Ahhh Paris

What a beautiful city!! After 11 hours of sleep we were ready to go!! We started out the day at the arc de triumph. It was incredible watching all the 12 boulevards ,anuver around the traffic circle. We then "sauntered" (as rick s. would say) down Champs Ulysses and admired all the things we couldn,t afford. We ate lunch in the tuleries garden and then toured the louve. >Our favorite thing in the louve was the apollo room. After the louv, we went to the Orsay mueusm and looked at all this beautiful impressionist work including monet, van gogh, manet, and renoir. It was breath taking. We weren't done yet!!! We then headed back to our hotel and stopped at various markets around it to collect picnic food. We headed towards the Eiffel tower and ate dinner on a bench in a nearby park. We headed up the tower right as the sun was setting. We stayed until dark and watched the lights twinkle on the hour.. After about 300 unsuccessful night time pictures, and saying no to about 400 people selling blinking plastic Eiffel towers and other various trinkets, we finally got a good snapshot!! We finished off the evening with our second banana nutella crepe...

tomorrow we head to the palace of Versailles and then on to interlaken switzerland. So glad we brought our fleece and rain jackets.. its been rainy, windy and chilly both days. We stand out like sore thumbs because all the pairisains weqr tight pants, tall boats and fancy coats and there i am with ,y hooded visor marmont :) Talk to you all soon!!