FRANCE

We spent 4 days in Paris and it was mostly rainy while we were there. The Eiffel Tower was absolutely incredible. It is huge! We took 1 elevator to the first level and took pictures. Then we got in a long line, took a 2nd, scary elevator ride to the 2nd level and took more pictures. At night it is lit up, and they change the color of the lights during the year. We went to Notre Dame Cathedral, but we were too late to go inside. The first night we took a cruise down the Seinne River.

This collage is all of the delicious food I ate in France. The best food during the entire trip was in France, 2nd was the food in Italy. Pastries, crepes, baguettes, and even gelato was here.

We went to many different museums while in Paris: The Louvre, The Musee d'Orsay, & Musee de l'Orangerie. I have never seen so much art in my life. I got to see the Mona Lisa, which was awesome! The Louvre was the original palace for France's Kings before Versaille was built. The pyramid was added later and looks very modern against the architecture of the museum.

This is a picture of an arc outside The Louvre and through this arc you can see a monument with a gold triangle on top. This is where Marie Antoinette was beheaded. This is the actual Arc de Triumphe. We walked THREE miles in the rain from The Louvre to see it. We didn't realize it was that far away. It made for a great adventure. We then walked to see The Sacre Cure. It is a beautiful church on the top of a hill. We climbed many, many steps to see this church. But you could see all of Paris from this hill. It was cloudy, but still a great view. We also saw the Moulin Rouge on this long walk. We did take the Metro in Paris, it was just more $$$ than the tube in London.

The Sacre Cure & the infamous Moulin Rouge

We took an hour long train ride outside Paris to go see Versaille. It was so beautiful!!! Pictures cannot even describe how lovely it is. We were there most of the day and did not have time to see all of the gardens or go see Marie Antoinette's cottage. We did get to go through the main palace of the Sun King. The Hall of Mirrors was incredible. If you haven't seen Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst then I would suggest doing so. It shows how beautiful this place is.