Day 2 - Paris (personal post)

 Today we visited the Montparnasse cemetery (celebrity), to see Agnes varda and Simone de Beauvoir graves). Agnes is a famous film maker and Simone is a feminist and French writer (the second sex). We got to learn a little bit about those people. After that, we stopped and Agnes house and saw a mural dedicated for her.

Simones's grave

Agnes grave

Agnes Muriel

After that we ate at this fancy restaurant called Boullion Charter. It was pretty good. We had to meat dish that look like meat loaf for the appetizer. Turns out it was cow liver. For the main course, we had steak and frites. Then for dessert we had ice cream and a peach which was very good.


We had free time after that. I think I just rested after that. Then later that night we got to go up the Eiffel Tower. It was so pretty up there and a bit scary. You could see all of Paris. 



On the very top



We then went on a river cruise. It was raining during the whole cruise but it was still pretty seeing all of Paris on the seine. I also got to see the Eiffel Tower sparkle.






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  1. Drew FergusonMay 6, 2024 at 1:24 PM

    Looks like a fun/filled day. I love steak frites all day long.

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