Being the city of light and water, Paris has a huge river called the river Seine also with it being the city of light it also has many magnificent views and illuminations which are really just tall thing's to point and stare at pointlessly. However that comes later, let's start at the beginning.

The first thing I have got to mention is the killer bus ride. Twelve hours of sitting on a bus with only three stops, including the ferry is not very comfortable; however once I reached my destination I was pleasantly surprised.

The hotel (a Novotel hotel) was great; the room was clean with a free safe, free shampoo and soap every day along with towels and huge plasma TV, which wasn't really any good because the channels were in French strangely enough. I also got clean sheets every day and if I wanted to I could get my room cleaned every day for absolutely nothing. Plus, it was on the border of Paris so it only took half an hour to get to the centre of Paris where the action is, yes all the massive buildings of boringness. On the first day I went site seeing in Paris, it's just as well because there isn't much else to do. The first historic landmark I went to see was in front of the Eiffel Tower (not sure what it's called). It looked great for pictures but was pointless really. I then went up the tower, I had to pay a small fee to gain access to the tower but it wasn't much. Once I was in the tower it was pretty cool. There were souvenir shops and places to get food and drink and amazing views for pictures and pleasure however if you decide to walk up the floors using the stairs don't! basically it kills you.

After my visit to the tower I walked round the corner for a sail down the River Seine, which I greatly regretted due to the fact, a little way down the river there were two people having sex on the riverside. On the boat I saw the Alexander III Bridge, which I am sure there must of been a reason for building statues on it and using black and gold paint, which looks stupid, but I couldn't quite see that reason. Overall it's a bit boring especially if it's a hot day and they don't sell drinks on board, but when I got of there was a drink and ice cream shop though it was expensive.

After a quick break, I headed back to the France mobile where I was then taken to the Louvre where the glass pyramid is. It was pretty cool to see and there were lots of people there but to be truthful there was nothing to do except cool of in the fountain and look at a pile of glass!

Not long after, I was on my way to the cathedral of Notre damn, which would have been absolutely fabulous if I was a ninety-year-old gothic historian. The best it about it was some of the engravings, which were quite funny with all the headless people and stuff, not! My last stop was L'arc de Trioumphe, which means the arc of triumph and was the best site of the day because it actually had seats. Can you believe it? Apparently this really rich guy was building it for his wedding photos but it wasn't built in time so he got a painting and stuck it in the background, which makes it another pointless landmark to add the long, long list. I also got told it was for the war or something but I don't know which one was correct. After such an exiting day, I headed back to the hotel with all my life's aims fulfilled having seen so much rubbish.

The next day I woke early to go to a theme park in Paris, which I am sad to say, wasn't called Disneyland. Once I arrived at Parc Astérix (Astérix park) the holiday started to get better. There was loads of fast rides in including The Zeus which is supposed to be the fastest roller coaster in Europe, places to eat, fast roller coasters, a mini show with the park's mascots, oh and did I mention there was lot's of fast rides? Also a dolphin show took place every hour or something, which was good if you liked that sort of thing. There was a haunted house to walk through, which, if you have the right sense of humour, was hilarious. After having spent all day at the theme park I was worn out and was pleased to say I actually had a wicked day.

The next morning it was back on the bus to head back to Calais, stopping at a huge mall where you could buy basically anything except a magazine unless you can read French.

In conclusion I would say site seeing in Paris for a teenager is like sitting in a geography lesson for 5 days. So, in other words if your parents offer to take you to Paris say no as quick as you can unless there taking you to Park Astérix.

Thomas Wales