OK, first post, very exciting. Made less exciting by needing to use a keyboard in Paris, which is not the same as ours and thus difficult for me to use. So if I speel something wrong, lets blame it on the keyboard and not my lack of knowledge of the French language. My mom and I left for NYC on June 4th and spent 2 days there seeing some shows (The 39 Steps and Legally Blonde: the Musical). Both were a lot of fun. On Thursday we both left for Paris; my flight went through Iceland, hers was direct. We managed to meet up in the airport and make our way to the hotel. We are staying at a really nice hotel very close to the Eifel Tower (we can actually see it from our window) and on a fun street filled with shops and cafes. That first night we walked along Paris streets, got some steak and frites, and saw the tower by day. The Eifel tower is much more impressive in person than you might think from pictures.
Next day we slept in very late, but finally got out and did the Murais walk. We walked through the Jewish district (and got a great kosher veggie pizza) and toured the Picasso Museum. Along the way we stopped into a few mansions of leaders passed. That night we went out for dessert at a local cafe (crepes for me) and saw the Eifel tower by night with its glittering night show on the half hour. It did rain in the afternoon, but not enough to make us go inside.
Today we started at Notre Dame, which is so large it takes over an entire block almost. The detailing on the outside stone is beautiful and the interior has some impressive paintings. There is even one intresting statue inside showing a dying man with a cloaked skeleton over him. Kinda spooky at 8 feet tall. The line to climb the tower was about an hour, but completely worth it. The view of Paris from the top was breathtaking and the gargoyles were a lot of fun to see up close. We met an American family from SanFrancisco in line and went to lunch with them. In the afternoon we saw Saint Chapelle church, which has the most amazing stained glass windows I have ever seen (and I say that after seeing NotreDame). The we went to Le Conciergerie, the prison where Marie Antoinette was held for over 2 months before her execution. I am now on the hunt for some gelato as it is a really nice and sunny day.
I will work on posting some pictures later, but my internet time is about to run out. More postings to come soon! We leave for Amsterdam on Friday.
4 comments:
Did you go up the tower? That was my FAVORITE part!
I did!! Best view of Paris (although on top of Sacre Coer was close). All the gargoyles up there were really cool!
Oops! Did you go up the Eiffel Tower? The 3rd level had the BEST views of Paris.
No, I actually didn't end up going up the Eiffel tower just cause we were running out of time (TONS to do in paris) and since I had already been to the top of like 3 other buildings it seemed to be not worth spending more money on. I'll just have to go back to paris i guess ;)
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