Taking Over Paris

Time seem to fly fast as the moment to departure for Paris came. I found myself running around to make my flight, but made it then to find my plane was delayed an hour...sadly. I arrived in Paris and then traveled to another local airport to pick-up my future partner in my Paris adventures. We got in late so we called it a night at got up early to a long day of sight seeing consisting of the Louvre, Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Pompidou. I wasn't very fond of its design when it comes to it surrounding because the other buildings were very traditional and then you find this very structural modern building that stands alone. If I was to see this building alone or in a more modern location i think i would have a different feeling toward it. It is very creative to turn the inside or even hidden structure into a exterior skin. In conclusion I like like the building a lot, but i don't like it with its surrounding elements.

The next day we woke up early to head to the Chateau in Versailles via train. This place was amazing and the size was like nothing i have ever experienced in my life. Not only that but then knowing that i was in the place where the King of France slept, walked around and did what kings do. The Hall of Mirrors was incredible and i found myself wanting to know everything i could about this place which until a few days earlier was a mystery to me. Many hours later he jump back on the train for the city of Paris to see the Eiffel Tower at night. I see why this is a structural engineers porn...its size is something so vast for its time of creation.

Our last day in Paris came fast and it was time to check out of our room and see the city for the last day. We adventured to the Arc de Triumph and decided that we had to see the Eiffel Tower during the day and it was a different as night and day. I saw it as more of this structural mass during the day but as this object of beauty during the night. Then my friend and I went our separate ways and back to Barcelona i went.