Our trip part 1 - Paris

I am in love with Paris. I cannot even begin to express how magical it is. Our first night there was so magical. We had just had two plane rides for a total of 13 hours, then we had a train ride for 2 more. We had a few issues finding our hotel, as much as I am a planner for some reason I didn't really study up on the streets in Paris. We found our hotel showered and then headed out.

We had no idea where we were going, just that we were in Paris so it didn't matter. We walked across the River Seine and we saw the Eiffel Tower behind us, which just kind of really struck me. We ended up walking to this huge building and this music was playing. We just thought it was beautiful so we thought we would explore

So we round the corner and low and behold it's the Louve, and there is this guy just playing the saxaphone!!! It was so romantic. That first night I realized why it's refered to as The City of Lights.

The next day we headed over to Notre Dame. We went to get coffee and pastries for breakfast. first. There were two things that we learned that morning, they do not give you lids and to wait for ALL your change :) We realized about 5 min after we left that we paid 17 Euro for a 4.50 Euro meal!! Then Rodney tripped and spilled coffee all over his hand :)

Once we turned the corner and saw Notre Dame!!!!

I think Notre Dame was my favorite. After you walk up a bunch of winding stairs (which in and of itself was an event) You get to the top for this view

Words cannot express how awe inspiring and breathtaking this is. So I won't even try. Not only did I fall in love with the view, but I loved the gargoyles that were there to "protect" the church. I will spare you a ton of pictures, I will just put a few of my favorites up. My #1 favorite one is the one sticking his toungue out.

Then we walked up and ton more spiral stairs and got to the very top of the Cathedral. It was so cool to be able to look down on the city like that.