Saturday, March 27, 2010

Paris

Sorry this blog is so long... we took tons of pictures.


The first day we got in around 3pm Paris time and in the interest of trying to stay awake we decided to venture to the eifel tower and walk around a bit.





Sorry this picture is side ways blogger doesn't seem to like it :)




Me trying to find our way :)









This building is a war museum, just down the street from the eifel tower.




















In front of the louvre



This is a statue of joan of arc



Seth on the bus for our Illumination of night tour: we didn't really get good pictures of this since it was dark. but it was a lot of fun


This was on our boat tour after the night tour. it was a lot of fun but it was too cold to sit on the outside part of the boat.


The Louvre
The 3rd day we went to the louvre and Montmarte.















This Castle is a model of what used to stand where the louvre is now. the foundation of the castle still exsists and is part of the museum.









The kid that took this picture for us was a part of our group through the Louvre, he was a pretty funny kid, for this picture he asked if we would like him to sensor out the boobies. and later told us it would be funny if someone went around trying to ruin pictures for ppl.








She is smaller than you think, and now behind glass because someone tried to slice it with a knife.









MONTMARTE
I liked montmarte because it was so quiet and peaceful. it used to be a vineyard. and full of windmills now only 2 windmills remain.












The red light district
the red light district is a street lined with sex shops, Cabarets, interesting people and of coarse Moulin Rouge.









This is the creepy bathroom I used, even creepier, yes its on the red light district street.


Versailles
This was a really fun and super beautiful day. We took the train to Versaille and had a blast trying to figure it all out.










The Hall of Mirrors










The gardens at Versaille
The gardens are so beautiful and so huge! it was a perfect day to walk them too!






To the top of the world
This is the day we went to the top of the eifel tower. they only had 2 elevators working to get to the very top, so it got a little stressful because it took us so long to get the the top and also to get back down. but it was beautiful and worth it.
Kiss me at the top :)

Look how high up we are!



I liked this one because of the shadow.








The Arc de Triomphe
This was a fun spot to hang out, watch people and get some eats. the arc is giant and amazing. nepoleon originally wanted a giant elephant that spit water.






Being slap happy sitting by the arc. we thought this was so funny

tomb of the unknown soilder, under the arc


History of Paris tour
this building used to be a church and is now a public highschool

Notre Dame

















Oldest tree in paris





Our Night walk along the river from the eifel tower the the Arc de Triomphe


Walking tour of the Marais
this Mideval residence originally housed the archbishops of sens.

reminants of the wall of the castle that used to be where the louvre is.





































This was the end of the walking tour in the jewish quarter, its where we ate lunch.


Our last day
We kinda just bumed around we hung out by the louvre and watched people for a good part of the day.






Seth: 'look he had a fishing accident."

FIN

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