm, he just wanted to have a picture I guess. After leaving the gardens, I went to Concorde Place. It was nearly dark by the time I got there because I got a little mixed on the metro due to one of the stations being closed for the summer. I was able to get a few good pictures before it got too dark, but there was a carnival taking place on the lawn. I walked around out there for a little while until it started getting late. I wanted to go by the Eiffel Tower, but it was already 11pm and I figured it was a little late to be walking the streets of Paris by myself. Tomorrow I plan to do a little ore sight-seeing. Hopefully, I can take a cruise on the Seine river and visit the rest of my top attractions. Until tomorrow, au revoir!