Paris

We took the train to Paris from Venice. There is a train change in Milan and we missed our connection. Can you imagine, stranded in Milan over night, geeze!

We survived and got on the early train to Paris the next morning. It is beautiful. The first day was very hot. We took a cab to the hotel, dropped off our bags and went shopping - it's Paris!

We had a great dinner close to the hotel and discovered fig jam. They served it with the duck liver pate and toast, but I eat it now with everything.

The next morning we took off in a different direction. About two blocks from the hotel we see this huge old building, like three blocks of building. We took some pictures, thought it must famous, it's so big and kept walking and shopping :) It was the Louvre.

We saw the real Mona Lisa, and of course about a bajillion other great pieces of art. She is small and the crowd to see her was crazy. Madi was determined to get a picture and ventured into the crowd. I think she did a good job.

The Egyptian exhibit was huge. We got in and could not find our way out. We came to the conclusion that there is no need to travel to Egypt, everything is at the Louvre.

Every minute was packed. We saw the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, cruised the Seine river, Notre Dam, Jim Morrison's grave, Moulin Rouge, rode the subway, walked down Avenue des Champs-Élysées, saw the Arc de Triomphe.


We used the subway to get around the city. Very clean & safe. Made us feel quite metropolitan. There was one guy that was acting crazy and we were afraid he was going to jump onto the tracks. He calmed when the train got there and then tried to sell us a fan.




The visit was wonderful. There is such a vibrant energy. We loved the little cafes and the shops were delightful.

Off to Amsterdam...