Hello everyone, let’s wander around the city of Paris, France! But first, let me introduce myself. I am Melany, a senior studying Political Science at UMass Lowell. I got the amazing opportunity to study abroad for a week in Paris, France, thanks to the Honors College at UML, and this is how I spent day 3 of our trip.
It was a rainy day in Paris today. However, the first activity of the day was going to the Le Musée du Louvre! Because in a trip like this, a museum visit is always a must, so visiting the Louvre should be on everyone’s to-do list when visiting Paris! In our visit, we got to see the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. Seeing the Mona Lisa in person was very impressive and overwhelming in the sense that I was in awe of seeing the most famous painting with my own eyes; it was something that left an impact and an experience that I will never forget.
Apart from the Mona Lisa, we saw a lot more paintings, all of them were explained by our professor. She gave us very specific descriptions of the paintings, the meanings, and the story behind them, as well as a brief biography of all of the artists that we saw that day.
After the Louvre we were supposed to go to the Department Stores but since it was raining, we decided not to go and had almost a full day to ourselves, so my friend and I decided to go to look around the Louvre, and then we headed out to have lunch at this Mexican place where we had Enchiladas, the food was really good and the restaurant was very friendly to us.
After having lunch, we went to do some window shopping on that same area, and I ended up buying more souvenirs for my family and myself.
Finally, after eating and doing some shopping. We decided to go back to the hotel and get some rest for the next day.
