Paris was amazing!  I visited le Musée d'Orsay (Was literally a foot away from real Pissaro and Monet artwork! Cannot believe this is real life), went to the TOP of le tour eiffel (absolutely terrifyingly-awesome), successfully got lost at least twice (took us two hours to find our hotel that was only a 30 min walk from le tour eiffel), ate food that was so good it is impossible to describe, bought a painting in Montmartre near le Sacre Coeur, went to la Cathédrale Notre-Dame, and to top it all off, got some sun :)

Observations of Paris:
1.  Heard more English than French...disappointment.
2.  A lot of French restaurants close to major monuments serve American dishes to please the American tourists...understandable but seriously, hot dogs are not that great!  They'd get a better pay-off with hamburgers.
3.  There is nothing like lounging in the park under the Eiffel Tower.
4.  Montmartre is probably one of the COOLEST places I have ever been.  I thought that the first time I was there, and second time around, it still holds true.
5.  Les Champs-Elysées is over-rated, in my opinion.  Too many people and not a practical destination for a broke American college student!
6.  Sleeping eight people in one hotel room is actually not that bad...especially when we pay only $33/person per night to stay in Paris!
7.  Taking the stairs on the Eiffel Tower is terrifying, but definitely worth it!  Only 9euro to get to the highest point in Paris?! Yes, please.
8.  Maps of Paris are tricky.  You think a street is straight...and next thing you know, you're an hour away from your original destination.  Advice?  Get a taxi hahaha
9.  The Metro is confusing.
10.  I can't wait to come back!

(Also please excuse the awfully placed pictures...I am still trying to figure out how to make it uniform with two pictures per row!)

 <--A real Monet painting!! <--a bridge full of locks

<--La Seine                    <--la tour eiffel

               <--View from the top of the Eiffel Tower

 <--Best French wine     <--dessert w/ sparkler!

                 <--Street band

 <--First French Café

<--Montmartre artist   <--Keila and I @ le Sacré-Coeur

     <--le Sacré-Coeur     <--l'Arc de Triomphe