19 March 2010; 1:51pm (Paris Time)-Today was interesting. Today, we went to the Eiffel Tower, but before we did, my dad made me go into the grocery store alone to get our food for the day. I got cheese with cumin and batard bread. We went onto the train during rush hour (which was a huge mistake) and made it to the Tower before any large crowds got there. I thought that the double-decker bus was very inventive, and the view from the top of the tower was amazing. I took a lot of pictures up there. We also went to the Arc de Triomphe, which was amazing. I thought that it was crazy how the road around the Arc was basically a free-for- all. The staircases were larger than I expected and that was a tiring climb to the top, but the view was great.
19 March 2010; 10:04pm (Paris time)-
We went out to find the book store, Shakespeare & Co., but to no prevail, so we went to the Jardin du Luxembourg and ate grapes in front of the fountain of Marie de Medici. We then went to a restaurant called the Hippopotamus. Although we had hamburgers, we also had an Ile flotante, which was basically meringue in custard. We saw a park with a bronze statue that I’ve seen in books of baby Romulus and Remus underneath the wolf. 