Saturday, April 10, 2010

18. Grands Boulevards Walk

I have seen a lot of Haussmann's work throughout Paris and I really like. It may be only to do with streets but everything that he has done has opened up Paris so that there is more space for parks and views. So I really like him. We went to the shopping area Printemps and it was really amazing. It was so beautiful and unique. Shopping areas normally don't look so classic and timeless, all of the designers were so nice as well but I thought that there was too much Black.

We then went to the Paris opera house where "Phantome of the Opera" was based. It was truly breathtaking and remarkable. We talked to some Security guards and they said that building really is built on a pond. We then tried to sneak down but failed. Along with this failure my camera died right when we started to take pictures but luckily my friend Bart who is a way better photographer took some really good pictures of it. So enjoy...thank Bart.



We then saw some more Napoleon monuments...which contributed to another Napolean overload for me. The walk then ended with a church that I had already seen in the Madeline walk. I really loved this walk because of the nice shops, beautiful opera house and amazing decore. I am going to miss Paris and I feel like I saved the best walk for last when I did this one.

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