France: Paris

When we got to Paris we took the train to Mabillon and went to our flat.

Day 1 We went to the Cathedral de Notre Dame de Paris and went inside then we went to the arc de triompfe and we went to the top. From the top we saw the Tour Eiffel, Sacre Coeur, and Notre Dame. We also went to 18 Kleber ( the house people in my mom's family lived), the Trocadero where we got an up close view of the Tour Eiffel then went to our flat.

Day 2 We went to the Jardin de Luxembourg and we watched the boats float around the we went to Sacre Coeur and went inside then we returned to our flat. Then for dinner we met at the city hall then we went to Centre Pompidou then went to a friend's house in Paris.

Day 3 We went to Versailles (which is not in Paris) with some friends and we toured the whole castle and gardens and some. That night we went to another friend's house in Paris.

Day 4 We went to Le Musee D'Orsay and saw the entire museum and then went to Serge Gainsbourg's house.Then we went to the Louvre but we didn't go in. Then we visited le Musee de l'Armee and les Invallides. In the musee de l'armee we saw guns that were 12 ft. long. In les Invalides we saw Napoleon's tomb which is a little to big for him.

France: Loire Valley

Right after we landed in France we immediately rented a car and drove to the Loire Valley and during the 4 hour drive I was also throwing up.

Day 1 When we arrived in the Loire Valley we immediately visited the gardens of the chateau de Villandry and the church saint Etienne.

Day 2 We went to the chateau de Chenonceaux it was amazing because it spans the Cher river. We went to the chateau de Chaumont We also went to the chateau de Fougeres sur-bievres it was the only medieval castle we looked at.

Day 3 First we got a flat tire then we visited the chateau de Cheverny. Cheverny still has people living in it and it is Tintin's house in the Tintin series. We visited the Chateau de Troussay which also has people living in it and it is the smallest chateau in the Loire. We also visited the Chateau de Beauregard. Beauregard has a room with 100 portraits in it. That night we stayed at a great hotel on the Loire river.

Day 4 We visited the biggest Chateau in the Loire the Chateau de Chambord which has a spiral staircase that has two sets of stairs. Then we headed to Paris on the A10