LONDON/ROME Day 4
The next morning was mostly us trying to get to the airport. By the end of the day, we were in Rome. We spent the evening wandering around Trevi Fountain, and eating gelato.
Trevi fountain a night. We found it, I thought it wasn't Trevi (for some reason I thought Trevi was the four rivers) so we went around looking for it only to come back. lol
ROME Day 5
We spent most of the day at Vatican City. We went to St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums.
The Pieta!!! Apparently some crazy Australian in the late 1990's attacked it and broke parts of it. Now it's behind glass.
School of Athens! My favourite Raphael!
Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures of the Sistine Chapel, but that didn't stop some people. -_- People need to learn to respect sacred places. Needless to say, the Sistine Chapel was amazing, and I wish I could have spent all day looking at the paintings (though my neck would probably hurt afterwards).
Piazza Venezia
Spanish Steps
ROME Day 6
We woke up early so we could beat the line at to see the Roman Forum, the Palatino, and the Colosseum. We even got to go on the lower floor of the Colosseum. We also went to the Pantheon and Piazza Novona. At night we wandered around Trevi Fountain again.
Arch of Titus at the Roman Forum!!
Colosseum! We got to go to the lower levels and the third levels.
Pantheon
The Four Rivers fountain. For some reason I always thought it was bigger than in real life. Still amazing though.
Rome was so amazing, because I finally got to put all my AP art history to use. Seeing all of the ancient architecture and the amazing art was truly a once in a lifetime experience (that is unless I come back).
ROME/PARIS Day 7
Alas, it was time to leave Rome and head to Paris. We woke up at 4 in the morning to go catch a bus to the airport. By 1pm, we were settled in Paris and off to the museum Rodin. His most famous art is the thinker. (He made many different copies of the thinker)
Alas, it was time to leave Rome and head to Paris. We woke up at 4 in the morning to go catch a bus to the airport. By 1pm, we were settled in Paris and off to the museum Rodin. His most famous art is the thinker. (He made many different copies of the thinker)
It started to rain, and we got soaked, so we headed back to where we were staying.
At 6pm it was still raining, but we headed off to the Eiffel tower because I had already booked tickets. It was raining when we made it to the top, but it stopped after 30 minutes, giving us a chance to take some pictures. :)
We're at the tippy top. Ah! The beautiful Paris sunset.
Eiffel Tower all lit up
PARIS Day 8
The Louvre!!! One of the days I was most looking forward to. We spent the majority of the day there. However afterwards we visited Saint Chapelle (one of my favorite cathedrals) and Notre Dame.
The Famous Louvre Pyramid. Designed by a Chinese-American artist, I. M. Pei.
Victory of Samothrace! My favorite statue. (I seem to have a lot of favorites.)
Hmm...what's that behind us? Let's get a closer look...
Why, it's the Mona Lisa.
Saint Chapelle. The beautiful blue ceilings with the little golden patterns make it look like the night sky, contrasting with the breathtakingly intricate stain glass.
Notre Dame. Unfortunately, we did not see the Hunchback.
PARIS Day 9
It was the last day of our European adventure. We decided to take it slow and relax for a bit, especially since we've been so busy for the past week. We had a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower and just wandered around our area before Eric had to catch his plane back to the US. I had lots of time before my night bus to London, so I went off to Versailles for one last tourist stop.
Versailles pictures coming later...blogger doesn't want to load them.
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