Notre Dame at first sight...
A happy gal with her pain au chocolate and cafe....expensive, but yummy!
More Notre Dame pics...
Check out the art work on the Notre Dame....souls to heaven on the left, souls to hell on the right....
Joan of Arc
ghostly, isn't it?!
Mike had fun taking pictures of the rose windows
The outside architechture of the Notre Dame
Trudy & Carmela
River Seine
Mark and Carmela
Me and my honey
Woah
First sighting of the Eiffel Tower
Arc de triomphe
Taking a walk from arc de triomphe to the Louvre there is a lovely garden...well it's more lovely if it's not raining, but you get the picture
Gold topped palace
My continual tour guide...he's the map, he's the map, he's the map....(to the tune sung in Dora the Explorer)
Looking back to the arc de triomphe in the distance
The Louvre
Main entrance of the pyramid at the Louvre
Synching up to Rick Steve's
Good times
which way to mona?
A stunning building inside
I like the ceilings...there's a lot going on up there!
Mona Lisa Mona Lisa men have named you...
Mona is really not big at all....quite a small portrait....and check out the next pictures that is opposite her in the louvre
It's huge!
This is a wedding feast with the couple off to the left, barely even being noticed.
And Jesus in the middle. What's He doing there?
Coldplay anyone?
Me and Venus de Milo
Intense focus on the wall
And now not so intense
We like the shadow on this picture
Code of Hammurabi
A lovely open area in the Louvre
A cutie I found in the Louvre
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!
In the evening we found a nice little spot with lots of character to gran some grub.
Mike and I shared an omlet and a banana/nutella crepe....interesting combo, huh?
Pompidou Centre where the usual 'inside stuff' is on the 'outside. Here you can see the escalators on the outside...
A lovely stop at Starbucks for a much needed coffee
And the heating vents
walking to Sacre Coeur-the Sacred Heart
In the distance
The trek up the steps to Sacre Coeur
Mike was a flower picture taking fool....and he got great shots for it!
Finally to the church in which you cannot take pictures...so all of our shots are outside
The view from Sacre Coeur
You can see Pompidoue Centre in the distance
The park where we ate our lunch of baguettes
arc de triomphe in the distance
Our trip to the Eiffel Tower on a gorgeous day!
Look where we are!
Our boat tour on the River Siene. We got a free voucher through Tesco and only had to pay for one ticket...that was so great!
An anglican church in Paris
Look at all the artists on the bridge!
And now to go up! We went to the 2nd of 3 floors.
See Sacre Ceour in the distance from the Eiffel Tower?!
Picturesque
There's the Louvre!
And Notre Dame!
And the Arc de Triomphe
Goodness! City of Love indeed!
A view of the Seine from the tower
And the lovely gardens
Hello, Paris!
Just a few shots before leaving Paris....the fromager is a great little cheese shop
And our faithful driver...
So cute
The Pattissier where Mark and Carmela fell in love with freshly baked raisin bread....yum!
Our 'hotel'
Princess Leia's with good neck support for the drive.
some French countryside
Nice pics to come!
