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Yes, yes, it is my 4th and final day in the beautiful city of Paris. I'm genuinely going to miss everything from the tiny, yet efficient apartment, to using the metro to get around to the cafe's where it's expected to have long meals where you talk to your friends/family and sit in crowded spaces. It is quite dirty, and at times smelly, here, however after the first day or so you don't even always notice it (you still do sometimes not gonna lie, just not as often). I really love how there's a different cafe every ten feet and they all have outdoor seating, with heating lamps if it's cold, and most often they's also small tables that face the street so when you're eating or drinking you can watch the passerby's. Going back to how this is the last day, we started off early by taking the metro to the catacombs and after getting in line we ran across the street to a bakery and I got pain a chocolat (my favorite!), then back in line. It took around 2 hours probably to finally make it in because it has a max capacity of 200 but it's worth it because it's so amazing and creepy at the same time to see with your own eyes. There are just all of these walls underground lined with real, human skulls and bones from centuries ago stacked on top of each other and it takes around 45 minutes to walk through. Next we headed off to the Pantheon in Luxembourg. This is where many famous people, most notably Victor Hugo (wrote Les Mis) and Marie & Pierre Curie are buried. It also has beautiful architecture all around it, no surprise. Luxembourg is so beautiful to walk around because it is filled with trees and pretty flowers so we stopped at Le Creperie after to have a [very] late lunch and dessert. The senate and Luxembourg gardens were the next stop, where we also ran into my friends old au pair again because she is a guard there! It has an amazing view so it is great to take pictures at or just sit and chill (there's many tables and benches to sit at around the flowers and garden area). After a short time here we had to race off to the site where Napoleon is buried to make it in time before it closed. There is also a mini museum there with tons of ancient armour there. Napoleon is not alone buried there, because many others have joined him since, but the building, again, is magnificent from the inside with the high ceilings and ornate wall designs. After spending some time here, we were on our way to the *drumroll* Eiffel Tower!! The grounds weren't as beautiful as I imagined and pictured it, with grass all around, it was actually just dirt and gravel sadly, however the eiffel tower itself was so grandiose. We weren't allowed to go to the very top for some reason it was temporarily closed and since we had already seen the skyline of Paris from a few different places around town already we decided to move on and took a boat tour. Sounds cheesy but honestly if you ever find yourself in Paris this is a must do because you don't even necessarily have to pay attention to the "popular" sites (unless you don't have time to go to them individually). Since we had already seen all these things many times in passing and going there, I just focused on the architecture of the city and the people. It was around 8 o'clock there and the walls surrounding the water were just brimming with people everywhere, with family, friends, and lovers talking, drinking, or having picnics. To me it all just seemed so perfect and beautiful. I know I must've used that word so many times by now, but all of this honestly is. We finally hopped back on the metro after the tour docked and made our long way back to around the apartment to have dinner finally (10 pm!). We finally found a good place, but me and Megan headed back right after eating to pack and get ready to move on to Normandy tomorrow. Plus I have had very little sleep so far and I've mostly ignored it, but today I couldn't anymore. So head back here tomorrow for my next update! I'm assuming our hotel near there will have wifi, if not, just keep checking because I might just have to post it a day or two late. As always, thanks!