After our two week soiree in England, we took the train under the English Channel (also known as the Chunnel) and arrived in Paris. We were only scheduled to spend two days in France, but that did not stop us from checking every item off of our list. We first visited the Louvre, which was an incredible feat of architecture and housed many famous pieces of artwork, something that has always been important in the history of France. Often on the walk people would try to sell us little trinkets that they had made themselves regardless of whether they had a permit to do so. It was interesting to see how nicely people treated those who built things themselves. Almost every time I walked by there was somebody buying something, regardless of how overpriced it was, just to support the worker. These workers were always friendly and never pushy with what they were selling, and it was prevalent that there was passion behind the artwork. This was the first c...
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