{"id":44,"date":"2023-02-15T21:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilysmith.me.holycross.edu\/?p=44"},"modified":"2023-02-15T21:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T21:17:39","slug":"a-pinch-me-type-of-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/2023\/02\/15\/a-pinch-me-type-of-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Pinch Me&#8217; Type of Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 I have always dreamed about seeing the Eiffel Tower in person, and I will never forget the moment that I looked up into the sky, to see it sparkling right in front of my very eyes. I will also never forget the amazing dinner I had with my friends, where the restaurant was situated right next to the Eiffel Tower.\u00a0 There is something so special about being able to see world-famous landmarks for the first time, and this moment really grounded me, allowing me to recognize how fortunate I am to be able to be traveling across Europe each weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 With that being said, I think it is safe to say that I fell in love with Paris. I loved the streets lined with cafes, the fashion of the locals (I felt like I was in a scened of <em>Emily in Paris)<\/em>, the food and just the overall atmosphere. I mean, it is not everyday that I am eating a chocolate croissant with my friends, on our way to the Louvre. I felt like I had to pinch myself multiple times on this trip because I could not believe that I was actually in Paris!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0I really enjoyed taking the metro out to Versailles as well and being able to see the Palace. The architecture and the gold trim along the palace was absolutely stunning. This is definitely a must-do in France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 This may have been my first trip to Paris, but it is certainly not my last. I can\u2019t imagine a trip topping this one, but I still have so much time left in Europe. As they say in France, \u201cAu Revoir!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-1.jpeg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eiffel Tower!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside of the Palace of Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">En route to the Louvre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/02\/Paris-4.jpeg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends in Paris &lt;3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I have always dreamed about seeing the Eiffel Tower in person, and I will never forget the moment that I looked up into the sky, to see it sparkling right in front of my very eyes. I will also never forget the amazing dinner I had with my friends, where the restaurant was situated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/2023\/02\/15\/a-pinch-me-type-of-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A &#8216;Pinch Me&#8217; Type of Weekend&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/lilysmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}