Paris Day 9-10

We left Bordeaux and took a train ride to Paris. The train trip was only 3 hours bu t it took a lot out of us, especially since there was a little girl sitting next to us that sang in French or screamed loudly the entire trip. Sarah and Mandy were listening to music and didn’t seem to notice much, I wanted to punch the mother in the face. But I digress.
After arriving in Paris we headed to our hotel to freshen up and then hit the streets. Sarah and I grabbed some quick Chinese food (and Chinese food is a little different in France) and went to see the sights. We stopped by the Louvre and snapped pictures of the outside. Tomorrow, we go inside. We walked down the gardens infront of the Louvre and had a splended view of the Eiffel Tower. We then made our way down the water front and crossed the Pont De Neuf which is the oldest bridge in Paris, built in 1578 and unchanged through today. The bridge took us to a small island on the Siene River (how cool is a river island? Super cool!). We found a place for dinner on some back alley, then headed to the Eiffel Tower. It was a beautiful night, still light out at 10:30pm but by the time we made it to the tower at 11:00 it was finally getting dark. We went up and got some great pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Side note – on our way back to the room we got stranded. The last metro STOPS at 1:00. Meaning that at 12:50 no more metros were coming our way. We settled for a taxi, which was actually very cheap (7,50 Euro for all three of us as opposed to 5,10 Euro for the metro) and headed back to the room for a nice 9 hour sleep. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the videos and the pictures. Hopefully in Rome we will have more internet access and be able to post more. Evidently France is just bad about internet. One other thing, despite what our acquantaince David had told us, the French people have been super nice in Paris and gone out of their way to communicate with us. It has been very nice.



Eiffel Tower at Night. B-E-A-U-TIFUL

Even more beautiful with me infront of it!!

Mandy and Sarah outside the Louvre.

Looking directly at the Louvre.

Mandy looking for clues about the illuminati! :P

A bird? A plane? No silly, its the Eiffel Tower

Little street where we ate dinner

A picture of the Pont De Neuf from the island on the river. Aside from the signs hanging from it, it is virtually unchanged since being constructed in the 16th century.


Picture of the Siene River from the Pont De Neuf.

How vast is the Louvre? Like super duper! Its tough to get an idea of scale, but its large.

Also, the parks out front of the Louvre are really great, and romantic. Enjoy!