Ahhhhh beau Paris!
On Friday, Jannine (mum's cousin) took the day off and showed me around Paris a little bit.  We walked down the Champs-Elysees, and walked up L'Arc de Triomphe. L'Arc de Triomphe was originally constructed to evoke terror and impose sheer military power.  It does just that.  It's a fantastic building, and a trip to Paris would not be complete without it.  After this we made a team decision to not go up the Eiffle Tower because of the weather.  Instead, we went to a free photo exhibit showing pictures of old Paris.  That evening, William (Jannine's son, my age) and I and a bunch of his friends went to the movies to see Chronicle.  Funny, I hardly go to the cinema at home, and since I've been away I've been twice.
On Saturday, it was my 19th birthday.  I had a very lazy morning, laying in bed until about 11:30.  I skyped with my parents later that afternoon, and then had to get all dressed up for the surprise Jannine and family had planned for me.  The boys were all wearing suits, and looking very handsome.  Turns out my surprise was a dinner cruise on the Seine River.  It was very beautiful to see all the buildings and monuments of Paris all lit up.  I couldn't have asked for a lovelier night.  The only thing that could have made the spectacular night even better would have been if my immediate famjam could have been there with me.
Today, Sunday, Jannine and I went into Paris again, this time with a full agenda.  We took advantage of the nice weather and right away went up the Eiffle Tower, we walked up to the second floor, which is approximately equivalent to 43 floors of something.  After that, we took the metro up to see Moulin Rouge.  We decided it was better to skip the interior though.  We walked up to see Sacre Coeur after that, but didn't go in.  We grabbed a bite to eat at a cafe, and then made our way to Pere Lachaise.  Pere Lachaise is a huge cemetary where there are no regular tombstones, only extremely extravagent ones.  A few famous people are buried here, the main one being Jim Morrison of the Doors.  Naturally we went to his tomb first.  I was expecting this huge monument, but it turned out to be very discreet..well about as discreet as you can be with flowers, cigarettes, photos, and bottles of rum all around it.