here are today's favorites...
the top of the eiffel tower... did I really even have to tell you?
deciding to take the stairs down the eiffel tower once we got to the lower landing... so many stairs but it was our workout for the day!
the Rue Cler street markets is where we picked up lunch wine and macaroons to eat in the park. yes you can drink wine in the park... awesome. yes the raspberry macroon was out of this world... yes our view of the eiffel tower from the park was unreal.
the weather today... sunny with clouds and high 60's. it felt like a beautiful fall day.
coming back to the hotel, opening up the balcony windows and taking a nap while Parisian life happened in the streets below. (good thing josh and I are used to a little ruckus outside our windows at3436 wood ford... we didn't mind the noises.)
sitting on the stairs of the Sacre Coeur while a Parisian guitarist sang hotel california and Indian men walked around and sold Heineken straight from the case.
eating dinner at a street cafe in montmarte... just like you see in the movies where they sit out on the sidewalk at the little tables. then talking with an Austrian man and his wife as they ate dinner beside us. the more wine he drank the harder it was for him to speak English...funny.
the costumes at Moulin rouge.
the cab ride home from the show... whoa!
Realization... Paris is really soooo Paris... the entire city is exactly the perfect Paris that you think it is. the beautiful buildings, the street cafes, the historic sites go on for miles and miles.
FYI... all homeless Parisians have dogs. sometimes multiple dogs, but always at least one.
night!
josh: my funny story of the day was walking into a store and saying bonjour, in an attempt to not be the ugly American, and the clerk says to me, "nice accent!" gotta love being made fun of while attempting to be cultural. haha.
hotel has been great... they updated us bc I put it was our honeymoon in the email. room is bigger than the rest of the rooms for sure based on the fire code floor plan. felt happy about that. neighborhood we are in is great. location just south of notre dame on the west bank.
museum day today.... lots of classical art!
Makes me want to visit Paris! Continue to have a great time.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post! It sounds like the trip is off to a fantastic start!
ReplyDeleteCan you send me a raspberry macroon? Sounds like a great day.
ReplyDeleteDave laughed out loud at your getting made fun of story...ha! He followed his laugh up with a "it's probably just like Kings Island" comment. RIIIIIIGHT! Ha, sounds absolutely amazing. Hope you're taking lots of pics!
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