Paris holds the key to my heart...

Of all the cities I have been to, this one is the absolute most beautiful. Florence is still more amazing and will always be my favorite...but there is something about Paris and this amazing trip that it was seriously the BEST weekend of my life. The BEST, so far. 

From staying in a Marriott hotel with the most amazing people for only 8euro per night, learning the ways of the metro throughout the huge city, faking Italian accents to get into museums for free, this trip was one to remember.

Notre Dame is my ultimate favorite church in the world. Although the Siena church took my breath away and I started crying while inside, Notre Dame is something else. The glass windows, the chandeliers, the smell of the incense inside the church, everything was just incredible and so beautiful. 

Ryan, if you are reading this, I cannot WAIT to experience this city all over again with you in December. 

Paris, je reviendrai à vous en Décembre.

Hopefully my French will be better by then...

<3 mon amour. 

I will continue the stories of Paris soon...TOO long to tell in one entry...

Lucca. 

Pisa.

Lucca...

 is seriously the most nature filled city I have ever seen. It has such a breathtaking view and vibe everywhere. The wall around the city is one of the oldest walls built in Europe made to protect the city in times of war.  So, naturally, we decided to rent bikes and ride throughout the city. It was 3euro for almost two hours on our bikes..and it was incredible..Everything is incredible in this country..but this city was just SO green with SO many trees and it literally smelled of pine and eucalyptus all around us. We rode throughout the city-having no direction of where to go just turning left, and then right, and then almost getting ran over by a vespa or two..but THIS moment..riding bikes in Italy: indescribable.  

Pisa...

was also really cool FINALLY seeing this famous tower and taking these famous pictures. So much history in this city and the BEST moment was on our tour in the baptistry in front of the church..the perfect circumference of the building has perfected acoustics. We heard a beautiful one man choir which was seriously..UNBELIEVABLE. The perfected shape of this building has perfect resonance so when he sang one note, and immediately sang another, and then one more, the sound of all three notes resonating throughout the entire baptistery creating a beautiful chord. It was probably my favorite part. Also..the CHURCH was AMAZING inside. They had a dead body of a saint from Jesus' time. It was AWESOME.

Then I decided to kick the tower a little more over..