4th of July in Paris!

This was so far the best trip we have taken. We already can't wait to go back. I couldn't choose which pictures to post so I posted a lot of them. Enjoy! (beware, you might see some pictures of kissing, but we are in the city of "french" kiss, right?)


Once we got to Paris and checked into our hotel, we couldn't wait to get out and explore. We got onto the subway and went into the city. We could see the Eiffel Tower from a distance and started our way towards it. Once we got there it was the most surreal experience, we were standing in front of the Eiffel Tower! This isn't something that happens often in one person's life. It was beautiful and huge! We were there all weekend so we weren't sure if we wanted to go up it then or wait. We were like little kids in a candy store and couldn't wait, so we got into a line. We didn't realize we were in the line that was "stairs only" until we paid. No big deal, we can do it...............


Until we were halfway there, I about died! My legs were killing me! I wasn't necessarily planning on a workout with drops of sweat, but hey, we're climbing the Eiffel Tower, I can do it!



This is the view from the top. We were so high up there. It was breath taking. I would post all the pictures from the top but there are lots. I love Paris!


Last step down. Our legs were shaking by the time we were done.


The next day we got onto the subway again (another new love I have, riding the subway) We got off close to the Eiffel Tower, took more pictures, of course. We looked at our map and we wanted to go to the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa. The map made it look like it was really close, so we decided to walk. And walk. And walk. We walked along the river. It wasn't as close as we thought, but we live and learn and learned next time to wear better shoes and to take the subway. But it was a pretty walk, and glad we did it.


Below is the Louvre Museum. Once we saw the pyramid we knew we were there. It was neat to be there where they filmed "The Davinci Code" I think you could spend all day at the Louvre. There is so much to see and it's huge! There was so much art and sculpteres to see. I wish we were more into art to really appreciate it but we were on the hunt to see Mona.

Here is Mona herself. Not sure if she was excited to see us, but we were excited to see her. There were guards all around her.

For lunch, we ate these incredible crepes. They were so good but I felt like we were eating dessert rather than lunch. Nutella is the key to these crepes, with bananas. Yum!

That night for dinner we went to the Hard Rock Cafe. We looked at our map and again it looked like it was close, so we walked. And...you get the story. It was far away from where we were! We had to stop and buy me new shoes, because the ones I had on gave me blisters. On our journey there we did some shopping and encountered paris prostitutes. (scary) While we were eating at the Hard Rock Cafe, they had music videos playing and Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem, everyone cheered when it was done. It was a good feeling hearing our National Anthem in another country especially on the 4th of July. (It was also good to eat American food, I will always have a special place in my heart for it)

After dinner we got on the subway and went to the Statue of Liberty. I thought it would have been bigger seeing that France gave the United States a huge one that you could tour through, but this one you can't go through. It was neat being close to it though.

This picture is random, but our hotel was so nice and so was the pool. It was the best to come back to and relax our feet.

We loved Paris. I think that French is the most beautiful language. We are so lucky that we have all these beautiful places to visit around us. I am glad we got to go there during the 4th of July. At night time the Eiffel Tower lights up with strobe lights and we sat and watched them thinking that was our fireworks.