 |
| Casual Picture of the Eiffel Tower |
Our parents always told us not to
wonder off on our own in strange cities with people we don’t know. While in France this was something that I
made a point to try to avoid, but I decided to take a side trip to the Eiffel
Tower on my own. It was not difficult to find one of the
largest tourist attractions in Paris, it was 2 metro stops and a short walk and
the tower was within reach. My initial
feeling about the tower was that it didn’t have the same impact as I hoped it
would. Yes it was beautiful and a magnificent
piece of architecture but for me the people I met along the way were more
interesting.
On the
metro to the Eiffel Tower I met a local Parisian who was interested in why I
was in Paris on my own. I explained that
I was here with a group of students from college exploring the culinary culture
of France. The majority of the
conversation took place in French surprising me with how easy it was to hold a
conversation with a fluent speaker. It
made me realize that I know far more of the language then I thought. As the
final stretch of our journey in France, Paris is turning out to be a new adventure all
in itself.
No comments:
Post a Comment