Tuesday - Eiffel Tower and Montmartre

Today was our biggest and most tiring day yet. After waking up and eating our awaiting croissant, we set off for Montmartre at around 9am. We took multiple Metro lines to get there, once we arrived we walked up, what seemed like an endless array of hills and slopes, to get to our destination, Sacre Caure . We were given multiple tasks including poetry, writing, visual art and photography based tasks. The atmosphere of Montmartre was captivating, in limited time we we were able to eat, complete the tasks we were given and experience French culture that it emphasised. 

We met back up at 12pm, via the Metro and walking (on our soon to be exhausted legs) we started making our way to the famous Eiffel Tower. The walk was long but rewarding. We crossed the padlock bridge on the way, which was a fantastic display of the love for which this city is famous. Tens of thousands of locks covered the rails with names and love hearts written all over them. We all took the opportunity to take many photographs. We then continued towards the tower, with each step our excitement grew. We were all buzzing with anticipation, this huge, intimidating landmark that we had only ever seen in pictures, was upon us. 

Standing beneath the Eiffel Tower everybody’s jaws dropped while staring up at the breath taking architecture. We were rounded up and squeezed into a very tight elevator to start making our way to the different levels of the tower. Standing on top of the city was an amazing experience and being able to see all of Paris from all angles was fascinating and beautiful. 

After an hour of taking photos and seeing everything from a new perspective, we headed down to the ground to get dinner. We arrived at Le Terminus Nord for our best dinner yet. We really got to experience fancy French food and service. 

After enjoying an amazing meal, we all waddled with ‘stuffed bellies’ to Theatre Des Bouffes Du Nord, an old, near-derelict theatre, to see our first fully French play ‘La Revolte'. The play was a beautiful two person performance (by a female and male actor) and even through we still aren't sure what it was about, we know it was passionate, intense and was done well. 

Leaving the theatre, dragging our tired bodies, we made our way home.

Niamh and Griffin