Paris 2016

Paris
Firemen, salami, cheese wine by river
started off our first nite in Paris. The Eiffel tower lights show and level up ticket surprise via our tour director was spectacular and seine river cruise and up tower second level was unbelieveable and Eirini our tour director hooked us up with such a cool sight and evening for second night. The museum with the Louve was huge and so much to see so little time. I would say we were in there an hr and a half before accepting it would take a super long time to see everything that day. Tullier gardens, and serbian tour guide was nice to experience and learn from. Boris was funny and his conversations and discussions were relative and welcomed. Went to a cabaret show, with topless dancers and out of this world performances, amazing gourmet food. They were all flashy, well trained, incredible performances, awesome parisian food, singing on stage and dancers. Luxembourg gardens was a stop for Krysta and I at one point. Sat in the fountain type area in chairs and walked around. Versailles was really pretty, but the tour indoors took ages with so many people! Hotel went out of power so they shifted us to a nicer one down the street called Ibis. The landmarks were worth seeing, but the subways were very dirty and eerie especially hot down there too. We definitely were glad to not have more than 3 days there. I think a lot of countries are over popularized by their key sightseeing spots especially towards and with asian cultures. They are everywhere all the time. I did very much like the macarons. I tried duck liver at the show, I am going to report that nothing worth having again lol! 
I liked how we were able to pack a lot in and I think almost museumed out when we arrived to Barcelona. Eirini even said that typically it is a lot to handle and a more valuable experience at times is to just immerse yourself in the local life and learn and observe from them, while still enjoying your time there, rather than trying to cram sights in. I think too your body just cannot take all of that craZy event fulled everyday schedule; spacing it out helps if there is time and choosing your top choices helps narrow down your opinons. 

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