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Day 02 ***THE STATUE OF LIBERTY***

Mireya went to the station and bought her ticket after her brother, once inside the station she turned around and realized her brother had stayed a few steps behind looking at something in a wall, she moved closer to him and saw a map of Paris "Oh no! Stop thinking that! Erase those ideas from your mind, mister!"

"But Mireya!" he claimed.

"But nothing! I am exhausted!" Mireya cut his argument annoyed.

"We are in Paris it's early and it's not so far away" Mark answered with a begging voice. "We can arrive to the Statue of Liberty in no time, please"

"What? The Statue of Liberty?" she was shocked "You do realize that we are in Paris and not in New York City, how are we supposed to arrive to your glorious statue?"

The train directed to Nation arrived and Mark jumped in followed by his sister "Well, there was this movie I saw ..."

Mireya groaned "movies, seriously?" she thought "I can't believe he is actually doing this, moving through a city based on movies?"

"Yes, well, there is this movie where they have to find a piece so called Laboulaye Lady" he explained to a groaning and slightly annoyed Mireya "Turns out that Bartholdi was the artist who created The Statue of Liberty based on the ideas of Laboulaye" after this explanation she raised her eyebrow however he continued "but in the film they revealed that there are more than one statues" a question look crossed her face but he kept on going "the original statue is kept in New York City in Liberty Island as everyone knows, however there are four more statues here in Paris, two of those smaller replicas of the Statue of Liberty can be found here in Paris in the open air, one displayed inside the Luxembourg gardens and the other one, well, you will see ..."

Mireya was speechless, she was about to say something but then they arrived to the station Barbes-Rochechouart and Mark jumped out of the train and she went out walking behind him through the station, stairs up and down they switched lines and moved through the purple subway line following the direction of Port d'Orléans, a few turns and Mireya found Mark waiting for the train to arrive under the sign of Barbes-Rochechouart, when she finally reached his side the train went into the station, she looked at him, his eyes sparkling with excitement his face illuminated in joy, he turned and looked at her as the doors opened and he walked into the train with Mireya and the rest of the people "how he know such weird facts about Paris? More than one Statue of Liberty? Sounds crazy but then again it sounds very like him" Mireya thought while the subway moved through the stations "We will see, where all his movies and stories can take him" she wondered in silence.

"Are you ok?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I am just a bit tired" she replied.

They went in silence as people moved into and out of the train, after a while they reached the station Saint Michel, Mark said "We are almost there, one more station" then they dropped off in Odéon and switched into another line moving quickly through the underground tunnels and got into the yellow line followed the direction of Boulogne and waited for the train to arrive.

Mireya followed her brother into the next train "I am so tired, why did I came up with him? Probably I should be better at the hotel", the train arrived and they jumped inside it, Mireya let out a sigh and they were on their way. Minutes later they arrived at a station were Mark went out into the station, Mireya followed him and read the sign above her as her brother walked through the station "Javel André Citroën? I bet he is lost again!" she thought as she followed him crossing the Parisian subway "Why do I put up with his crazy? My feet hurt, I'm tired and ... oh god! Great! Stairs!!" her thoughts were moving closer to rage as she climbed through the stairs and out into the warm summer night that covered the streets of Paris.

They were out into a gray scenario of the French capital, Mireya looked around a bit upset, Mark however walked through and crossed the street with a fast step feeling the wind of the night caressing his face, he turned into a corner and there was before his eyes the Seine river, he looked back and behind him, Mireya a bit upset was keeping the gap between them short, he turned and crossed the boulevard and stopped at the other side waiting for his sister and looking far at the distance.

Mireya looked at him from the other side of the boulevard then went across and her eyes were marveled with a surprise she didn't expected.

The Seine, calm and steady, beautifully graced the night of Paris flooding the city with the greatness and the memories of the glories that the city of lights had had, surrounded by the public lights across the edge, the night was illuminated by the summer white moon and the copper lights that adorned the city's streets, far behind it all, the Eiffel Tower glowed in the night as a picture of a postcard, the blinking lights brought to mind all the breath taking romance stories that took place into the delightful scenarios, and before their eyes in the middle of the dark watered river, like the graceful Aphrodite, out of the calm waters it rose, gracefully, a replica of the Statue of Liberty.

"Laboulaye Lady" Mark said slowly as they both admired the illuminated monument "Just like in the movie, within the waters of the Seine ..."

"It does exists" Mireya was surprised with the scene "A Statue of Liberty ... outside of New York" she added softly, she pulled out her camera and tried to focus the Statue, however she couldn't get a clear shot so they started moving closer to the statue.

The two brothers went up a the stairs of what seemed to be a train station by the side of the river, from that angle, Mireya was able to take a clear shot of the Statue of Liberty after she captured the picture then they both took turn to get the pictures of the monument.

"That was incredible" said Mireya as they walked down the stairs "Wow! And that looks beautiful" she said while walked towards the blinking Eiffel Tower, she raised her camera and took a picture of it from the boulevard, then turned to her brother "Take my picture?" she said while handing over the camera to him, she smiled and pose for the picture.