Paris

 This post is still in the makes, guys! I just wanted to give you a little taste of our trip. 

This past weekend we traveled to Paris. I will live there some day.

We flew from Rome to Paris on Thursday: in total we did over fourteen hours of traveling. We were lucky enough to fly over the French (?) Alps on the way there! What a beautiful show. By the time we got to our hotel and got settled on Thursday it was past midnight - even the bar at our hotel was closed! My first french baguette was out of the vending machine in the lobby of the hotel... glam.

French (?) Alps                                  Check the robe-age

Breakfast our first day in Paris, however, was delectable. Jam, croissants, sausages, cappuccinos and assorted cheeses... basically we weren't hungry again until dinner that day. After breakfast we decided to do what Kane and I do best... walk around. We first started off by literally walking down the street that our hotel was on and taking random turns. We happened upon a very quaint shopping center... but to be honest I couldn't tell you where it was. We then took the metro uptown and walked from the Eiffel tower down to the military school and over to the Hotel des Invalides. We decided to picnic at the Eiffel Tower to soak in some Parisian atmosphere. After that we once more hopped on the metro over to the Arc de Triumph! Woo walking!

 Keeping with the Amelie spirit on the Parisian metro!

At times in Paris it seemed as if we could see into the future - This creme Mini 

Cooper S series convertible with a black leather interior - it had to be fate. 

Our picnic under the Eiffel Tower        Crepe breakfast Saturday morning

That night we decided to grab some of those pastries (pictured above) and wine before for Regan arrived around 7pm. We ended up getting lost and being late... but thankfully Regan was even later. We spent the night relaxing and finishing off several bottles of wine with our dinner. I was so happy to see my old roomie! For breakfast the next morning we went to Les Crepes A Gogo, a very famous creperie on Rue Soufflot right outside of the Pantheon Monument (below). 

 

Outside the Pantheon Monument

After touring the Pantheon monument we walked over to the Jardin des Luxembourg, which was abbbbsolutely gorgeous. These gardens are enough to make you wish you lived in Paris. It was so cute to see all of the French (and some touristy) children waking their sticks along the side of the fountain while they yelled at their boats in the water of the main fountain. So cute. After the Jardin we walked  over the Iles de la Cite to see Notre Dame and whatever else we could that day.  

Jardin du Luxembourg

Notre Dame

 

The Notre Dame Notre Dame... Regan was really excited about it.

From Notre Dame we walked over to the Bastille and grabbed ourselves a well-deserved caffe frappe - or beer, in Kane's case. We then decided to scope out the line situation at the Louvre, only to discover that there was no line! Naturally, we had to go inside right away. However, we quickly learned that there was no line because the museum was closing within the hour. Regardless, we pledged to come back the next day, which we did!

 

Parisian street acts, Bastille, and the Apple store inside the Louvre!

The Louvre was great! But as far as the Jaconde... this is as close as you can get.

The Louvre

Relaxing at the Jardin du Carrousel... I just noticed the eyes on the back of Kane's chair.

 

See? It's that whole flash-forward thing.... crazy...

Keeping with the Amelie theme... The Sacre Coeur.

Enjoying the wine... and cracking my creme-brulee with a tiny teaspoon

 

Trying escargot (!!) during dinner near the Notre Dame Sunday night

Finishing up our trip with a prance down Champs Elysees and a bottle of Clicquot Rose! 

(If only my parents could have tried this champagne... hm...)

Au revoir, Paris!