My first play at the Opera house!

The Pantheon all ready for Christmas! 

 Exciting News: I got to go see a ballet at the Paris Opera house! It wasn't at the well known Opera house, the one that is in the Phantom of the Opera, but this opera house is very well known here in Paris and it was still spectacular. My friend Cristina is associated with a student group here who are a collection of students from the states and her group gets discounted rates on tickets and they had extra ticket for the Opera. We saw Sleeping Beauty! I was super excited so I took some silly/pretty selfies. 

Entrance to the theater

The Theater!

our view from the seats

Me in the fake fur jacket Cristina let me borrow. Although the picture doesn't do my outfit justice I looked great! I had on a little black dress and a pair of heals with the scarf and the jacket. The play was not what I expected but was great! It was the opening night of the ballet and you could tell. All the dancers were so nervous from my seat I could see them stumbling or shaking or missing their marks. It was a four act play and the first act was okay because they were messing up but it got better. What I found really interesting was that the guy dancers were so much better than the girl ones. The audience was so captivated when the men had their solos and cheered very loudly when they were done but the girls they did not have that kind of reception. It was very interesting to be there for those reactions since from what I understand in ballet the women are more popular than the men. But it was a nice change of pace to see the men recognized for their art. Needless to say, I am very excited to see another one, even though I don't know when or what that will be but I want to see another one!