PARIS!
After several weekends of dealing with home goods and logistics, we finally got the chance to travel to the first of many stops on our European tour - Gay Paris (I’ll let you interpret that phrase as you feel fit depending on your view of the French). Somehow we managed to bring the dreary London weather with us as it was cloudy and rainy most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from taking in all that the city had to offer.
Saturday we arrived on our early morning Eurostar train (which I highly recommend) and high tailed it to the Louvre in an attempt to beat the midday rush.
It paid off as we barely had to wait at all to get in and check out Da Vinci’s best work. I’m not an art historian, but I definitely appreciated everything more than my first visit here as a 17 year old more interested in testing the local age limit for bars. Still don’t get the Mona Lisa though, all that fuss over an ugly Italian woman who has one of those “I just let one rip and you don’t know it” looks on her face.
It paid off as we barely had to wait at all to get in and check out Da Vinci’s best work. I’m not an art historian, but I definitely appreciated everything more than my first visit here as a 17 year old more interested in testing the local age limit for bars. Still don’t get the Mona Lisa though, all that fuss over an ugly Italian woman who has one of those “I just let one rip and you don’t know it” looks on her face.
Finding a good dinner spot proved difficult as neither of us spoke a word of French, but we ended up picking a decent little lounge type spot with outdoor seating in the Bastille section of the city. The food was decent enough, but chilling outside overlooking the square with a bottle of Bordeaux was all I really wanted anyway so I was happy
Sunday it was mission Eiffel to start things off. Along the way we stopped for a quick photo opp at the Arc de Triumph, also known as the worlds largest and most ridiculous traffic roundabout (made famous by my Hollywood father, Clark W. Griswold)
We arrived at the tower and didn’t get so lucky with the lines or the weather this time as we waited about an hour for the elevator in the rain. It was worth it though because the view from the top was excellent.
The rest of the day we wandered the banks of the Seine and sampled some of Paris’ finest pastries (Kelly may have sampled all of them). I learned that you can spend over 20 Euros on a few macaroons and an eclair faster than you can say “Bon Apetit.” Everything was very tasty, however, and it wasn’t long before we had enough to send us into diabetic shock.
All in all, it was a great weekend and we both were able to see everything we had wanted and then some.
We hope you like the pictures, stay tuned in May as we will be heading Dublin (can you say Guinness?!) and Murcia, Spain.
Adieu for now
P.S. Ben and Eric...you officially lost your bet with Kelly
The rest of the day we wandered the banks of the Seine and sampled some of Paris’ finest pastries (Kelly may have sampled all of them). I learned that you can spend over 20 Euros on a few macaroons and an eclair faster than you can say “Bon Apetit.” Everything was very tasty, however, and it wasn’t long before we had enough to send us into diabetic shock.
All in all, it was a great weekend and we both were able to see everything we had wanted and then some.
We hope you like the pictures, stay tuned in May as we will be heading Dublin (can you say Guinness?!) and Murcia, Spain.
Adieu for now
P.S. Ben and Eric...you officially lost your bet with Kelly
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