pictures from Paris part one

At long last, Paris pictures are here. I swear I added more than just these in this entry, but Notre Dame and some others apparently did not upload. So there will be two parts. This one is from the first weekend in Paris.


** It just doesn't seem right to start any other way. Eiffel Tower did not disappoint. It was every bit as magnificient as it was said to be. Except a bit rustier than expected.


** Every hour at night, the tower gets to twinkle like a Christmas tree! This is obviously not one of those twinkling times.


** me, Erika and Aaron with the Eiffel Tower.


** Champs-Elysees. Erika and I waited at least 10 minutes for a giant red tour bus to get out of the gorgeous view of the gorgeous street.


** Arc d' Triomphe. It's pretty cool. There was some sort of military service thing under the arch when we were there, so we didn't get to walk through it the first time we were there, but it was still pretty cool.


** a crepe sucre from a stand near the Eiffel Tower. It was hot, gooey on the inside and crispy at the edges. Mmmmm....


** Apparently, my store sells men's clothing, so no shopping at Jules.


** L'escargot. A little chewy, full of basil-and-olive-oil goodness. Yum. It comes with its own clamp and fork!


** The Bastille at night. It's just a roundabout now, no actual building exists. It's about a five-minute walk from our hotel my first weekend there.


** You can see how the Centre Pompidou (the weird bright building in the middle) might anger its neighbors -- it stands out! and definitely does not fit in with the surroundings! Inside, there is a really cool modern art museum (and some other stuff) that Matt and I visited on the last night of my second trip.


** This was right in front of the entrance of the sanctuary in Notre Dame cathedral.