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Rome, a city full of history and life, always has a different story to tell. No matter what stop you get off on the Metro, you'll end up in an area that has some sort of historical significance. This past weekend I traveled to Paris and Dublin, which had a stark contrast to that of Rome. While of course both cities have history, nothing compares to the ancient ruins of Rome. While I love seeing the ancient ruins of Rome and experiencing such an old city, I found myself loving Paris and Dublin more.

I do love Rome for all its beauties and flaws, but I have become so accomodated with the city that traveling to Paris and Dublin just captured my attention. Just the different atmosphere within the cities made my spirits leap and I felt myself falling in love with two cities that I would soon have to leave. It could be because I was only able to see them for such a short time, but I thought I would be able to stay there forever. 

Even though Paris was foreign to us, my friends and I were able to successfully navigate the Paris train system and check off everything on our to do list: Chipotle, bus tour, Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and croissants. The entire Paris experience in less than ten hours! What I was incredibly surprised to find was that the French are so friendly! Whoever said French people are rude or stuck-up is definitely wrong because no matter where we went we were able to find a person to help us. The people in Dublin were just as friendly, if not more. They were always smiling and laughing and oh, singing a lot.

When Visser mentions how the Church is like a theatre, I only futher think about how Rome itself is a huge theatre. Every element plays another part in the story whether it is a person, road, building, or church and it becomes one huge production. As much as I love experiencing the city everyday, it was a breathe of fresh air being able to leave the city and experience something different.