Hey guys, guess what I did today? Today I went up the (drum roll please) Eiffel Tower!!!!!! Ya it was seriously Epic! We went to the very top and I must say it was pretty freaky. To get to the top you have to walk the 1st floor and then to the 2nd and from the 2nd floor you can take the elevator to the top. The height from the 2nd floor to the top seemed strangely the same to me. Here are some photos from the top of Paris.

Also today is my last day here. I really loved my time in Paris, France. It will be great to head home but I would also love to come back here again someday (soon)!

Here are my top 5 things that I liked about Paris.

1. The Eiffel Tower
2. Parc Astrix
3.The Catacombs
4.The Magic museum
5.The Mason museum

We also celebrated my grandparents' wedding anniversary here. They have been married for 50 years. We went out last night and had a great dinner to celebrate. Last night at dinner I discovered that duck tastes awesome. It was a great evening for all of us.

That's it for now, see you at home!


M

Exploring Paris

Today I had a pretty mellow day. We had lunch at this really cute crepe place and I had this incredible cola, kind of like Coca Cola but much better. It was called Breizh Cola. After lunch I went with my grandparents and my aunt Lisa went to do some exploring of her own. We went to some different stops such as several sweets shops and tea stores. We ended up meeting up at a Muji store. After that we went to Musee Carnavalet, a history museum all about Paris which was very interesting. After about 2 hours, we came home and half an hour ago my parents just got home from a four-day bike trip. It was great to see them again.

That is it for today!


M

Everything That I Did This Weekend That I Didn't Mention Already

This weekend I did some crazy and awesome fun stuff. I went to the Catacombs, Montparnasse Cemetery and Parc Asterix (which you already know about ). I also went to see these incredible Melies movies, went to this cool Magic museum and watched some soccer. Here is some interesting info about the stuff I did over these two days.
1. The Catacombs are these caves really far under ground. They were used when all the cemeteries were filling up and there were lots of diseases going around so they dug up all these bodies and put them down there. The bones are arranged very very neatly.
2. Georges Melies was a very popular French movie maker in the early years of cinema because he was one of the first people to use special effects. My favorite film on the program was called A Trip To The Moon.
3. The most interesting thing at the Musee de la Magie was this cool magic show. I got to go up on stage and help the magician with a card trick.
4. Right now, the European Football Championship is on. Tonight's game was Spain vs. Italy. We were cheering for Italy but everyone else in the restaurant was cheering for Spain! The game ended in a tie: 1 to 1.

 So overall it was an amazing weekend... probably the best so far!

Parc Asterix!

Today, I went to an amusement park called Parc Asterix.

The amusement park was created after the French comic book, "Asterix".   Asterix is a Gaul warrior that fights Romans and Vikings.

At the amusement park, there are lots of different areas such as:
• The Gaul Village
• Rome
• Egypt
• and a Viking City

Going to Asterix instead of EuroDisney was an interesting and educational trip.  While I've been to Disneyland before, this was a unique French experience where I learned lots about history.

I went with my Uncle Paolo, who is staying here with me in Paris.  He used to read the comic a lot as a kid.

My favorite part of the park was this little area where you could play lots of carnival games.  

Signing off, 

M

Biking in Versailles

Yesterday I went to Musée d'Orsay with my mom and dad. This awesome art museum is located in a former train station that Grand Central Station in New York is modelled after! We saw some cool paintings by Matisse, van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Manet, Degas and lots and lots of others.

Today we took the train to Versailles.

Cool Versailles fact: Versailles was the home to the King, Queen and the French government from 1682 - 1789 when the French Revolution had started. There is 2,153 windows, 2,300 rooms, 67 staircases in Versailles. That's a lot! At the Grand Canal, we had some lunch and rented bikes.

 We went around the canal a couple of times which took about two hours. The gardens of Versailles are incredibly beautiful.  There are lots of very very cool statues of Greek gods and loads of flowers.

We also did some exploring in the woods. It was awesome!!!

Have a great day!

M

Max, Miami and Beyond is BACK! In Paris???

Hi guys, I'm back online. This time I'm writing to you from Paris, France! I have been here for 3 days of a two-week adventure. Today I went on a bike trip to learn about the City of Light. The guide's name was Pete and he was really nice. He told us about Napoleon Bonaparte (not Dynamite) and his rise to power. He was basically like King of the World! We also saw cool places like a military school, the Louvre, Napoleon's Tomb and the Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde. At one point it rained, then was sunny, and then so forth about 4 times on the trip. I hope you are having just as good a time as I am.

M

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

First of all, for those of you who don't believe in Santa I have proof he exists. The other day I went up to Grouse Mountain with my Mom and Dad and my cousin Leslie. Her son~in~law, Devin, is the wild-life manager and was taking care of Dancer and Vixen for Santa. I got to walk Dancer! It was so cool.
Right now it's Christmas Eve. I am so excited about tomorrow! I'm going to wake up, open all my presents and then my parents and I are going to go skiing at Grouse Mountain. Afterwards, we'll meet my relatives at my grandma's house for a big family dinner. I love the holidays...

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

M