E: welcome back! How was your vacation?
T: it was fantastic, but I'm glad to be back! Being a tourist is really tiring!
E: where did you end up going?
T: because it's off-season, we got a really good package deal to Paris, so we went there.
E: I've always wanted to go to Paris. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world! Did you go to the top?
T: that was the first thing we did. I have a few pictures. Do you want to seet them?
E: sure. What's this one a picture of?
T: oh, that's a picture of me on our fourth day of travelling. I'm standing next to a famous founation in the centre of the city.
E: you don't look very happy in that picture.
T: no ,by that time, I was sick of sightseeing. I had had enough of art galleries, cathedrals, fountains, statues, and palaces!
E: so what did you do?
T: we spent that afternoon walking around a flea market. We had a few coffees, watched a movie, and went for a swim in the pool at the hotel.
E: my travel agent always seminds me to plan a day of relaxing for every 3 days of sightseeing. Did you go to the Louvre?
T: of course! You can't go to Paris without going to their famous art gallery! I was surprised by how small the Mona Lisa was though.
E: that's what everyone says! I can't wait to see it for myself some day.
欢迎回来！假期过得怎么样？
好极了。不过回到家我还是很高兴。毕竟出门旅游还是挺累的。
那你后来决定去哪里了？
由于属于旅游淡季，我们赶上了一个去巴黎的特别优惠的旅游团，所以我们就去那儿了。
我一直都很想去巴黎。埃菲尔铁塔是世界上最著名的名胜之一！你登到塔顶了吗？
我们第一站就是去那儿。我拍了一些照片。你想看看吗？
当然。这张拍的是什么？
这是我在旅游第四天拍的。我站在市中心一个特别有名的喷泉旁边。
你看起来怎么高兴啊？
不是，那时候我对观光已经有点腻了。我参观了太多的美术馆，教堂，喷泉，雕像和宫殿！
那你怎么办？
那天下午我们去逛了逛跳蚤市场。喝咖啡，看电影，然后回酒店泳池游了泳。
我参加的旅行社总是提醒我每观光3天就要腾出一天时间来放松身心。你们去卢浮宫了吗？
当然去了！去巴黎怎么能不去最有名的美术馆呢！但是蒙娜丽莎那幅画怎么那么小啊，真让我大吃一惊。
每个去过的人都这么说！我已经等不及了，一定要找时间亲自去看一看！
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