Tour of the Louvre!
A few days ago, we were all extremely excited because today was the day that we got to go on a super cool, kid friendly tour around the Louvre that Mom had planned. We started off the day by going to the Arch De Carrousel which is right in front of the Louvre where we met up with our guide. Right away, we knew that this was going to be really fun and really educational for all of us. Soon after that, she explained to us how to tour was going to work. She gave us a booklet and told us that we were going to be able to fill in the clues from what we’ve learned on the tour and then if we get them all then we will get a hidden treasure! This ended up being absolutely amazing! We learned so much and had an amazing time! One of our favorite stories that we learned from the tour was that the Venus de Milo actually has a few imperfections like for instance she has a little extra fat on her neck and shoulders yet she is still known as on of the most beautiful things in the world so that is a great lesson for us to take away that we can have imperfections and still be beautiful.
Bike Tour Around Versailles!
Yesterday, we took a Fat Tire bike tour around Versailles! One of the first things we did in the tour was go to a Farmers Market which had great stores that sold bread, meat, cheese and much more! Everyone on the tour bought food at the farmers market to bring to the picnic we were going to have! We rode around the Grand Canal and in the middle, we had the picnic! Everyone had a great time but I (Chris) had a terrible Heart Burn throughout the whole picnic and I couldn’t eat anything even though I was starving. But everything else was great! We learned a great story during the picnic about how one of the King Louis’s had a private zoo in Versailles. He was given the gift of an Elephant. One day, his guards came to him and said, “We’ve lost the Elephant.” King Louis was so mad wondering how in the world they could lose at Elephant. He made everyone search for the Elephant but they still couldn’t find it. He just said, “You know what, I didn’t even care about that Elephant…” One day, he was in a boat with Gondoliers going down the Grand Canal when one of the Gondoliers said, “Hey, what is that little grey island over there?” The grey island turned out to be the Elephant that had drowned in the water. The elephants skeleton was placed in a museum but the tusks were fake. One day, a man broke into the museum with a chain-saw and cut off the tusks, not knowing that those were the only parts that were fake! The next day, everyone saw it and the owners put a sign that said UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The end.
Meeting Up With Friends!
Today we went to lunch with the Watson-Hemphill family! It was great being able to share experiences about France with each other! After lunch we went to a beautiful park and us kids were challenged by our dad to get to 25 hits in a row in paddle ball. It wasn’t easy but in the end we all earned a scoop of delicious ice cream. After that, Ian showed us one of his favorite parts of Paris, a giant playground with lots of cool things like a mini zip line and a life sized spiderweb! We played many rounds of hide and go seek tag! We had a great time seeing our friends in Paris!
-Ellie and Chris
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