Travel Blog to France : July 9th

July 9th 2013

Bonjour!
Hello everyone! Last night was great! Before we left the hotel, I observed the hotel was full of excitement and chatter even thought it was past check in and check out hours. As I made my way to exit of the building something very unique caught my eye. Just under the upcoming events board was an advertisements for Paris passes, that got you into almost every famous attraction in Paris, for 176 euros per person. Without thinking twice we all purchased these passes with great expectations in mind. This made our expenses be a total of $1,208.20 for the day and 8,078.20 grand total. Later on that day we all decided to learn about the culture of this fascinating place by visiting the Museum of Fashion and Textiles. This museum is the one of the best examples of French culture and history. Since the establishment of this museum in 1905 , this museum has collected many textiles. These collections contain around 16,000 costumes, 35,000 accessories and around 30,000 clothing items. Each item collected from the Regency Period to present day. This was my personal favorite because of the small fabric swatches we were allowed to keep after the tour. Not far from the Fashion Museum was the largest science museum in Europe, the Cité des Sciences. The Paris Science Museum is an impressive glass and steel building was designed by Adrien Fainsilber and opened in 1986. This museum was built by President Giscard d'Estaing with the hopes of spreading the knowledge of Science and Technology to the youth. This museum exceeded my expectations with many interesting topics and structures in an interactive way. This museum included a planetarium, submarine and special activities for all age groups. During our stay we took in lots of information about not only French culture but surrounding European cultures as well. With all our heads filled with knowledge we headed out to a local diner La Mascotte, at this restaurant we ate a whole array of American and French food. Our meal included of Crepes, Pizza and small dessert cookies called macaroons. This small diner barely cost us anything I noticed as we paid our 28 euros. Since this restaurant was very close to our hotel we walked and chatted about the days events as we headed back. Today was a lovely day to blog about but I need my rest for tomorrow. Au Revior! See you guys later Savannah should be blogging tomorrow!