How to Wear Out Your Parents in 7 Days

Day One:
-Trocadéro

-Eiffel Tower

Day Two:

-Buttes Chaumont
-Père Lachaise

-Arc de Triomphe

Day Three:

-Champs Élysées

-Bois de Boulogne
-Montmartre and Sacré Cœur

Day Four:

-Giverny-Mont St. Michel

Day Five:

-Versailles

Day Six:

-Louvre
-Shopping!
-Dinner with my Host Family

Day Seven:

-Notre Dame

-Marché aux Fleurs

-Walk along the Seine

It was so wonderful to have my parents here for a whole week and to be able to give them a glimpse into the life I’ve been living for the past three months. I wanted to take them so many different places and show them so many different things that it was hard to decide what to do. Plus, I have had such a “go-go-go” attitude for such a long time now that it was hard for me to slow down and let them go at their own pace. I was glad that my mom got to be in Paris for her birthday, and that we got to spend some quality time together as a family (even when I’m at home in Milwaukee I don’t see them enough). I thought it was weird on Friday when we went to the airport together (they were heading home, I was heading to Munich) that we were not all leaving as a family. It was hard to say goodbye, and I will definitely be excited to see them again in June!