In the morning, we set out for le Centre Pompidou designed by Renzo Piano. It was such an impressive building, exposing its guts and structure on the exterior.
After going through the modern art exhibitions I walked outside and to my surprise saw a group of people jump roping. I have competed against a team from Paris before but I thought to myself 'there's no way it's them,' but as I got even closer I realized it was! I am still in shock that I ran into people that I competed against in South Africa at the last world jump rope competition I competed in. They just happened to be filming a commercial outside of the Pompidou Center that exact day and I just happened to have my jump rope in my bag. They made me do a demonstration in the plaza and I talked to them for a little while about jump rope. It was so nice to see someone from the jump rope world again!! After leaving them, I made my way to the Louvre where I met back up with the rest of my group. We did the touristy things like see the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Then me and 3 friends found a bridge to watch the sun set behind the Eiffel Tower. IT WAS AMAZZZZZZING. I couldn't have asked for a better day.
le Centre Pompidou
Parisian Jump Rope Team
Mona Lisa
Sunset behind the Eiffel Tower
"Everything in Paris is even better than I thought it would be.. the crepes, the romantic atmosphere..."
ReplyDeleteOk I totally read that as the "creepers"....hahah. Speaking of creepers, I'm totally being one right now but I don't even care. I'm so glad you got to hang out with Ebene (french dd team)!! Such a small world, that's crazy