DAY 4

Arc de Triomphe at the end of Champs Elysees

The tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomph

Lunch time



The Notre Dame

At the Louvre

The Opera House

The River Seine

We started our day with a tour of a French perfumery with our group at 9am. We learned about the history and process of making perfume, and then we got to smell many of the best selling scents in the factory of the museum. Audrey enamored over all the different scents, while Matt tolerated it :)

We then had the rest of the day free to enjoy the wonderful city of Paris. From this point forward we hardly stopped walking! We first went past the opera house where the Phantom of the Opera show was born. Next, we ventured to the Louvre where we walked through the courtyard and admired the amazing architecture. We then walked along the River Seine to the stunning Notre Dame church (unfortunately the hunchback wasn't ringing bells today). We found a lovely place down a small back street to have a Parisian lunch, then we headed to the Luxembourg Palace and garden. After strolling through the park, we found our way to Champs Elysees. Both of us bought a new scarf as a souvenir at one of their many 'holiday-season-only' shops, which were tents lining the street. At this point it had started raining, so we decided to duck indoors and enjoy an afternoon mixer. After that we continued up the Champs Elysees where Matt was unable to resist the temptation of the Nike store. The journey continued to the Arc dde Triomphe where we elbowed our way past other tourists to get our photo opportunity. Now it was about 4pm and we were exhausted from all the walking, so we took the metro back to our hotel to have a quick rest. Forgetting to set an alarm, we woke up at about 9pm. This was perfect timing, as our group was meeting at a local pub called O'Sullivans (not an Irish bar). Our tour had the back area of the bar where we ordered drinks and got to 'shake out bon-bons', as our tour guide would say. After we spent all the Euro's we brought with us to the bar, we decided to call it a night and head back to the hotel, saying farewell to Paris on our walk home.