Sitting In A Park in Paris, France: Jour quatre-vingt quatre

...began our last full day all together. It started with our religion final, where Monsieur Euvrard went pretty easy on us, and provided us with 2 giant boxes of Lindt chocolates for sustenance. Then it was our last devotional. Our great committee planned a musical devotional so everyone contributed with song and word. And afterwards, Madame, who could hardly speak through her tears, expressed her love for us and lectured us about not using the word "last" because it's a four letter word and because our love for one another will continue, even after Paris.

We ate lunch for the last time at Defrère, the same place we ate lunch for the first time. And we all went to the Champs-Élysées Christmas market all evening. It was perfect.

We had to head home for dinner with our families.

Then we bundled up in every layer possible around 9 o clock and took the train back in to Paris

so we could climb that one tower one last time.

We took thousands of pictures of course and just enjoyed being up there together looking over our Paris and reminiscing. At one point, I walked around to the other side, turned on this song: "And the World Turned" by The Gabe Dixon Band

and I just relished in that moment and all that had happened in the last 3 months, and all that had changed in me.

And while we were up there, the most incredible thing happened. I, being the annoying videographer that I am, made everyone yell "Paris 2010" at once. On my cue, they did it. And as soon as the words came out of their 18 mouths, it happened to turn 11 o'clock and the Eiffel started to sparkle. It was the most magical and incredible moment for us on our last night together.

We stayed up there for as long as possible, being the only group on top of our friend, the incredible Eiffel.