We slept in this morning, and it was great. After getting up around 6 am for the last few days, it was really nice.
After checking out of our hotel, we headed out to find breakfast and stopped at a pattiserie down the street. We grabbed a couple of sandwiches, which Allison ordered in perfect French (brilliant!), on fresh baguette and then strolled down to the Arch de Triumphe and ate on a bench. It was really cold this morning, but we were still in heaven eating out fantastic meal.
Afterwards we made our way over to the Arch, and took a few pictures. We climbed to the top to get the whole view. On the way up, I realized my legs are really, really tired. But it was worth the aches because we could see so much of Paris from there.
From there we headed to the Louvre. We didn’t plan to go inside because of time restraints, but we wanted to wander around outside. There is a whole shopping center below ground and we took a fewminutes to enjoy that. There is an Apple Store opening up there, but we were a few days early, they open on Nov 7.
From there we jumped on the Metro and rode over to the Eiffel Tower. You approach the tower from across a park, so the veiw is really spectacular. We tool tons of photos and as we got closer and closer we realized just how massive the structure is. It’s not quite as tall as we expected, but when you’re standing underneath, it’s BIG.
We continued our whirlwind Paris adventure at Notre Dame. I was blow away by how intricate all the carvings are and used my 200mm lens to get some great close-up shots of gargoyles. Inside the church, you really get to appreciate the stained glass. The arching ceilings and all the alcoves made it great fun to explore. We missed going up in the clock tower by mere minutes, which was frustrating.
The sun was setting, so we headed to the train station to avoid a last minute race to the train, like when we left London yesterday. So now we’re back in London.
Tags: honeymoon