Some photos.

I still want to come home, but I bought a camera today and Other Katie and I took some pictures. But before that happened, we went to the Louvre, where we saw the Mona Lisa "just to get it out of the way". I saw it and thought, "Yep, that sure is the Mona Lisa" and was thoroughly unimpressed. On the other side of the painting's wall are some Titian paintings and those are frankly more exciting.

A quick recap of the last few days and then pictures:
Wednesday was a day off, so I went to the Musée D'Orsay and spent many hours there. I looked at almost everything, including a bunch of Renoir, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Lautrec, Manet, and Monet.
Yesterday my whole group went to hear the Paris Orchestra play some modern classical music. It was very strange and very experiential and I liked hearing a song start and then sound as if it was actually exploding. Afterwards, many of us went to the Eiffel Tower to see it light up. I forgot a sweater so I didn't go up it, but I had crepes, and that was all I needed.
Today I didn't go up the Tower either, because I am afraid of falling and therefore of heights. Also, I didn't want to wait in a line to spend money to be somewhere that would make me nervous, at least not without someone to hold my hand.
Before that, we went to the Louvre and had lunch in which the server basically fleeced us out of money, which was quite distressing, and then he had the audacity to tell us that tip was not included. Yes, really. We also moved out of the old hotel and into our Shiny Two Star Hotel next door. It is more expensive, but we have separate beds and they don't use smelly chemicals here; the old hotel staff used very strong chemicals in our room (for what, we aren't sure) and it was making a bunch of us nauseous and I think it is why I have been miserable in Paris.

Anyway, here are some pictures.
Jardin de Tuileries.


One time I took a nap here when I was 15. Champ de Mars.

Under the tower.