Weekend in Paris

One week after returning from Italy, we had a weekend in Paris. Haha feels weird saying that! Paris was great, but it was a little big for my taste (which I think is why I loved Florence so much). I think we did a fairly decent job sightseeing in Paris. We arrived around 2 pm so we had time to go see the Eiffel Tower, which we decided to save some euros and NOT go to the top...something I am regretting a little bit, but at the same time I think I would have pooped my pants at the top because I'm still scared of heights lol. We also went on a boat tour down the Seine which was beautiful but would have been better if we werent FREEZING!! We could tell we'd traveled north haha. The second day we started at the Arc de Triomphe and walked down Champs Elysees and got to see alot of things on the way, including Musee d'Orsay where we saw alot of the big impressionist works. We saw the home of Quasimodo (Notre dame) and climbed to the top... SCARY!! We ended the day at the Louvre...and we were exhausted so we basically saw the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Napoleon's Apartments and PEACED! We did get to meet up with Tood Peterson, who just happened to be in Paris at THE SAME EXACT TIME!! Crazy! It was nice to see a familiar face and get some news from home. I know Toddy's not family yet but it was close enough haha. The next day we all took the train to Versailles to see the palace. We had to walk a bit from the train station to the palace and we stopped to get some chocolate crepes. We asked the vendor directions to the Palace and he told us it burnt down. Hilarious...I loved him. That actually was one of my favorite parts of the trip. And Todd actually believed him! J/k. We returned to Paris mid afternoon and had time to take a little stroll through Montmarte, an old artist's quarter. This was another one of my favorite parts...we saw an old studio where picasso painted, garden's where renoir painted, and van goghs old home. It was cool to imagine that we were walking around where these artists worked and got their inspiration. Then we saw Moulin Rouge and all applied for jobs!