June 3rd - June 10th 2013
We made it to Paris despite rush hour traffic from the airport to our hotel...
The sites were stunning and the weather was perfect -
warm & sunny, quite like home!
One disclaimer... our hotel was very centrally located (near the Eiffel Tower), so as you will soon see, there are lots of cool pictures from various points in our exploration of the famous 1000 ft steel structure!
making the climb!
view from the top...
just having fun...
view at dusk (10:30pm) from across the bridge...
the view from our hotel balcony... and the final sparkle before it goes dark for the night!
Notre Dame
celebrating nearly 1,000 years since the start of construction!
this took >175 years to complete...
the original crown of thorns from Jesus' crucifixion
beautiful stained glass in all the cathedrals...
the love lock bridge...
We added our lock celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary ;)
climbing the towers @ Notre Dame & check out the view!
"Point Zero" = the center of France
Sainte Chapel - originally built to house the crown of thorns
The Louvre
The views from the river...
We climbed the Arc Du Triumph...
Versailles - Chateau and Gardens
the street markets of Rue Clare
Ecole de Militaire
Sacré Cœur
the open markets of Montmartre
lookin up...
We had an awesome trip... one that we will look back on and remember for a lifetime.
Thanks to Nana for coming down to watch the girls, and for keeping them so happy and safe!
I did quite a bit of exploring on my own with my Rick Steves guide book while Eddie was working, then we took a couple days over the weekend to explore together and hit the highlights of my adventures! Paris is a beautiful city, but it is a big city... and I was glad to return to my small town life with my girls~
